| File name: | 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ee7075ac-203a-4d12-98c3-2d24f2983d29 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 21, 2025, 13:00:42 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 1CACC2A124E6F10C2F994E56C502827B |
| SHA1: | EBB37B45FFC67341C40B7A6CEE8E7AEC3BF2D44C |
| SHA256: | 7AB21905620A79217CCFCCBAACF2B9F7B5BB0CD0A4DFC53B9224E105A7761649 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:Z5fb5ADmd+/ykdxyzF43hdvwCQYEOFZdOFL3BA0R650U61WCZt:ZRzg7gmsCQYEqZdOt+0zPDZt |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
Application launched itself
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
Executes as Windows Service
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
Connects to the server without a host name
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
INFO
The sample compiled with chinese language support
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
Process checks computer location settings
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
Checks supported languages
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
Reads the computer name
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4040)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
Reads the software policy settings
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
- slui.exe (PID: 6700)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
UPX packer has been detected
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
- d09c83ee (PID: 6680)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 6700)
- 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 472)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (23.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2022:05:21 02:10:02+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 9 |
| CodeSize: | 143360 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 139264 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 274432 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x65ed0 |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 23.9.20.1611 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 23.9.20.1611 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0017 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Chinese (Simplified) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileVersion: | 23, 9, 20, 1611 |
| ProductVersion: | 23, 9, 20, 1611 |
Total processes
135
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Version: 23, 9, 20, 1611 Modules
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| 4040 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 23, 9, 20, 1611 Modules
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| 6680 | C:\Windows\Syswow64\d09c83ee | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\d09c83ee | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Integrity Level: SYSTEM Exit code: 0 Version: 23, 9, 20, 1611 Modules
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| 6700 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
11 787
Read events
11 784
Write events
3
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (472) 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (472) 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (472) 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
2
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6680 | d09c83ee | C:\Windows\725d30 | text | |
MD5:778227F602BE28CBE066494BC18A3976 | SHA256:7872083885C0E835EAE68355230C65E243A77D17A574C0BD0F16F52860D834C1 | |||
| 472 | 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\d09c83ee | executable | |
MD5:FE01F1A9A0B86B8B59A6675A640FCFFF | SHA256:EA924A1D8D42A7EA3764E4B6CFD33EF5E08F632ED2E2DC48F5BC6E3B87638E07 | |||
| 472 | 2025-06-21_1cacc2a124e6f10c2f994e56c502827b_amadey_darkgate_elex_mafia_smoke-loader.exe | C:\Windows\814b0 | text | |
MD5:120AFBF6E467AC955A534D1DC3F90EB0 | SHA256:1E5EA69081C0AC9E74E0CDD8DFAA97AD824EDAC2B7DBECEBD9C119CA01158A44 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
189
TCP/UDP connections
256
DNS requests
53
Threats
55
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.19.11.105:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.11.105:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.11.105:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 400 | 20.190.160.22:443 | https://login.live.com/ppsecure/deviceaddcredential.srf | unknown | text | 203 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 20.190.160.22:443 | https://login.live.com/RST2.srf | unknown | xml | 1.24 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 223.5.5.5:443 | https://dns.alidns.com/resolve?name=down.nugong.asia&type=1 | unknown | binary | 255 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 20.190.160.20:443 | https://login.live.com/RST2.srf | unknown | xml | 11.1 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 2.19.11.105:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Elisa Oyj | NL | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 2.19.11.105:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Elisa Oyj | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.19.11.105:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Elisa Oyj | NL | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
down.nugong.asia |
| unknown |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
dns.alidns.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DNS Query to a *.top domain - Likely Hostile |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |
6680 | d09c83ee | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed DNS Over HTTPS Domain (dns .alidns .com in TLS SNI) |