Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
148s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
16/04/2026, 04:06
General
- Target 2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 5.1MB
- Sample260416-epaa2sfs8m
- SHA256 3ac7fcc89491ad08632ab2719fa7f6aec64597bbe2d1f300bd41f04be666b516
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with VMProtect. 1 IoCs
- 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
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 3 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-04-16_a9a85ce7047c34b58c4700186b4a9a81_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
2F585E00
HOMTDl5J.xlsm
memory/2864-254-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000916000-memory.dmp
memory/3136-129-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AD1000-memory.dmp
memory/3136-257-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002EFB000-memory.dmp
memory/3136-256-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000AC6000-memory.dmp
memory/3136-321-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000AC6000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-272-0x00007FFF78FB0000-0x00007FFF78FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-371-0x000001B3B05D0000-0x000001B3B069D000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-266-0x000001B370610000-0x000001B370620000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-323-0x000001B3B05D0000-0x000001B3B069D000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-270-0x00007FFF78FB0000-0x00007FFF78FC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-269-0x00007FFF7B5B0000-0x00007FFF7B5C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-271-0x000001B3705E0000-0x000001B3705F0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-263-0x00007FFF7B5B0000-0x00007FFF7B5C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-265-0x00007FFF7B5B0000-0x00007FFF7B5C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-264-0x00007FFF7B5B0000-0x00007FFF7B5C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-267-0x00007FFF7B5B0000-0x00007FFF7B5C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-127-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000FF6000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-0-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp
memory/4648-1-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C11000-memory.dmp
memory/4844-259-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4844-255-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-253-0x00000000066D0000-0x00000000067AB000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-252-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000BF6000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-191-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025B1000-memory.dmp
memory/5712-260-0x0000000000850000-0x00000000008E6000-memory.dmp
memory/5712-258-0x0000000000850000-0x00000000008E6000-memory.dmp