Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10/04/2025, 21:25

General

  • Target

    2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe

  • Size

    1.3MB

  • MD5

    7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca

  • SHA1

    2a4cd633e109dcb1b6d2302aa790eb2e63e87752

  • SHA256

    dad0de559ea8480489dd94e23ec9ced3e2f03a72fc5b1f248810bde8099d4efe

  • SHA512

    e87a6befabbc28656a65aebeed25adbfe88b6b66373914949d7c09c2be9c416dad5bcadceaafc9cd59d653e6376a3f7bdd030656ce80aade0eb8754e99a00a9e

  • SSDEEP

    24576:CnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9EOJsGEXtgnGUBAa8B:CnsHyjtk2MYC5GDZEXtpUBSB

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 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.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:228
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:928
    • 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:4920
      • 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
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4396
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6092
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3500
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3436
  • 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:2920

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe

    Filesize

    1.3MB

    MD5

    7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca

    SHA1

    2a4cd633e109dcb1b6d2302aa790eb2e63e87752

    SHA256

    dad0de559ea8480489dd94e23ec9ced3e2f03a72fc5b1f248810bde8099d4efe

    SHA512

    e87a6befabbc28656a65aebeed25adbfe88b6b66373914949d7c09c2be9c416dad5bcadceaafc9cd59d653e6376a3f7bdd030656ce80aade0eb8754e99a00a9e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-10_7e164403fcb51657f532dd4a80f804ca_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe

    Filesize

    564KB

    MD5

    583e7be9d5260055e0413f9c74c23b46

    SHA1

    53b1518ea44d86bdd4992d564b5fec8a72d4e272

    SHA256

    4971831701108fc87d925efc1bb6b86ef9a69d03ddea1408f25b761b201dea8b

    SHA512

    9e5083986fc00ab19eb8f3d66eb2f0ec70197a4dcf6bf0f9693a9b0bb31f93f42eecf0d43eafc9f3989a3bb8a4bbfe81fcfb2cf693f474a6c2d513285885ceb2

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4Uey6Qdd.xlsm

    Filesize

    17KB

    MD5

    af4d37aad8b34471da588360a43e768a

    SHA1

    83ed64667d4e68ea531b8bcf58aab3ed4a5ca998

    SHA256

    e7550c3453156531308fda255a198c3710aa4bc7412819c180b103c11e85cef1

    SHA512

    74f5000038c47b7c909c4ee5740e0e87cac12c9c96fff8b1c7ec749541ee3d4b7efd80f9ac02cd39809dca3f2707d0063fa852a3a541342d93a9d03de08823da

  • memory/228-0-0x00000000022C0000-0x00000000022C1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/228-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/928-257-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/928-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/2920-233-0x00007FFD48F50000-0x00007FFD48F60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-236-0x00007FFD46900000-0x00007FFD46910000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-235-0x00007FFD46900000-0x00007FFD46910000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-234-0x00007FFD48F50000-0x00007FFD48F60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-230-0x00007FFD48F50000-0x00007FFD48F60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-232-0x00007FFD48F50000-0x00007FFD48F60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2920-231-0x00007FFD48F50000-0x00007FFD48F60000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3436-224-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/3436-229-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/3500-226-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/4396-227-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/4396-225-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/4920-228-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/4920-246-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/4920-258-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/4920-278-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.3MB