Overview

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Static

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2026-10-22...op.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-10-22...op.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/10/2026, 16:52

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General

  • Target
    2026-10-22_de82efe4adc2ad22deb2e926642e9d05_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample261023-vdf78ae18n
  • SHA256 cf9641c86b1067195d32671d11edac7ad6ed24914d1dc3be2614e7493629c80e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
defense_evasiondiscoverytrojan

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    defense_evasiontrojan
  • Drops file in System32 directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 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.

    discovery
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_de82efe4adc2ad22deb2e926642e9d05_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_de82efe4adc2ad22deb2e926642e9d05_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:480
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1140
      • C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\17573\AdobeARMHelper.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\17573\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\17573" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4836
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\17573" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
          3⤵
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3144
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:2316

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            ArmReport.ini
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 102B
            • SHA256 e1be6c6777630139171e4e3e74eaf0f8c0ea3a9fb92e1c76b64fc2ff18a8f1a6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            ArmReport.ini
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 824B
            • SHA256 c62557ca2d044a3b9ebd39042dcf529c783de02b64e466462aa6cb35d24135a9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            ArmReport.ini
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 7139a5839f34586529e18e16cbcc4e6b0a80270cd41f7864c57adb377a70a88a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            ArmReport.ini
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 115b9cfbf3321f75967e4c33a0eb1606bd2aba59713e0f440e74609dca17ab5f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            AdobeARMHelper.exe
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\17573\AdobeARMHelper.exe
            • Size 413KB
            • SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Size 471B
            • SHA256 7fa7c5749452bece2b7b3d5f0cae66dbf4de42dafebca2e1882d59ac93df0510
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 08f73f1ab74dbd62cf68f9ecfa3991082047c78b97f2813cd277b5d657181b6d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 25feeb3c5aea2ebfa6f19de7ad25cbe0bfbb43bf53ad414d5c6bd2fa09fe2e88
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 bd76d6729ade01c2f3f2c1b03ee9b9b877521e73a668a58cfac63e7684aad19f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Size 400B
            • SHA256 0ff6efd40088f3082448f74ae8487e4f870c9d82e8cdc743a7e56b8b56cb5d90
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Size 404B
            • SHA256 91471e14d0ba46e7d16a2e267720e5c3d6c72979aec996dc422c6f5f2f110460
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Size 404B
            • SHA256 80e032f03fb63c7c876bea5a2d8bbbde71f83cf3626a399e053059e2697ab883
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Size 412B
            • SHA256 2bc1ae399840810d65f6f607921c1c012d986d83fb0f44b1ee2da5c586761ffd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            AdobeARM.log
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 5614c9bd495e5f296f43818fe9d991f80944e18fd0c865f05cabf143ac974ee5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            ArmUI.ini
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
            • Size 251KB
            • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            Tmp32E1.tmp
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp32E1.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            TmpD920.tmp
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD920.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 b2e41f3d236f5418f702111b610f382663c8893d82d5284462d2133f0e0c0fdf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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            TmpF361.tmp
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF361.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 512146b59d21f56f01882290e8b1e93e0553b85435b4d31e4c51d3d9ccd14df5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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            TmpF46B.tmp
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF46B.tmp
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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            TmpFB33.tmp
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpFB33.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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            memory/480-0-0x0000000002820000-0x00000000028A5000-memory.dmp
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            memory/480-7-0x0000000002820000-0x00000000028A5000-memory.dmp
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            memory/480-5-0x00000000028D0000-0x00000000029E4000-memory.dmp
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            memory/480-6-0x0000000002820000-0x00000000028A5000-memory.dmp
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