Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
01/11/2026, 23:44
General
- Target 2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 3.6MB
- Sample261101-3rdm9ayxht
- SHA256 417b6beee15381e4d7414ab264b0b5a57eea23824445139e8dfbf74a46f6f862
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
- Detect Neshta payload 38 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 23 IoCs
- Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
- Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Opens a raw handle to a physical disk, which bypasses file system access controls and is used for disk inspection, anti-VM checks and privilege checks.
- 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 6 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 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 64 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 41 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
- 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\2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\System32\alg.exeC:\Windows\System32\alg.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- 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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\system32\DiagSvcs\DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exeC:\Windows\system32\DiagSvcs\DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s TapiSrv1⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exeC:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
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\??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exeC:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exeC:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\system32\locator.exeC:\Windows\system32\locator.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exeC:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
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C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exeC:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
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C:\Windows\system32\spectrum.exeC:\Windows\system32\spectrum.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
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C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exeC:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exeC:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s SharedRealitySvc1⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\AgentService.exeC:\Windows\system32\AgentService.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\vds.exeC:\Windows\System32\vds.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exeC:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
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C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exeC:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe"C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"2⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
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C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe"C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 912 916 924 8192 920 8962⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
AcroRd32.exe
elevation_service.exe
MAINTE~1.EXE
ADelRCP.exe
AcroBroker.exe
RdrCEF.exe
AcroTextExtractor.exe
AdobeCollabSync.exe
WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe
Eula.exe
FullTrustNotifier.exe
LogTransport2.exe
arh.exe
32BitMAPIBroker.exe
64BitMAPIBroker.exe
reader_sl.exe
wow_helper.exe
AdobeARM.exe
AdobeARMHelper.exe
jaureg.exe
java.exe
javaw.exe
javaws.exe
DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe
Uninstall.exe
maintenanceservice.exe
OSE.EXE
elevation_service.exe
2026-10-31_7c566ccda70fd957296456bf84cb2190_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_neshta_njrat_ransomhub_smoke-loader.exe
setup.exe
vcredist_x86.exe
VC_redist.x86.exe
windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
VC_redist.x64.exe
vcredist_x86.exe
vcredist_x64.exe
windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.27-win-x64.exe
windowsdesktop-runtime-7.0.16-win-x64.exe
vcredist_x64.exe
perfhost.exe
AgentService.exe
DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe
FXSSVC.exe
Locator.exe
ssh-agent.exe
PerceptionSimulationService.exe
SearchIndexer.exe
SensorDataService.exe
Spectrum.exe
TieringEngineService.exe
VSSVC.exe
alg.exe
msdtc.exe
snmptrap.exe
vds.exe
WmiApSrv.exe
wbengine.exe
AppVClient.exe
memory/380-375-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000BD0000-memory.dmp
memory/380-619-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140216000-memory.dmp
memory/380-368-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140216000-memory.dmp
memory/384-626-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/384-630-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/384-618-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/384-527-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/808-614-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400E2000-memory.dmp
memory/808-259-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400E2000-memory.dmp
memory/808-249-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000880000-memory.dmp
memory/808-264-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000880000-memory.dmp
memory/1356-288-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000BD0000-memory.dmp
memory/1356-297-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401C0000-memory.dmp
memory/1356-323-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000BD0000-memory.dmp
memory/1356-328-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401C0000-memory.dmp
memory/1356-298-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000BD0000-memory.dmp
memory/1400-615-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140147000-memory.dmp
memory/1400-330-0x0000000000A70000-0x0000000000AD0000-memory.dmp
memory/1400-339-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140147000-memory.dmp
memory/1400-340-0x0000000000A70000-0x0000000000AD0000-memory.dmp
memory/2128-204-0x00000000004D0000-0x0000000000530000-memory.dmp
memory/2128-198-0x00000000004D0000-0x0000000000530000-memory.dmp
memory/2128-581-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140169000-memory.dmp
memory/2128-207-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140169000-memory.dmp
memory/2168-206-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001402E9000-memory.dmp
memory/2168-61-0x00000000007F0000-0x0000000000850000-memory.dmp
memory/2168-68-0x00000000007F0000-0x0000000000850000-memory.dmp
memory/2168-67-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001402E9000-memory.dmp
memory/2420-103-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000D20000-memory.dmp
memory/2420-109-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000D20000-memory.dmp
memory/2420-296-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400B9000-memory.dmp
memory/2420-102-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400B9000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-529-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140096000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-193-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-187-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-195-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140096000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-423-0x0000000001B00000-0x0000000001B10000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-458-0x000000000A1F0000-0x000000000A1F8000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-625-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140179000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-634-0x000000000BED0000-0x000000000BED8000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-439-0x0000000001DB0000-0x0000000001DC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-405-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000580000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-411-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000580000-memory.dmp
memory/2476-414-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140179000-memory.dmp
memory/2596-38-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp
memory/2596-46-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400A9000-memory.dmp
memory/2596-47-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-141-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007F6000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-367-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000497000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000497000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-151-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007F6000-memory.dmp
memory/2876-25-0x00000000006C0000-0x0000000000720000-memory.dmp
memory/2876-24-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2876-33-0x00000000006C0000-0x0000000000720000-memory.dmp
memory/2876-127-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-351-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400AB000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-135-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-129-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-128-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400AB000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-78-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008F0000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-72-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008F0000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-81-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001402D4000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-229-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001402D4000-memory.dmp
memory/3012-613-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401D7000-memory.dmp
memory/3012-181-0x00000000006E0000-0x0000000000740000-memory.dmp
memory/3012-413-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401D7000-memory.dmp
memory/3012-183-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401D7000-memory.dmp
memory/3012-611-0x00000000006E0000-0x0000000000740000-memory.dmp
memory/4032-50-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140135000-memory.dmp
memory/4032-97-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000DF0000-memory.dmp
memory/4032-57-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000DF0000-memory.dmp
memory/4032-99-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140135000-memory.dmp
memory/4032-51-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000DF0000-memory.dmp
memory/4352-355-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4352-354-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401FC000-memory.dmp
memory/4352-361-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4352-616-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001401FC000-memory.dmp
memory/4436-172-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140095000-memory.dmp
memory/4436-170-0x00000000006E0000-0x0000000000740000-memory.dmp
memory/4436-164-0x00000000006E0000-0x0000000000740000-memory.dmp
memory/4436-387-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140095000-memory.dmp
memory/4592-337-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4592-123-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4592-120-0x0000000000440000-0x00000000004A0000-memory.dmp
memory/4592-114-0x0000000000440000-0x00000000004A0000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-96-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400D5000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-83-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-93-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-89-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400D5000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-90-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4664-231-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000D20000-memory.dmp
memory/4664-600-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140102000-memory.dmp
memory/4664-230-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140102000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-639-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-646-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-642-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-643-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-644-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-645-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-647-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-641-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-640-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-636-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-637-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4840-638-0x000002C033F50000-0x000002C033F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4944-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007E4000-memory.dmp
memory/4944-13-0x0000000002410000-0x0000000002476000-memory.dmp
memory/4944-20-0x0000000002410000-0x0000000002476000-memory.dmp
memory/4944-101-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007E4000-memory.dmp
memory/4944-623-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5104-389-0x00000000005F0000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp
memory/5104-381-0x00000000005F0000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp
memory/5104-624-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400C6000-memory.dmp
memory/5104-388-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400C6000-memory.dmp