Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10/01/2025, 18:45

General

  • Target
    SECUREBYTEGUI.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample250110-xebp8svmcp
  • SHA256 610ff05c8f1526b31828d9686e0253067a243f6a9699e5d5e5042d9093b91e67
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SECUREBYTEGUI.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SECUREBYTEGUI.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4696
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_SECUREBYTEGUI.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_SECUREBYTEGUI.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4892
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4892 -s 1056
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3940
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2060
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4612
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4612 -s 1048
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4224
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1544
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4892 -ip 4892
    1⤵
      PID:1388
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 4612 -ip 4612
      1⤵
        PID:1424

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            Synaptics.exe

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
            • Size 3.0MB
            • SHA256 610ff05c8f1526b31828d9686e0253067a243f6a9699e5d5e5042d9093b91e67
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            ._cache_SECUREBYTEGUI.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_SECUREBYTEGUI.exe
            • Size 2.3MB
            • SHA256 7579295e68c78cc770ab66e5adf53cbeb6c11a968158f79313f2a39f42fa19b3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            5F675E00

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5F675E00
            • Size 22KB
            • SHA256 30ba127dcd64942df5406bf12d6b9bd93573ac767c4dcf24f56a5bf23249ec47
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            MjUOlIMp.xlsm

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MjUOlIMp.xlsm
            • Size 17KB
            • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/1544-197-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-200-0x00007FF7D41A0000-0x00007FF7D41B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-259-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-258-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-257-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-256-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-199-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-198-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-201-0x00007FF7D41A0000-0x00007FF7D41B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-196-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/1544-195-0x00007FF7D6870000-0x00007FF7D6880000-memory.dmp

            memory/2060-131-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C1000-memory.dmp

            memory/2060-261-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C1000-memory.dmp

            memory/2060-260-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000709000-memory.dmp

            memory/2060-286-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000709000-memory.dmp

            memory/4696-0-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4696-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000709000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-126-0x0000000072F4E000-0x0000000072F4F000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-188-0x0000000004DC0000-0x0000000004DCA000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-183-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D72000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-134-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000058F4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-130-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000033C000-memory.dmp