Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/09/2026, 09:36

General

  • Target
    2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 735KB
  • Sample260925-lkzhpsda79
  • SHA256 697fa05679a25e092a8d455396b87b1ccbb2dfe76ab49e6c36787e3b573bcb08
  • 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 11 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 13 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 10 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 24 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 WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a77D6.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2996
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5488
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7B31.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1616
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:252
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7C2B.bat
              6⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4380
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                7⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Drops file in Windows directory
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4216
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7D64.bat
                  8⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:6048
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                    9⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Drops file in Windows directory
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:5020
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8052.bat
                      10⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:3456
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                        11⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Drops file in Windows directory
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:2932
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a813C.bat
                          12⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:4360
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                            13⤵
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • Drops file in Windows directory
                            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:3972
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8207.bat
                              14⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:3876
                              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                                15⤵
                                • Executes dropped EXE
                                • Drops file in Windows directory
                                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                PID:620
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a82E2.bat
                                  16⤵
                                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                  PID:808
                                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                                    17⤵
                                    • Executes dropped EXE
                                    • Drops file in Windows directory
                                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                    PID:2184
                                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a839D.bat
                                      18⤵
                                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                      PID:2128
                                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                                        19⤵
                                        • Executes dropped EXE
                                        • Drops file in Windows directory
                                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                        PID:1732
                                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8449.bat
                                          20⤵
                                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                          PID:4924
                                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                                            21⤵
                                            • Executes dropped EXE
                                            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                            PID:2288
    • 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:4304
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2120
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4556

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        $$a77D6.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a77D6.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 5d681e924bd202439d8b54b7555614922209a4f64a273463e3c994a71fa16858
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a7B31.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7B31.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 2e1e28d91db7c8d785a0a93be6c7af0f3c3a78b472df269ed6f6fb188c0d3e16
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a7C2B.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7C2B.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 0cdc978c2450c9f61ec797c782fa8024cba5692d7bf4600ceeba724f31947ab2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a7D64.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a7D64.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 77e960c924379e6eb89fa9782f4a9cc254cf362986d69e984a775dd69884f808
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a8052.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8052.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 11d354c853d83b189315ee6fc99310f46b302a31f91adbd6eca6e6dca214f11c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a813C.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a813C.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 ac9e5e7450b768450bbfe1c87c95cda6df48f0bd1507a8872f37f2bd995a151f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a8207.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8207.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 a3b690c43c50c20625bbffa1798d9f29ecffad43c65f7458b059852295f87918
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a82E2.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a82E2.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 7e77066d7f6710a49efe0717e7f43843176f73f1ce38efd16d0b519dd7f9f38b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a839D.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a839D.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 d4c1d7aa363f901119a0668ed88dd00d6b4451770054520e698a7525930d6a02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        $$a8449.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8449.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 2487dad0e8fabaff7d2edeaef519d49e3ef6810284463ec3be1e69c2b981e1ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 702KB
        • SHA256 fbebe9f2612650e1a9de00b1ebb6ffa609afa539f25f8778b5fe03307c66eee8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 669KB
        • SHA256 856c365b21dc55775b7b80d389c6e7d469f451a05c9a96b788f7be3d01db5de3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 538KB
        • SHA256 a279ab005777d847444cc6719b706c00d1527ea32bf53c299aac0f6edc6a9cdd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 637KB
        • SHA256 5a520bc3ed5bdaef71be340e99b9e98ddffdfd4fa02fb0b2794c69ba07e64889
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 604KB
        • SHA256 a98cfd058b58c3d152f33d5d9b71144eebf155b4e08f7f8cf6fe515b5cf817d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 571KB
        • SHA256 e40bf91274e79633cbd3309a11ca6a92ce020258ac283c5d81270351b5282266
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 472KB
        • SHA256 dfc5057c268ee4e46d914b7f7a3c6d8f392c7332f9ca535a3f03a2e32d797c1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 505KB
        • SHA256 a3099980fceb53e8b3384f5e03a22913b842c8b4848ab6427621c2bd0ea3a00c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 407KB
        • SHA256 965b170844b12822a684a12cff8128f1db21eccdcefacfd9f9fb5d3992802328
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_55a86596f110dac0ff46a9faf31435df_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 439KB
        • SHA256 1a7d23ce40807157af6ec9fdf933b84c05ac83530c1d080626cd6308e6200333
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 5c6ca16525876afba9f88ae6809b550793501ed5c5a73b8a800d4029ff92c98c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-461973139-3212354679-1508698038-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 1020704fe83c7e64802b1428d9e5641e37d7c7eef9077c5ed54d2d7974c3c891
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/252-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/620-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-97-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/2184-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/2932-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/3972-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4216-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-105-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-2945-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-8030-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4668-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4668-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/5020-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/5488-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp