Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/10/2026, 02:13

General

  • Target
    2026-10-16_f73094fed712417ed7d62e572768a4e3_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_manuscrypt_medusa.exe
  • Size 20.0MB
  • Sample261017-cnmtmscf77
  • SHA256 dda7e36cdb00ff0e8de940b6a96eb71879270db1253d9e5dbae78be954930bd4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • 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 4 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 Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_f73094fed712417ed7d62e572768a4e3_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_manuscrypt_medusa.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_f73094fed712417ed7d62e572768a4e3_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_manuscrypt_medusa.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4708
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_f73094fed712417ed7d62e572768a4e3_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_manuscrypt_medusa.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_f73094fed712417ed7d62e572768a4e3_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_manuscrypt_medusa.exe" -dump 1 4708 2600 17821836
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4452
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe" http://ie.sogou.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=33
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4824
        • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
          "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" http://ie.sogou.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=33
          4⤵
          • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3692
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3692 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:4884

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
        • Size 471B
        • SHA256 5ceb8021c1cbf290165ab01c3d9bedfca1c6a914f4b9ee921b471836f056bfde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
        • Size 416B
        • SHA256 188a412757c6c006b0c2a28eaceec57569ce5b44bf9f5e29c20d5df427720215
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        imagestore.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\u3cttmu\imagestore.dat
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 df24ca89e600998538295685b906b9f2ad7689bdea33371ae08c406623843b82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        suggestions[1].en-US

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8J9OU7H5\suggestions[1].en-US
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        favicon[1].ico

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\JAXEZ455\favicon[1].ico
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 d9b78205c61561e23594886cc7bd24a5842a36602384f059efe670455c40c74f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SE_Install.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SE_Install.zip
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 7f38fb4a73f9d889e4db682f2427696e765c4215519e521344d8c0d6ec6c28e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        58b509c3f65696668c836e38a17ee52b_b62788bb-b108-40ac-bede-15a761308beb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\58b509c3f65696668c836e38a17ee52b_b62788bb-b108-40ac-bede-15a761308beb
        • Size 52B
        • SHA256 5c4647f65619cae1cf6a0ee07865199b68bdd3a825501f403866e11201ccd388
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/4708-0-0x000000006FFF0000-0x0000000070000000-memory.dmp