Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11/04/2025, 20:29

General

  • Target

    2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe

  • Size

    816KB

  • MD5

    53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3

  • SHA1

    5dc945750bd2ccea397b24b2fd3550968e1b895e

  • SHA256

    9fc4540cf016a00cfcec90f351053ee22d0e256555727ef5dcf64fd88d941f78

  • SHA512

    db9157b2dcb229713892693723a20b70641a7ee7df3122f0731b44fef0ebb3548cff73705e73739d9634b326a21da9f22887077aa2ea33be579aa30776725d68

  • SSDEEP

    12288:ZMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9MxE29J0j:ZnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9p2k

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 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_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:5408
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3360
    • 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:4676
      • 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:4768
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1888
    • 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:4620
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1616
  • 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:3404

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe

    Filesize

    816KB

    MD5

    53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3

    SHA1

    5dc945750bd2ccea397b24b2fd3550968e1b895e

    SHA256

    9fc4540cf016a00cfcec90f351053ee22d0e256555727ef5dcf64fd88d941f78

    SHA512

    db9157b2dcb229713892693723a20b70641a7ee7df3122f0731b44fef0ebb3548cff73705e73739d9634b326a21da9f22887077aa2ea33be579aa30776725d68

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2025-04-11_53c4dc877084bb4c615c881c2d4646d3_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe

    Filesize

    63KB

    MD5

    8242ce426ad462eff02edae1487a6949

    SHA1

    9a4f382d427e0de729053535aaa3310cac5f087b

    SHA256

    b68ee265308dc9da7dbb521bb71238d27ac50a5ee816f21c13818393be982d7a

    SHA512

    aff43a78d29ede49eac386d9b0b44d0f37d5a20bdda8553369d68dec90bbc727c6dd8fe239987a9d2e3affaeff8b72b5023ed973d7aecfbb99de46dca8c99ef1

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2JZTJ5sh.xlsm

    Filesize

    17KB

    MD5

    e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9

    SHA1

    00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044

    SHA256

    8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15

    SHA512

    a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\60875E00

    Filesize

    24KB

    MD5

    080db7fa6d27fb10afc196c92fca545d

    SHA1

    345d6a3d8d4725aba904e9eca66a7e2120332f68

    SHA256

    bbf6a8ac7a6a9c09a7240f30c32d089261710170c1b08ce1f2cbad2a5a9ca0c7

    SHA512

    94d804de6e8bad2983f41e55d7b82f9699f3fbe89a55ab860f1c6850baf2c7ffdcaa260205aaa2dbfa622425ebef283c5f9fef74f65c2422030c682f6f5cf892

  • memory/3404-177-0x00007FFB58C10000-0x00007FFB58C20000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-176-0x00007FFB58C10000-0x00007FFB58C20000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-173-0x00007FFB5B570000-0x00007FFB5B580000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-172-0x00007FFB5B570000-0x00007FFB5B580000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-171-0x00007FFB5B570000-0x00007FFB5B580000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-174-0x00007FFB5B570000-0x00007FFB5B580000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3404-175-0x00007FFB5B570000-0x00007FFB5B580000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4620-170-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    840KB

  • memory/4676-102-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/4676-224-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    840KB

  • memory/4676-225-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000721000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/4676-253-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    840KB

  • memory/5408-0-0x0000000002270000-0x0000000002271000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/5408-100-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    840KB