Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
113s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
16/09/2026, 19:47
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- Sample260916-yhrrasdd46
- SHA256 465dd0b4abb005e24501e7099d57420a11ee85304452a3caef1deaab7b7ab449
- MD5 8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688
- SHA1 259612d212485a4f7ee39ae4ca36bc8509bf02a1
- SHA512 be6b10c04be601ab99af059251c1823e9177291e2bfeb79483097531089aed9ea3e64079808956d14df7fe5df5b0b79aeaa2987edb00fde6e636063031f12866
- SSDEEP 49152:swL/r5bAeeEWnnQOySyW8yOpmyt2EGatClgOJblM:tjr5peEWnnQOySyWCpmyt2latCl7s
- TLSH T1B5A57D13FA90447FD1530E33795BF338B1AFA6340A3D41875295DF292A65443AB3AE2B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" svchost.exe - Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
pid Process 4264 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 2424 explorer.exe 6024 spoolsv.exe 460 svchost.exe 1576 spoolsv.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" svchost.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" svchost.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe svchost.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe icsys.icn.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exe spoolsv.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\tjud.exe explorer.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 spoolsv.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language spoolsv.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language icsys.icn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
pid Process 2424 explorer.exe 460 svchost.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
pid Process 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 5460 icsys.icn.exe 2424 explorer.exe 2424 explorer.exe 6024 spoolsv.exe 6024 spoolsv.exe 460 svchost.exe 460 svchost.exe 1576 spoolsv.exe 1576 spoolsv.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2256 wrote to memory of 4264 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 86 PID 2256 wrote to memory of 5460 2256 2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe 87 PID 5460 wrote to memory of 2424 5460 icsys.icn.exe 89 PID 2424 wrote to memory of 6024 2424 explorer.exe 90 PID 6024 wrote to memory of 460 6024 spoolsv.exe 91 PID 460 wrote to memory of 1576 460 svchost.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2256 -
\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4264
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5460 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe3⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2424 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6024 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe5⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:460 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1576
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_8575f11684a144bf781b13c48d908688_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader_swisyn.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 4d5213b1504579392f92031bc3db21e88d2c681b07207ff6510a8bb6b4cd2ce4
- MD5 31e33346710a3e13e502ee0eaf42f5ed
- SHA1 cfd731e0e75aa61c07cdec7ad852bbe16cb73b03
- SHA512 5f5ea10950285e8ebdbe3dcf0632addc48c09c6e68a040c496de17df97f19bcbb0b7918f857c3d05e8eb306be99161e44065cfde010c3387fed5c875dce85168
- SSDEEP 49152:NL/r5bAeeEWnnQOySyW8yOpmyt2EGatClgOJbl:Njr5peEWnnQOySyWCpmyt2latCl7
- TLSH T150957D13FA80447FD1530E33B95FF338B1AFA6740A3D41875294DE292A654439B3AE6B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 9ea02393a0d528ba0986c5a538a41891935be6d6d030824f9fc1cb39aa26df5e
- MD5 4f709e0d22f6461964d92b5942542a0d
- SHA1 7ea74867c144dc2ff44f2f05094b32d8d6397cc3
- SHA512 11c695066ecd2307773b0deb63fbbc38bc84f51c2ae97a3cd9adb830e1652c1e5a869df0decc7cc4c59260b30b28cde6b32dd41bb685107cc3d5e6bd1673aaf7
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgc+:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalX+
- TLSH T13FD3F7137E50903FEC5286F16CE9F62DBA619E321B916D037262BB456A7090376F630F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\spoolsv.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 43e90debae42cb433751506881ceb499b0de9788bc1d13739f18d5e92d28c298
- MD5 4d86494ccc2170b1ad952f93af071d70
- SHA1 50d426c2c71c837245b99b07bccdf53e01d2db6c
- SHA512 ea523d59da8966fdb392b12ed7503c16507372354db053a0103c8e89523af6b48cdeb0914af40d2f76003c16b196d8a32823917558b597870be30d9b944f0d59
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgcPLLLLLLLLLLLLp:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalXR
- TLSH T1D3D32A137E54903AD5A2C8F06861EB29B9665E361BE0AD5733D2FB113679283B1F130B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path \??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 f9a2fd7a1756c3f10b793afb7a352f9982529ac82e5d0bb94f649a7b2b4e3d76
- MD5 0131b7b514c1489aa3057a339c879146
- SHA1 60cd1c1dc68f1db5c40dfd33958e7f5624217fee
- SHA512 bb4aff7042f0b68183483bb0c2d7510b97630152512fc2ef6e466ae5f7f2a843c698f3bea8fade9b57156912b81bca0dd2ca1622c6ae511f23bce2635a16e70f
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgcyJJJJJJJJJJJJx:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalXm
- TLSH T13BD3E833BE50142FD4228AF028B5E76EB9524F271B91AD077266BB1475B6183B6F430F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path \??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 0a2d99aa99bfead6fbac5b47af624b9c1006b1a6c3f6e3dba1501aaf1433723b
- MD5 b0612ea28c86e7281aab5e24d901597e
- SHA1 069f7632654f90479624b0c4513014ba26b2860e
- SHA512 e6b27c87f8dc24ff3400f55e1535a864c329d809fc4b35d8ff250a9a412aff9055494737e6d1045793121e75d8d8d64f3ab431b89bc7801062225fde5d27206d
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgcL:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalXL
- TLSH T197D3F923BE41942EDC66C9F13C79EEA9B9515F3A0BE06D4732A6BB01257158332F520F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH