Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/11/2026, 15:07

General

  • Target
    2026-11-11_2bf80890b5b418c330b9ef54911d4841_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample261113-shrteacz3s
  • SHA256 3dd4fde3449c7cd10ee4f64f552deafde87a12868ec0617fcc7084a5d8860e17
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 54 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • 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 2 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-11_2bf80890b5b418c330b9ef54911d4841_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-11_2bf80890b5b418c330b9ef54911d4841_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5080
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5712
      • C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941\AdobeARMHelper.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2252
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
          3⤵
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:4816
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5028

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            ArmReport.ini

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 102B
            • SHA256 e1be6c6777630139171e4e3e74eaf0f8c0ea3a9fb92e1c76b64fc2ff18a8f1a6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ArmReport.ini

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 824B
            • SHA256 c62557ca2d044a3b9ebd39042dcf529c783de02b64e466462aa6cb35d24135a9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ArmReport.ini

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1d60296dc295ef0da5af41574008caa183ad19468b0386a9fcb2d3789419b27a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ArmReport.ini

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1b7c94e0dcd4b877647f04154091169169cf5415bc4cff0628ebc36cd48cdd86
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AdobeARM.msi

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941\AdobeARM.msi
            • Size 1.0MB
            • SHA256 561af66f90a5104753bca640f6b1d2b2e7cdea64fc8f11ef2cd62b3c9ce36743
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            AdobeARMHelper.exe

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\23941\AdobeARMHelper.exe
            • Size 413KB
            • SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            RdrManifest2.msi

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
            • Size 18KB
            • SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Size 471B
            • SHA256 5542da9158101b864683719364c860fae2b9087a72c2543385e427c15e61abf3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 efd3e4172933af1f1758906302cc6ae718c9ea397a4e2f9e451e709c2983a754
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 d29eef0cb116a3639ae526077932c3035850efc9f065818774f896ebf0e5890a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Size 727B
            • SHA256 54c373058cfa3779a9b61ab27287112e69d0fb6b430099d074fe5abf3e962ddb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
            • Size 400B
            • SHA256 687b05668c3e6535405eba8b1358b2e54484542c2ac117e70c80336c5f1ee5b6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
            • Size 404B
            • SHA256 47406a9aefd832b071403681441d32e500bb992ceea68508afc50d1abd602e8a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
            • Size 404B
            • SHA256 dac316b79b692762eac53859463f15511502885ad52c5946140dceef384a23be
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
            • Size 412B
            • SHA256 c43d9109aeefaa1463f304756cd9206b494d4aa903f7ed747c51050979e9691a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AdobeARM.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 c62a372b5d90130f1b7224055bf3f734867b9da871ee570f6864fe06323bc03d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AdobeARM.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 5140eb02263eadbe65dec20cfec2294531e7bd8c68881de7dfaccbb374b2bd42
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ArmUI.ini

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
            • Size 251KB
            • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Tmp3AA1.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp3AA1.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Tmp69B.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp69B.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 512146b59d21f56f01882290e8b1e93e0553b85435b4d31e4c51d3d9ccd14df5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Tmp786.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp786.tmp
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            TmpE4D.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpE4D.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            TmpE739.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpE739.tmp
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 b2e41f3d236f5418f702111b610f382663c8893d82d5284462d2133f0e0c0fdf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/5080-0-0x0000000001060000-0x00000000010E5000-memory.dmp

            memory/5080-6-0x0000000001060000-0x00000000010E5000-memory.dmp

            memory/5080-7-0x0000000001060000-0x00000000010E5000-memory.dmp

            memory/5080-4-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002AB0000-memory.dmp