Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
86s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/11/2026, 17:24
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- Sample261111-vytdaaas4j
- SHA256 e67f0356caa1cc84cd298c74231fc368fba1d64858c7410a5c6c0b119b5a8b48
- MD5 e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae
- SHA1 12535e299b0ee55b595350b783009f1870e4302b
- SHA512 2ca88169a205c536971d9ca6196d9aaa19f4d145b838510eb38b86e299377f8a322342ca4da79b90bf7d38e85f67a90c3993e950a137eecf00c55f586c5199f3
- SSDEEP 49152:3MDWLKW0qmkeX5Kz8FiM6JHCIgIV5XOCOe/78DGx5V1uCRkzWL8rl87Bxk7e6kH:QK0qmfXQaZ6JHCIgIV5XONe6Gx5TuCRb
- TLSH T153A5BE7D76A08076D67233B0464EE3F9F2ADAD314935064B76A13E397A304A34D2D26F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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urelas
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112.175.88.208
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112.175.88.207
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3320 dofhir.exe - 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.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\PHYSICALDRIVE0 2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1864 cmd.exe - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname dofhir.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain dofhir.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language dofhir.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1004 wrote to memory of 3320 1004 2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 1004 wrote to memory of 1864 1004 2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-10_e1e73e2927b78dc85172b95f5a883aae_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1004 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3320
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat" "2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1864
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- SHA256 7c5e745fa69dfdbed2ee33f53989c8e8ca4b5fb748fad34ea571b6c79ddd730f
- MD5 394571c01c9c57b7fa6aada28c5a71ab
- SHA1 e93604e0886a94c3c454d4f162e14ad5b94bda2a
- SHA512 8cb79a47c1317be31de3df0da338eae16bacf3b64a651f9e6b79d3b193a9b209f1c2e706c6baa27e5163a79408439cbcbb20a40dfceb73784cf226208750d532
- SSDEEP 49152:3MDWLKW0qmkeX5Kz8FiM6JHCIgIV5XOCOe/78DGx5V1uCRkzWL8rl87Bxk7e6k4:QK0qmfXQaZ6JHCIgIV5XONe6Gx5TuCRM
- TLSH T105A5BE7D76A08076D67233B0464EE3F9F2ADAD314935064B76A13E397A304A34D2D26F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
- Size 512B
- SHA256 75bd0142158445b6feff7dbfe2aa1a34028e41fdc70ce5cf0606effccd1b260f
- MD5 b50a8cc54d593d2527c10cf8e2a0d9a8
- SHA1 2b56e653ea534aba82f2df3dfd238eedc2d90897
- SHA512 931091e28539d74046e866b8f5bc41d727bca8921f2e1f5347bcd1170b90059e3303767eab00f4d897ddd10aee09139ee8b6a7604434d15f08e5729b3c8a6d28
- TLSH T1F6F092A400A6F15C3212A501E126F73223629DDC204DBC0502D7B335A23105C80EC07A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat
- Size 350B
- SHA256 e2c4a218cd5dedd1fadc4bb91010438c53177c7ed37121ec39699afe8b5176d8
- MD5 44c1c1bd2454eb1dfbf73dd16b4f28e6
- SHA1 825713d14ee83bc3bc56776f26a7733748970be4
- SHA512 ec4b2729361be95f4080b3f3a0106cbd714225731d63c1b7962b43a603af57e106889a90c9f48b3d69b014ba9f6a42df0aec4e8fa3f538965f0260c7d4e0c1df
- TLSH T141E02602C0BFDE1A0884A43B42BA19CED069086F2F8B2700A709C64C61C115FF9F3701
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH