Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
16/04/2026, 13:08
General
- Target 2026-04-16_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
- Size 11.5MB
- Sample260416-qdebeags7p
- SHA256 4471eff28c31326307c925f9140a051769c2eefe91142fe2ca90c43af4f5a5af
Malware Config
Extracted
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xred
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xred.mooo.com
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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.
- 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 15 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-16_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-16_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- 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
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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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
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- 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
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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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_1274cd47492fc02d61d046862d4aac92_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
71685E00
ZzwubAxF.xlsm
memory/556-311-0x0000000000580000-0x00000000013E3000-memory.dmp
memory/556-310-0x00000000017E0000-0x000000000189F000-memory.dmp
memory/556-260-0x0000000000580000-0x00000000013E3000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-0-0x0000000001170000-0x0000000001171000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-130-0x00000000015C0000-0x000000000167F000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/2772-258-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/2772-259-0x00000000012C0000-0x000000000137F000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-320-0x0000000001A90000-0x0000000001B4F000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-317-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000012E3000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-322-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000012E3000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-242-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000012E3000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-289-0x0000000001A90000-0x0000000001B4F000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-262-0x0000000001C10000-0x0000000001CCF000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-314-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000001B03000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-323-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000001B03000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-83-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000001B03000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-321-0x0000000001C10000-0x0000000001CCF000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-363-0x0000000005120000-0x000000000513F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-338-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-263-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-325-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-316-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-315-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-362-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-361-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-335-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-264-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000136F000-memory.dmp
memory/4984-324-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-243-0x00007FF7CE730000-0x00007FF7CE740000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-265-0x00007FF7CC040000-0x00007FF7CC050000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-261-0x00007FF7CC040000-0x00007FF7CC050000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-247-0x00007FF7CE730000-0x00007FF7CE740000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-246-0x00007FF7CE730000-0x00007FF7CE740000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-244-0x00007FF7CE730000-0x00007FF7CE740000-memory.dmp
memory/5408-245-0x00007FF7CE730000-0x00007FF7CE740000-memory.dmp