Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    124s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/10/2026, 03:59

General

  • Target
    2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 1009KB
  • Sample261013-ej4byaww5p
  • SHA256 5cb50c61a615165904584129dfc8e492483c97c348670b88fb33431101a2bb14
  • 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 48 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\2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4416
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mlqwfxiezi.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mlqwfxiezi.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bignqjnnss.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_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:3808
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_155e5ecdc7ebdfd77d6f4924cf912c41_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1344
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mvafbagrmu.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mvafbagrmu.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2512
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1148
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2764
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uL6auHpx.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:5536
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3868
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4752
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 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:4332
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-696679853-3915825385-3233721679-10002_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-696679853-3915825385-3233721679-10002 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:368
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2748 2744 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:2352
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2788 2804 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1452
      • 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:3436
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2788 2804 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1008
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2748 2744 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
          PID:2156

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            Windows.db

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
            • Size 1.0MB
            • SHA256 501f77e33af36c5586f02e4b71b1f1c04c6a72c336f658d4d4aa26d4ed24a659
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Windows.db-wal

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 8a70e44e994ae514d74901ef281c3a52fc27e39655acfd9c5182884c966a4102
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            bignqjnnss.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bignqjnnss.exe
            • Size 303KB
            • SHA256 faa80186d5998d7a916efedb8e752fde8ab1da8a89feea1308f4086b04c5b52c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            mlqwfxiezi.exe

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

            mvafbagrmu.exe

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

            uL6auHpx.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uL6auHpx.bat
            • Size 196B
            • SHA256 b16c90069db6a9940caa8b9012a8ea63e1c79dbbcba916479dc98afc579c454e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            trnmg.sdb

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 08dd0bf194b8a02efead0e9e2b45906c56057aabd92f105c4c9f13412bef525a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            bindsvc.exe

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

            memory/1452-115-0x000002C8F6DA0000-0x000002C8F7420000-memory.dmp

            memory/1452-101-0x000002C8F6DA0000-0x000002C8F7420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2512-16-0x0000000000290000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2512-81-0x0000000000290000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2512-72-0x0000000000290000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp