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
    27/10/2026, 10:04

General

  • Target
    2026-10-26_a5de81408eb5ce7fc2fb847c5ec7727f_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 475KB
  • Sample261027-l4ebwas1d1
  • SHA256 81a100f7b7cf0584445a828044beb48575f3b568a50f650c9f6d74ffd1910897
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • 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\2026-10-26_a5de81408eb5ce7fc2fb847c5ec7727f_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_a5de81408eb5ce7fc2fb847c5ec7727f_amadey_elex_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:1264
    • 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:5112
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:1448
  • 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:1956
  • 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:1304
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4268

    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 476KB
          • SHA256 93ba65832e53ca9b42c65380d5471c0ca9ce5be470550faf5ff0b27835b27502
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 38559a9172f6ed9628b3e43abc685f10e0a528ed14846465a509e0f7982873ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 14f12fc7b7742ec1276fa930567aed7c3c76aa0a11c417f7bd15f39029232a85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 c50f29cc7b5ec870369c5a912e2f3f1966513260b61b0e5625cec87fc40c7fde
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 44af3c4038aa610ef125d153e4ede3cdab48cb3b78232c94bfcff35883c92604
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 03b85b1e32337b9bd832b7997d7292f216d41e83996ae94aa3e675f3c54b9675
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 53ae93c41722eb72d704a17d1bb91544c398fe8319a3a10fea9a72cdc6c978a1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e89a19e9dcf8ac6392680c9eee2bbc705ed2a2657d2eef6ff03abb50a6fc239c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 182262b690a67f96d3585dab225caf33d246a087cf9cc1db8b36212fc0da888f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d6530cb2a1d51c09500b6998f0b13a27ddcac39633583ad02586aa372144a42a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e89ef82fe325a5bd5d285a8d4eb07e95c60b32fe2c2db7932410e206a80a9486
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 7bc0f9207bce7c47acc17e112ede893aac99d0fab948d9e19f39869c0e80b03f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 579a6ece61398eb81a5a6b59532a11f25d3bfd1c8d2ed544d849c085dd38a405
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e901156f3bf21b8da4dfc4b73d85b890e2afbb5bbf16b8889395d4ee981b4af3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b932338500b3fd0c36c73f25e94232b2370730efd9aac09cbd5166980a6d38a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 15f8cc29e83c9502c96df61953021f9085138b4629faade0edcc4e365e8682f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ca649e68712a5abb2783f661de03f895c86ee1b3b85d3f31c85615ab7f3aee50
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 cf026dd67e6f72e4a26779b686e0255e7a6793ce5a89989c3ba1a8d4524753b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9203ca386312903bdfc2a91a81256aa16874cf6358247125905a7bae4a099413
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 b83ab36adc4b2ce4db96c75e77258b2bf362f4c3c483cd60cf217ef41e21b825
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c41bf9f482ac638dece58551963b24cc8d780aca558c8cf3dc484926b41709d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 41f40adde3f8df2f060726ea146e5f3e8dc9dcc99e0ec7ee8001d7938bf918d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 5722322ee0187e76a211f6c7ce0e3da8cf2cf746e66b6dc67b37dadeab513189
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cbbe90fbb068fb248747ee8d32554f689dfe560c7f155dd86fe67dcbc3f2fbb5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 9898651f2be519508f93ffaa328cd194ef8fab24d4dced2132b71d7f1d57d1e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 82076e71194eedce544d23bf54cdb508645be1451a0820114d344bbcfcdd362d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 23023d0cac8b9bf5c489d29f01b09ca030df03dfd3128365e47a948cf3084a0c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 612fbf97faac1d6dfd7c23f06bcce18ff11d04042750e5202762dd4b80a7b3fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 db5404686820739ad6592dea4dc373c6a01c493c4c9deed8cf1448b8f468ce8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 73b56d7557f423d1c6c7e20f3c9f82c62086b3f7c819f129f754447e6de55c7d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a4ed2e73af0684d0bc4bace5d834c8eaea2873077f9690f155e965e12aae3237
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c160e99f193d982e5934b63217c2d158bfe733e1944808fffcaaf031a2d17fa6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 c73d02c0e74abd6f79239dbe83780d6445d9d38dcc9d6d4fc5d0023ec9267137
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2a7f55630238ffd8fa8dd949164084fef79eb6d64728ed0397778d08b98639e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 8b9016e96f7ed54509e10715804eb78d187787a7fdc5b15bfa89cbc3929b30d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ca528dd13849819f0d04bcf70e0bda3fbc48269aae99bc1ef7dd4d72f6ab03ff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 a0536921820cc2d45dab0a41c170f6c2f6250c65b0462ffc20e19b1da5eb497a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 468e178f6ad3f77074795a9fa242ef76736d011dcb140fe39892d34c59ae6ad1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 66609525155211fcaec3ebb55b568d4b4a5d4d82a80719eba0ea62c4c8fe8f73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 729ec846643b19eca5f1cb507642894047e2e98a5c4cdec8d7282d1a5c806215
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d87a26c4bb3650680bd8cf9a67e745f9336074b29198cff448f1b1a8ad30779a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 704802f8e55d884d2bd07f850309b0990139deffeb5be953920deaa331e9f5e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5f16083e3119c1790301ce41d65af146a62f11c98021e5c571548879c7859c99
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 31485c33f6c5d9beb08800c0e39857222c7680bf990ea97cb220976e04893b0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 97574a1e4de4460f60f4e2e541d15d5c7e6eef833d5c68ba8b29a22e94a6a13f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 33aa7bd1f04c1f4cfd72947a9aead15cd3e95dd168f1eb0be8ceaa0ee679193b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 aed7902b9c96cb1cb959b21c0c444e1b1f7831a4ea9ab85d85dae75ae5a11389
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e70b0854faa8504ac237ec833c78a79bb5dd5a2a049a1c9102aa7f12ee568e90
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 475KB
          • SHA256 270871358415953ef3cffe145ff4e4dcf0fff69954638fb6e8773da21e51f049
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-461973139-3212354679-1508698038-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 476KB
          • SHA256 751d05875d31ceca9e325f3df6e53657aada9052621222d204a15ba00cf70ba3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

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

          memory/1264-0-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002231000-memory.dmp

          memory/1264-42-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002231000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-6-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-49-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp