Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 04:32

General

  • Target
    X-Scan-v3.3/Update.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample260415-e55f5ah171
  • SHA256 abf3e0c3f393d0429fe8721f57644ad880d414213bb9cd2524dcb8495274fc7e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 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 9 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 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\Update.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\Update.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3152
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\._cache_Update.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\._cache_Update.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4612
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2496
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1156
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2160
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3636
  • 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:4540
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4544
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:488
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Upd7BC.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3356

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 abf3e0c3f393d0429fe8721f57644ad880d414213bb9cd2524dcb8495274fc7e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2A285E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2A285E00
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 95ede270ea8e960298d96a33d421530e575153c3a0e2b6588ada343f43956db1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        BMxLbLFa.xlsm

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

        ._cache_Update.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\._cache_Update.exe
        • Size 798KB
        • SHA256 b9e7971624721ea25962b8c07f2f4f50e6d05f4c51d087caff1e4e0c96d50464
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/488-223-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000965000-memory.dmp

        memory/488-222-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-110-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000058A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-245-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000058A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-246-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-299-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000058A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2160-185-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000665000-memory.dmp

        memory/2160-184-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2496-145-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2496-146-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000925000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-107-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-105-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000058A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-0-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

        memory/3356-255-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000925000-memory.dmp

        memory/3356-254-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3636-200-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

        memory/3636-199-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-149-0x00007FFB12830000-0x00007FFB12840000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-180-0x00007FFB0FD10000-0x00007FFB0FD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-337-0x00000203114B0000-0x000002031159A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-150-0x00007FFB12830000-0x00007FFB12840000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-153-0x00007FFB12830000-0x00007FFB12840000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-148-0x00007FFB12830000-0x00007FFB12840000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-322-0x00000203114B0000-0x000002031159A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-154-0x00007FFB12830000-0x00007FFB12840000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-176-0x00007FFB0FD10000-0x00007FFB0FD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-247-0x00000203114B0000-0x000002031159A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-196-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000058A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-197-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4612-102-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4612-113-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4612-112-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000925000-memory.dmp