Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
142s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
01/10/2026, 10:46
General
- Target 2026-09-30_8886458017f807a0660f79fc931c65ea_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 701KB
- Sample261001-mt8cmsvw8k
- SHA256 e453eccf2a71b875f3231b13875210d81c9b6cc95b9868fde979f66b3d765277
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 9 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Deletes itself 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_8886458017f807a0660f79fc931c65ea_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_8886458017f807a0660f79fc931c65ea_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_8886458017f807a0660f79fc931c65ea_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe2⤵
- 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:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\9098.vbs"3⤵
- Deletes itself
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\fdlaunchersa.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\fdlaunchersa.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\fdlaunchersa.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
9098.vbs
fdlaunchersa.exe
memory/1848-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/1848-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4568-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/4812-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp
memory/5044-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B6000-memory.dmp