Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
135s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/09/2026, 15:24
General
- Target 2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260930-stdqxsbe35
- SHA256 6b0ab45b3e164bbf5201813429907f8e45be7df011f30e1c9f4ef2d84ba3ccfa
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 24 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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 10 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 6 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 39 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 57 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Iya.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Iya.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
uninst.exe
chromehelper.exe
update.dll
B76BE66D46C355931939D8CF818D03FD_30070D1E013A39CA7A94F919F7922FDF
E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_EAF5D55D93603A879FA973006301F24F
B76BE66D46C355931939D8CF818D03FD_30070D1E013A39CA7A94F919F7922FDF
E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_EAF5D55D93603A879FA973006301F24F
1AB34285-EB1D-4BB1-AF63-167D830B2505
mip_sdk.miplog
089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres
49dbe2955480c7f6ef8cec9c4320c9868d9293fd.tbres
~WRS{7F46AB09-4677-411F-921A-4AF58CCB50B4}.tmp
~WRS{CEDB1CE2-EC7D-4DA3-9B18-880E390BC4DC}.tmp
._cache_2026-09-29_ebe1dd43fa1a79f9a07024a64b76e912_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe
0EE95E00
230A5E00
2ccDu.xlsm
611A5E00
971A5E00
A6E95E00
Iya.xml
wPwrS.docm
~$fvcqt.xlsm
~WRD0000.tmp
~WRD0002.tmp
~WRD0004.tmp
~WRD0815.tmp
~WRD3672.tmp
~WRD4028.tmp
APASixthEditionOfficeOnline.xsl
CHICAGO.XSL
GB.XSL
GostName.XSL
GostTitle.XSL
HarvardAnglia2008OfficeOnline.xsl
IEEE2006OfficeOnline.xsl
ISO690Nmerical.XSL
MLASeventhEditionOfficeOnline.xsl
TURABIAN.XSL
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
memory/660-158-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/660-161-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/660-159-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/660-160-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/660-163-0x00007FFD86E20000-0x00007FFD86E30000-memory.dmp
memory/660-162-0x00007FFD86E20000-0x00007FFD86E30000-memory.dmp
memory/660-157-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/756-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1504-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1512-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1513-0x0000000002910000-0x000000000291B000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1506-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1418-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-604-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1507-0x0000000002910000-0x000000000291B000-memory.dmp
memory/756-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/756-1505-0x0000000002910000-0x000000000291B000-memory.dmp
memory/4268-229-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-1493-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-1495-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-1494-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-1492-0x00007FFD890D0000-0x00007FFD890E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-1-0x000000000048E000-0x000000000048F000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-64-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-0-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp