Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/09/2026, 18:06

General

  • Target
    2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 370KB
  • Sample260910-wp8x2stdkc
  • SHA256 c9465ec982e35a69c19313b8b84771f34024532536c664b9142ca2c0297164aa
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 62 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1096
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a31C4.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2736
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:248
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2732
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4928

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        $$a31C4.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a31C4.bat
        • Size 818B
        • SHA256 2b2d2bed1c76a9620ddc128054bc740f9f1e6131299214ded1a6c05c15de6845
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_38516b264f2db9ead74722933d63b700_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 337KB
        • SHA256 2078a90cbf58918644162b359092f11d01e642ff00d6f01e78696664fe5b7861
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 26abfdca44adba905896ca9af47f7c1760e27fcb2bfadb58139abd74d339bffc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 12e486bcc6f0247b468e0bade91edf555dae9119764975498ef82717d453222f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1096-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/1096-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-3087-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-3081-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-8051-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp