Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
139s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-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
- Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs
Office document equipped with macros.
- 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 11 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⤵
- 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⤵
- 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⤵
- 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
FtvZ6ust.xlsm
FtvZ6ust.xlsm
memory/568-301-0x00000000008A0000-0x000000000095B000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-350-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-327-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-375-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-129-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-303-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1392-302-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp
memory/2072-0-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF1000-memory.dmp
memory/2072-128-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000FEB000-memory.dmp
memory/2072-1-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000BC1000-memory.dmp
memory/2200-306-0x0000000000910000-0x00000000009CB000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-304-0x0000020160400000-0x000002016049E000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-242-0x00007FF83B310000-0x00007FF83B320000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-259-0x00007FF838DA0000-0x00007FF838DB0000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-243-0x00007FF83B310000-0x00007FF83B320000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-244-0x00007FF83B310000-0x00007FF83B320000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-245-0x00007FF83B310000-0x00007FF83B320000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-246-0x00007FF83B310000-0x00007FF83B320000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-258-0x00007FF838DA0000-0x00007FF838DB0000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-305-0x000002016CE60000-0x000002016CE69000-memory.dmp
memory/5012-181-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B01000-memory.dmp
memory/5012-255-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp