Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 02:24

General

  • Target
    2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample260930-cvvg3acf26
  • SHA256 a270857a736e22259042616449f74565d145d0baefe67897321a9fa9e958d63b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Ramsay

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

  • Detects Ramsay payload 3 IoCs
  • Detects the HideDriver kernel rootkit component of Ramsay 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • 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\2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3488
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bvncyjzlsb.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bvncyjzlsb.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rgkxafbmxc.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5060
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_42bd1c66789b05fea77f20879751ee0a_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4936
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\casjlnwevd.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\casjlnwevd.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4528
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4972
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r6VMS0NV.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:1260
      • 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:436
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5068
    • 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:3600
      • 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:588
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3040 3064 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
          PID:684
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3008 3016 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:4692
        • 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:4856
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3008 3016 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
            PID:2800
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3040 3064 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
            2⤵
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            PID:5304

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Windows.db

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 157e843fc32a07de35df0d55ce9d1cb22dbe4778e7a115a15370449e27281287
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Windows.db-wal

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 ce216ed158be23bae5be0b7ec562ef771e1467cb8cdd0cd1f34ea074908ebb45
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              bvncyjzlsb.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bvncyjzlsb.exe
              • Size 51KB
              • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              casjlnwevd.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\casjlnwevd.exe
              • Size 580KB
              • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              r6VMS0NV.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r6VMS0NV.bat
              • Size 196B
              • SHA256 360102928517c39787ca580d98c67e264af81fbdb4b8555f9631680b0afc3dbb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              rgkxafbmxc.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rgkxafbmxc.exe
              • Size 887KB
              • SHA256 4dc68318a07b2337e9579b24715f3656beeb69a0e4d8aa3a4459f5ff2dbd9aa7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              trnmg.sdb

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 aba28efbb0049c576b8a075ef4efd34fd5904c38dc71e023024f725bb3ab9001
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              bindsvc.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
              • Size 291KB
              • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/4084-40-0x0000000000650000-0x00000000007CA000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-31-0x0000000000650000-0x00000000007CA000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-16-0x0000000000650000-0x00000000007CA000-memory.dmp

              memory/4692-60-0x000002230BFA0000-0x000002230C620000-memory.dmp

              memory/4692-74-0x000002230BFA0000-0x000002230C620000-memory.dmp

              memory/4936-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp