Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/10/2026, 03:37

General

  • Target
    2026-10-22_98f0c824c3bc46924f3e1961405ddc59_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 596KB
  • Sample261024-d6l6haeb73
  • SHA256 712369a8fbe4553d420b61a013ba34b274307aa31e56a85a9abd5b6c6fe818c0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 34 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_98f0c824c3bc46924f3e1961405ddc59_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_98f0c824c3bc46924f3e1961405ddc59_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4200
    • C:\Windows\svghost.exe
      C:\Windows\svghost.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:832

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 6340b6375c0dcb059d57777fa77b91c801f476eddeb4d3e969cfd815b4b4440a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 53f684dcb7c026d73f356f6e60bcd78ebdb6b2972b51c66e70908e211f89fb5d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 21019f95392aac8c4930ca23595362d1b6fb0e617539382c259f3ca79ad561f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 6e02ba3b2cf5c274536c56611b222bab814b8bc701947942b6606f9679f31f9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 929KB
        • SHA256 df330f77f3c9ad89a217b97fa2b8343100ae001f1c61a33376ef7b549a56fa74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 929KB
        • SHA256 bdc765513412906a39595ff214b586d9c3b026c0dffe56b3271c3b98aa3ac3e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 14KB
        • SHA256 2ffa1c010889dc2c03dfef2271343ac6032c3966530c383b92d3dfd99a3aadc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 519KB
        • SHA256 ea992e96258a07acc726ef0ec04de239b41a6569a7b5714b7695202725e40a77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 519KB
        • SHA256 0316495bda257080f34bff219d8d7f7a12f7b15bc3ad4a91f35aa6d04f91a6c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 47KB
        • SHA256 6598ca3e59435f37ed0394e8bc1f2555b19acb60df87a3f7109a318186f0452d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 a876ab716d5529552855ff2d05bdfc58f29d88de7069e6424b80bfe728279bd5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 d30f2b6e6c7ebf93d3f693940f8347ea5015fc1a9c7bf2c34edd5e524348ef20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 597KB
        • SHA256 a59fa7b22a24290bbbf499a11b84786a174bea3f2713b6d5623b9a789bd6f8ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.7MB
        • SHA256 8a4e975e788e545cd13d04923de133e996ccb88cb66f7c4b9587f65c7e84421b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.7MB
        • SHA256 8152d76c18abd215ed805058e3f2b545c2fed2897a5b05b19fe880bc99ac3bf6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 58561ccec899b6ec53cdb084f3b9501be46ec1105b8770934d239ba09aabc5f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 9a56f0febe4e7f5d6f892d45d1c29be9d4ee4f1058227f66572d89d21ca7298c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LICLUA.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 1f336b09f4bd9ce36b6cfb6b5dbb91637235ab92ad568d4daa8bdbca9408f5d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSE.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
        • Size 495KB
        • SHA256 f57956d1128bd5728141c484201fdf775e9ff3c9d1588794e8452ca9c9c0af6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 334KB
        • SHA256 68144a57b4e6f9f95b26cc5febab9cee8a15d9db121020779053c783fa1198e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 334KB
        • SHA256 ade51cf9e291a51aad531640add679d7237f7d3301b36edbdccaabcdae06edfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 381KB
        • SHA256 17e774ca544abcc090998129f3cc3cc36287383c8d40207bb820f6af57e4b511
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 293KB
        • SHA256 22391ed18d979d313f44a61af8a4e95941ee55f0739552c21765b3170183bbdc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 301KB
        • SHA256 1bc62cd67478b5a86ff52d58f7e31f8a92825ea9b005aec67c7ec6768d64bdd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 297KB
        • SHA256 ef71c088e7c4078777a77b9aaf971e9960854acd0edb47db5d32e777beaf44b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        andji

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\andji
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 12974a2f4099c7f1bc3de5e21d66702bcfe65087a52d50a79808762a5c224007
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mlewh

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mlewh
        • Size 238KB
        • SHA256 b7099c1551be5f845147ef04df81992989d2e14e9d1d865bb34c6d6bf500571b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        owjot

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\owjot
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 9246c24b939c3aff800b14303e845d3f5b4757b07894e3b039fb2d5b1021e3c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qjwej

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qjwej
        • Size 239KB
        • SHA256 665216895f5ab7feaacda7d0d9f179edeb180f87d2569c382b7ca96ea0eccd57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ssliu

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ssliu
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 a058bfd185fe714927e15642004866449bce425d34292a08af56d66cf03ebe6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        svghost.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\svghost.exe
        • Size 237KB
        • SHA256 3b092f9bebf8051385293a22b93a3b2b8df86b27a727ce7b60789cf35a1740b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/832-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/832-36-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/832-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-2-0x0000000000427000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp