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2026-09-28...ad.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-09-28...ad.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    29s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/09/2026, 15:03

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General

  • Target
    2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe
  • Size 6.1MB
  • Sample260928-sfbpeabd56
  • SHA256 528ce124f579fb0e1f70b3cf519d05abf8ac9419658b9c9fc8f738413773e436
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
darkhotelaptdiscoveryexecutionramsayframeworkrootkitspywareupx

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Ramsay

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

    frameworkspywareramsay
  • Detects Ramsay payload 3 IoCs
    spywareaptdarkhotel
  • Detects the HideDriver kernel rootkit component of Ramsay 2 IoCs
    rootkitaptdarkhotel
  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 50 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.

    upx
  • 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.

    execution
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

    discovery
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

    discovery
  • 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 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4852
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nfuryujcru.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nfuryujcru.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ruzicvixgv.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4160
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_6ca7ee100322be3ec55164ab44daa39d_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_graphican_manuscrypt_rhad.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1680
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avfkwdylxr.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avfkwdylxr.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3472
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2464
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4720
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zxnqEOi1.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:708
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4752
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5304
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2304238888-3968896904-642854331-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2304238888-3968896904-642854331-10001 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:3240
      • 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:1124
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3068 2572 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
          PID:5776
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3012 3008 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:5968
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe3_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe3 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:3364
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3012 3008 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2868
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3068 2572 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:940

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Windows.db
              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
              • Size 1.0MB
              • SHA256 a1bf2d0d8974801dbd7d26479fc3c663bf2846c66cd4396a5b65cded3c3e5e5a
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              Windows.db-wal
              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 922e05fc414b576cab8e4f092cd45ec01631e7071e9f5b4c8c2196c8a892f040
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              avfkwdylxr.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avfkwdylxr.exe
              • Size 580KB
              • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
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              nfuryujcru.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nfuryujcru.exe
              • Size 51KB
              • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
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              ruzicvixgv.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ruzicvixgv.exe
              • Size 5.5MB
              • SHA256 adea175b30da22285997515088fef39adbc182fd9a760d3b20a0fd15b4d60d5e
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              zxnqEOi1.bat
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zxnqEOi1.bat
              • Size 196B
              • SHA256 ddb3e46f294000d96c18ff6fd785f0eedfd35d18c036e29d084fca160d2c82d0
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              trnmg.sdb
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 65dc6ec430f244047d7fda1520fd0010196aec40aa16f31d7bbc19fd2e8f23d0
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              bindsvc.exe
              • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
              • Size 291KB
              • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
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              memory/3472-16-0x00000000003F0000-0x000000000056A000-memory.dmp
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              memory/3472-29-0x00000000003F0000-0x000000000056A000-memory.dmp
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              memory/3472-40-0x00000000003F0000-0x000000000056A000-memory.dmp
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              memory/5968-58-0x0000014A0C300000-0x0000014A0C58B000-memory.dmp
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