Analysis
- max time kernel
104s - max time network
128s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/11/2026, 20:30
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 2.6MB
- Sample261110-zagf2aah82
- SHA256 6b2f051350389c98e752927564096f3323845cdc42ab2d66d4aa7e9b04ac330e
- MD5 4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439
- SHA1 e6cc5c193297bc1fa01f80c6d3138f9070088f54
- SHA512 4a65602cda0d140faae2dc249f4333f8cfa600ecd6170b283d692aa07c0bf2f54062effc41ee6cc04aefac761f647a169f09f4e47c3ee834f023bf0977abe1d4
- SSDEEP 24576:1FPt1bXHNz1ay0rUc3nckCIabjKoh9WC/MMphcuzKPgssStPUvgm:7TtKHCIabjKoh9WavrhKPgssSt2g
- TLSH T142C5E90167D84515ECBE1E7169B59232F9727CAF7D3EB20D6F40761E0A73AC0A662323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5888-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4ed-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4ea-10.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000019c95-1269.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5888-1794-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5880-1825-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000800000000012d-2073.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5880 patcher.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmid.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\joticon.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 60 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrotextextractor.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\_4bitmapibroker.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrotextextractor.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrobroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AcroRd32Info.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AdobeCollabSync.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\adelrcp.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\acrobroker.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\reader_sl.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\eula.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\_4bitmapibroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\BrowserCore\BrowserCore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\AdobeCollabSync.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\eula.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\logtransport2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\logtransport2.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\wow_helper.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\BrowserCore\BrowserCore.exe 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\adelrcp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\68AB67CA7DA73301B744CAF070E41400\15.7.20033\reader_sl.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5888 2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5880 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5888
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5880
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 6b2f051350389c98e752927564096f3323845cdc42ab2d66d4aa7e9b04ac330e
- MD5 4a50d75a716010daa8e6b1829e0b3439
- SHA1 e6cc5c193297bc1fa01f80c6d3138f9070088f54
- SHA512 4a65602cda0d140faae2dc249f4333f8cfa600ecd6170b283d692aa07c0bf2f54062effc41ee6cc04aefac761f647a169f09f4e47c3ee834f023bf0977abe1d4
- SSDEEP 24576:1FPt1bXHNz1ay0rUc3nckCIabjKoh9WC/MMphcuzKPgssStPUvgm:7TtKHCIabjKoh9WavrhKPgssSt2g
- TLSH T142C5E90167D84515ECBE1E7169B59232F9727CAF7D3EB20D6F40761E0A73AC0A662323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 86c30814188918d2f1f1616fc6850dd2f38d47b8835b77be10a7e7274e25ece7
- MD5 30ff2d79353608d4fad6cb0a06ccb8ca
- SHA1 f1d5d4a672f7dd14de083d9a90f7d0d732ab2392
- SHA512 5483aaee6b0a09a70c1a117039eae82f12a38904e62c6f945d11931fac5eea3236f6a0d791479004ef41e2de393e875e8a42507c40ca9b442a3b508ad54af6e6
- SSDEEP 49152:7TtKHCIabjKoh9WavrhKPgssSt2gFPji0Aj:oiIabjKoh9WaDhv7StHjo
- TLSH T1EDE50901A3E44524EC7E5E7199B19232F9727C9F7E3EB24F6E40761D1A73AC09662323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 2.7MB
- SHA256 8a8ed932c9d43e96bf2d71553ca582caa7ce7e310a4e82e414ce98e9a36b5bce
- MD5 5a889288612fb96de2e25af29e9600e0
- SHA1 711bc1440f830c029d4a981881b81d46477f0a4e
- SHA512 4899c5699a9ca4e40794d7f86ffd3f2435cdd30e3fb7abef4f7d1b261c9b296fff8b763fd864ffd4c247a51457c9f08070caf97d7cd6d244ed61a418943bc4a1
- SSDEEP 24576:1FPt1bXHNz1ay0rUc3nckCIabjKoh9WC/MMphcuzKPgssStPUvgmGF:7TtKHCIabjKoh9WavrhKPgssSt2g/
- TLSH T1D8D5F90167D44515EDBE1E71ADB59231F9627CAF7C3EB21E6F40361E0A73AC0A662323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$
- Size 2.7MB
- SHA256 6ad574efc03a67939a904503b1ef64eb98e1b97665bb6c3f5c50ae25f19fc6b1
- MD5 8214928f14b14bb947082e1a172b5560
- SHA1 4cf0bb957b338cb99a49e3f1b9499a0c986cdcc4
- SHA512 21b4785d7f3aa62b97a47b9d7458f7f976b666eb91bcb573eaf9517fcf8dc5a56411778ccb1efeb4c00dd6daee89e626c289c991f5f2b139726cd137948985ab
- SSDEEP 24576:1FPt1bXHNz1ay0rUc3nckCIabjKoh9WC/MMphcuzKPgssStPUvgmcV:7TtKHCIabjKoh9WavrhKPgssSt2gVV
- TLSH T12BD5E80167D84515ECBE1E7169B59231F9727CAF7C3EB20E7E44761E0A73AC0A662323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH