Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
90s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
13/09/2026, 00:07
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 37.6MB
- Sample260913-aejdracb42
- SHA256 1c78f8613d3e654426cdcbdd89c0d98c72c46b0031066092e98f6120b14659ac
- MD5 69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690
- SHA1 431fe43ae58d96aeaceed55a793821b7fbc8776e
- SHA512 15251f3144768e466673ccda7e5c60b82a951ddc654382773adec3195a615e0beee8c21f502d7a95c810f806e4f29679bcd4ffbc4a3ff837af38c6eb4a895d83
- SSDEEP 786432:2u+4wJWyygwy3a9Z/J+gV8upuTOJzrJOS:5+jWFy3an/suJpuyJnoS
- TLSH T1CD8701C9AA696C7192D77E384F65841A049B5A3927A1F8F37FC3869D81C54E08730FB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Modifies registry class 25 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000} 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000} 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\7zip\\7-zip.dll" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Drive 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\7zip\\7-zip32.dll" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\Folder 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 5868 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 5868 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5868 2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_69e93936ab6da53fbd7d0965c968d690_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5868