Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
12/10/2026, 14:48
General
- Target 2026-10-11_9e90eaef013d3492d74f7d3fc89eebab_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample261012-r6ecjsfx8p
- SHA256 e094c3b39cb0adf4b36eb9e3d7b01c5df5956490f0dee6c34bb0531d0a313048
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 2 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 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\2026-10-11_9e90eaef013d3492d74f7d3fc89eebab_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_9e90eaef013d3492d74f7d3fc89eebab_coinminer_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows 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\~e591459\Au_.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e591459\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\~e591459\Au_.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wps\~e591459\Au_.exe" -downpower /from=explorer.exe -msgwndname=uninstallsend_message_E5922723⤵
- 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
8a56308e4b315ee3.bin
alg.exe
AppVClient.exe
memory/4464-23-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000001065000-memory.dmp
memory/4464-22-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000001065000-memory.dmp
memory/4464-17-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000001065000-memory.dmp
memory/5168-7-0x0000000001420000-0x00000000014A5000-memory.dmp
memory/5168-0-0x0000000001180000-0x00000000012F2000-memory.dmp
memory/5168-2-0x0000000001420000-0x00000000014A5000-memory.dmp
memory/6116-32-0x0000000001890000-0x0000000001915000-memory.dmp
memory/6116-38-0x0000000001890000-0x0000000001915000-memory.dmp
memory/6116-37-0x0000000001890000-0x0000000001915000-memory.dmp