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
    15/10/2026, 11:14

General

  • Target
    2026-10-13_7113f6065570e57e705468006ae6071a_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 923KB
  • Sample261015-nccebasyhv
  • SHA256 22b3f5b56f036daffd042b61d8bfc469684ddcd4a6e4ab676d12925ae9a9ee4a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 5 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 5 IoCs
  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-13_7113f6065570e57e705468006ae6071a_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-13_7113f6065570e57e705468006ae6071a_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5084
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3528
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:616
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:3312
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4748
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:1008

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-461973139-3212354679-1508698038-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 923KB
          • SHA256 07a0c6f39dd14a702e51a0952e1b9f02b4fb57daeceb3effab1d63bd320e4ec3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 ec8df43c7592a6c6f8e1ae2b23d3c870be0d7ab468e5026b08d57b06574cbe34
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3f43acc09c307da0bd4f86bc5bfe3f13191c901b2b69ce44609eb5442ce4c5eb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3dd1a1e11f4b57af3fa2d63b999b3a035e32ff92c1823ecbdd48523a7ea7e95a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e2f20e54a963269de873507a6b077ece9ffd43172fda6353794cda7bdba6b441
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ee2769a86e35dc1252776973c5d176f25473559ead8815cd87d1716aecbe610f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 2dda658c1b6c1dd2ef35893c5be54a9d772d492560a6705636d8ad02c275d11b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 50f3b215694177eaf4b5eb65e8d6a800e6e644231b0ebf5984dcdd1717cb454c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9124870740137217d85b6e424f82e3b77d9ddaa72602beaa22039a065df87bda
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d920bdbb4683e1cbc314175cad525ef56c0fadf3a725d7e69a70e8a2325acdec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 45c7609f2d2ad9fe0dd2cb0e40dfbd1dbc413275acbe711191103261ed0db2bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 451c2a1d2c34f94cac63478228c3647a8fd17ce7ae0c982859af02a6799faf52
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 a379074fd85c3d40e909e5d8ab7b64fa36193bb75480a432254dcde80ecb4f6d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 3c7fb45f6ed11d7c87cf8aa80a73c509f44a673bab40dcf0506a20402949b975
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ac4467e24c14104c9bc9fe5d8cd64ca68dd8a9842b5279a7046abdc96f8c0b4b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 5816323973bdc9ab721098a887ef20e152bbf4db02c131e5740e1133639e56db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 72088663fd7dc8a498cd3fa286bc9c526eb10609cd5a97e60793f684f960243c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 497810ef9d8fdb222347e8e892bff9550d49744a736ef71fbccf358acacd4fff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 01fb24afc85a09fbd549117c928a53c7adc0150788205a19b797cf0776f1f1dd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 edbafc8dca50a764bae5ee0bae8774d58887e085b648f9eb826b8f9f447f65f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 6bcdea3c33523e563f46584becd67816c2315a3d9d5f78450f019163337b9eed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b171964abbe30744e3d74de6471876eaaacd7284a00792b957d78f94f000c252
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e02c7a9bae762001c5264c3d915572708e412e3baabc353f854b0d1d4085c003
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e1f3fd5ed77473274072dac7e4477011c8b0c8ea0f575646fd4726a0586b200d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 068edd4a1f03fe6fb4d73a638bab957cebb1ecffdf203dd2a97803a12796700f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 7992686619fa06f5979fa08344682bd376e8550a3a3013877ac6ea8e47c6ad8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 c7e1005d29fbf17081f5a072257bacb4676970a991c4872c50c35c2346286cc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 9e212752d600d6e22e814f0fb692fd4572f7b1d5deae96f067718443a4845db0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5eb1eea03e6e508dd56acfd68ce76934dc46adbaf1faa2bdadb9426098c9c0b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4b9f50cdd325cfce09975da84608e81f889d40797ad916778b87e36c3f83c18f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f8aadcf7cd31969dd26b58af279824a8fbffad2b558c394f00c5d47b7e633c22
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 edb7c90e35663c53b013140cc45cdb0488a6fa5422650d94ed902a54d3ba3108
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4ed2aa24d358b46d5f48a1f8518821e35c49b7d2bda361262d5eb416a8dd7833
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 16a2af850149922c4eafd750430b2862a653cfec5e78b2862357ab1b306c5ef8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 856ffe8f4fc7444ce3fc6a724de0c29dfca0982056bc048e67dbb0c83ef92a44
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 03d6798ffb689d81327bce134a45d86377decdb85ef2d95845caeef506d4f90a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 3d28a6482eacc8d401b2a7d115aba8f3b7b491200f0943731118396e8f83afbd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e588a85d44726f2e3de5f3359aaca78297cc8bebfeb792f032a664b12a73e322
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a5c0ab77ea7d4c6906e97c753e69e0ffea96c62f5c9c9a648726d2b793787645
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 2ac282f918c6657572e778a9c26f7edb0c2ad659acebab9b0984fcc9d54a934b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 940f175ec2c5e685e498e647f5c4d0ce4c8b4421b3236f747537c809c535851c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1111840c4d54f8005a2a6f9cf07fdac3d30ec508b70896f0d2a3ae246ef0f18e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f30dec2439c9d2167b63c51ec7ccfcbac3db862cbb5e1002fdf761471b748f35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a4a95a4c78e8cfec4f6f879531217e7723361bdeae8f112211e89ad240e8147d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 0dc8711ac5f4523260bde608ca70a8b59b08e3124c1bd3d005f0d3e57ec34fc0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 dc0bf82debb44c8c960e5d916c16d233b26a58c0099ccb9aac3c686b6a64ee77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 922KB
          • SHA256 23afc5ad79e735e8f67389f201df9a2ce7dfcf71229d467693c4cfd649b71c08
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-461973139-3212354679-1508698038-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 923KB
          • SHA256 e72ca34b1039d2e95e38935d1740c1976bc6d76a4e106b062ab0f73aaf136a2c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3528-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3528-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4748-57-0x000000000F470000-0x000000000F7B3000-memory.dmp

          memory/5084-43-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002311000-memory.dmp

          memory/5084-0-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002311000-memory.dmp

          memory/5084-1-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp