Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    29s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/09/2026, 04:33

General

  • Target
    2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 1005KB
  • Sample260911-e6yd7sbp5z
  • SHA256 e7b5d168225c9367d2c469884d3343a2e7cbe20232b8207e3362c645d60658ea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Ramsay

    Ramsay is a cyber-espionage framework and spyware that collects documents from air-gapped networks.

  • Detects Ramsay payload 3 IoCs
  • Detects the HideDriver kernel rootkit component of Ramsay 2 IoCs
  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4644
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mpvfkcdyre.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mpvfkcdyre.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ludygjygzx.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:552
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_6483685478e543b3ceff51ee81b2c6d1_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5132
        • \??\f:\6f5ff056cc566452bfb1306d5\update\update.exe
          f:\6f5ff056cc566452bfb1306d5\update\update.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          PID:1184
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eorojhkeys.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eorojhkeys.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2168
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5600
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:360
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X5kR40fo.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:4520
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4212
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5496
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10001 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
      2⤵
        PID:4676
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:796
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10003_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10003 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
        2⤵
          PID:6120
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2996 3000 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:4456
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2960 2976 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:3592
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe4_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe4 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2824
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2996 3000 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:6124
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2960 2976 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
            2⤵
              PID:4996

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                Windows.db

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
                • Size 1000KB
                • SHA256 a31f2b12c2c005b7ba6a763919335dcd1ddb0a19ce20f00a786a10358b83acea
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Windows.db-wal

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
                • Size 1.4MB
                • SHA256 67033b4fd64ca8010f7413c85747bdde0f304169274c16fa28e37555fbf43a9f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                X5kR40fo.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X5kR40fo.bat
                • Size 196B
                • SHA256 27afbfc164627e8208318a3c12da4c60a97f3cfce1bb12673a3ef559b7cb03a1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                eorojhkeys.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eorojhkeys.exe
                • Size 580KB
                • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                ludygjygzx.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ludygjygzx.exe
                • Size 299KB
                • SHA256 98fee9d1e6d9762828f12509a459149420f516b5b7e00ff262fd1d1cfd8cabd3
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                mpvfkcdyre.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mpvfkcdyre.exe
                • Size 51KB
                • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                trnmg.sdb

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 347cac5b505e472566c63b771695da861305508864c0602d08eb72225ef70829
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                bindsvc.exe

                • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
                • Size 291KB
                • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                update.exe

                • Path F:\6f5ff056cc566452bfb1306d5\update\update.exe
                • Size 264KB
                • SHA256 c69cb8191a0a5c46d795b10d6f466e850885c1e96cbdf61ef8f56fcda5f0adbb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                update.inf

                • Path \??\f:\6f5ff056cc566452bfb1306d5\update\update.inf
                • Size 32KB
                • SHA256 f051fe7e2d905a2c822d11f410eb5444ed4fbeb636bacdef2e8d15226e5ea0db
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/2168-17-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2168-54-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2168-46-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp