Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
132s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/09/2026, 16:46
General
- Target 2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260925-vaaw2a1ekd
- SHA256 b8c75ce3f05a8c06b72a981ae3b9c4ca32ca35bd4d55e0f3c219aae8d3684c9f
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A81D.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A81D.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 7574873DF24902F94D24B8889CA3FA5B5F5BC33C2D09B201036ADF4AD94B15C7458D59E0899789852194C1C5FE4253513F62ACA040EEA9DBC8AFFB58CEC41BAF2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-25_fded089512955e4ab67bd637a50c6dd3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
A81D.tmp
memory/1068-19-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-22-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-14-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-17-0x00007FF816BBF000-0x00007FF816BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-15-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-16-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-18-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-20-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-40-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-30-0x00007FF7D4170000-0x00007FF7D4180000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-23-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-26-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-25-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-27-0x00007FF7D4170000-0x00007FF7D4180000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-29-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-28-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-24-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/1068-21-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/2948-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/3412-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp