Overview

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Static

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2026-11-11...op.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-11-11...op.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/11/2026, 16:48

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General

  • Target
    2026-11-11_1744a00b0374e987816c04c79f11928a_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample261113-vbamnady6p
  • SHA256 4d0999f5dece88d1adb54e7018d8aa9f2a3f0905a675c1fe646aae7028809c99
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryspywaretrojan

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    defense_evasiontrojan
  • Drops file in System32 directory 21 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 31 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.

    discovery
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
    defense_evasionspywaretrojan
  • 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_1744a00b0374e987816c04c79f11928a_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-11_1744a00b0374e987816c04c79f11928a_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • 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
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4148
    • 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:4444
      • C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\10881\AdobeARMHelper.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\10881\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\10881" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1572
        • 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\10881" /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:4488

    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
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          ArmReport.ini
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 824B
          • SHA256 c62557ca2d044a3b9ebd39042dcf529c783de02b64e466462aa6cb35d24135a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          ArmReport.ini
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3e3b064439264d249096743456b85b33bda05281145c31e5fe1e6c6fbe4c1e62
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          ArmReport.ini
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b351d19477abc5c39fc1e91fffa6c6f0f0d40188c477f0d04125923e6128b425
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          AdobeARM.msi
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\10881\AdobeARM.msi
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 561af66f90a5104753bca640f6b1d2b2e7cdea64fc8f11ef2cd62b3c9ce36743
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          AdobeARMHelper.exe
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\10881\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          • Size 413KB
          • SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
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          RdrManifest2.msi
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
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          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 5542da9158101b864683719364c860fae2b9087a72c2543385e427c15e61abf3
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          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 efd3e4172933af1f1758906302cc6ae718c9ea397a4e2f9e451e709c2983a754
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          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 d29eef0cb116a3639ae526077932c3035850efc9f065818774f896ebf0e5890a
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          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 54c373058cfa3779a9b61ab27287112e69d0fb6b430099d074fe5abf3e962ddb
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          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 400B
          • SHA256 ae4d60994aff153e156bb1ddb78dfce833cddcebb6b018d4f88a304589f93dc8
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          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 8f4ae1ace81835ec9b47192188d55d5acc3df78fc38c2ed2e9083bc77919937a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 9943a960a8cabd7dc5e7f7ec3fbba3cb9309a60df6d9d5782fa54f76c8f08da8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 25ed0c499620a7e782f64a86e7190f60cf2b00c9edfa7d7a5888b75985387c78
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          AdobeARM.log
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 121b970526260e1751fa6a39bb56e47bb38c496cf6478c2d4ed019fb013e9e67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          AdobeARM.log
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b9491b63176a9015a7fb4b34dd5b6c0cc9d4c62b3692c5356931ff031a31b550
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
          Submit Download

          ArmUI.ini
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
          • Size 251KB
          • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
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          Tmp4EF1.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4EF1.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 b2e41f3d236f5418f702111b610f382663c8893d82d5284462d2133f0e0c0fdf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          Tmp6B45.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp6B45.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 512146b59d21f56f01882290e8b1e93e0553b85435b4d31e4c51d3d9ccd14df5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          Tmp6C02.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp6C02.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          Tmp7307.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp7307.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          TmpAAF4.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpAAF4.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          memory/4148-0-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002C45000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4148-6-0x0000000002A20000-0x0000000002BC0000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4148-7-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002C45000-memory.dmp
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