Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
126s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/09/2026, 01:52
General
- Target 2026-09-29_49449f40b0011d3cc9fa2236d1e162ea_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample260930-calz7acb92
- SHA256 aa1c04ec4c47009ba5e36deddab1c61280c00110f1a2d8b8085c99fc89802b2d
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
- UPX packed file 1 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 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 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_49449f40b0011d3cc9fa2236d1e162ea_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_49449f40b0011d3cc9fa2236d1e162ea_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e5959af\Au_.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e5959af\Au_.exe" /from="explorer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e5959af\Au_.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e5959af\Au_.exe" -downpower /from=explorer.exe -msgwndname=uninstallsend_message_E5967F73⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
Au_.exe
tempuninstall.ini
17456ebe25f2ba71.bin
alg.exe
memory/992-23-0x0000000001300000-0x0000000001385000-memory.dmp
memory/992-17-0x0000000001300000-0x0000000001385000-memory.dmp
memory/992-22-0x0000000001300000-0x0000000001385000-memory.dmp
memory/2004-0-0x00000000017B0000-0x00000000018CB000-memory.dmp
memory/2004-6-0x00000000019F0000-0x0000000001A75000-memory.dmp
memory/2004-7-0x00000000019F0000-0x0000000001A75000-memory.dmp
memory/2004-1-0x00000000019F0000-0x0000000001A75000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-31-0x0000000001490000-0x0000000001515000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-37-0x0000000001490000-0x0000000001515000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-36-0x0000000001490000-0x0000000001515000-memory.dmp