Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
130s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
27/10/2026, 19:24
General
- Target 2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample261027-x4mtssfv3w
- SHA256 293a79bee85495e26b4f6a69a85bd67184c8d9ca9ff8a7f77158cbf31cb47a80
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A781.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A781.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe A4AEB1950C13984B7E28A593ED6E01FC086C198423988F319218471119DE148B0CA897E34A8B43924F9D1DDF8698AFEC5C1FC51313F9427BE47FDE6B1B6E8E5B2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-10-27_ff9134feef92bf0e8fe5ea6e72e347ea_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
A781.tmp
memory/2948-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-22-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-16-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-20-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-18-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-19-0x00007FF816BBF000-0x00007FF816BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-39-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-21-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-17-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-15-0x00007FF7D6BA0000-0x00007FF7D6BB0000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-24-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-23-0x00007FF816A60000-0x00007FF816CC3000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-25-0x00007FF7D4170000-0x00007FF7D4180000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-26-0x00007FF7D4170000-0x00007FF7D4180000-memory.dmp
memory/3768-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp