Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
127s - 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, 09:17
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 37.9MB
- Sample261024-k9df4attdv
- SHA256 26643404491312f08ad47aa5cabf5cca1837f495b0c906b3bbada36ffa19532e
- MD5 6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4
- SHA1 5f1f2a514076b3b0dcf5036908a759eb0305498a
- SHA512 2b378d2637714dcd8121d02b619f9a6d869f96e802777385625b19d0d6d12823b1e767c48444fd03bac5ae4ccd5e52d10cf91d100520cc1df95f03f04e06b374
- SSDEEP 393216:YtHU4O9NuYEpP8loEC3rGVkKjz76930lSEs28EKcnvrOVDLAsdhvRLXNkFraqOFQ:L4O9FT+3rY7cUSEmcnHsdL9kh2hQ8Q
- TLSH T12C9702A0699BF460B31D8911D0EB9FF1B3CF3337BB0E61865C1929C1062A556DD32E6B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Modifies registry class 25 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\7zip\\7-zip32.dll" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000} 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Drive 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\7zip\\7-zip.dll" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000} 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}\InprocServer32 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Folder 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\7-Zip 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000_Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\7-Zip\ = "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 5436 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 5436 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5436 2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_6ec29e7684c19335257d042d40c393f4_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5436