Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
22/04/2026, 06:32
General
- Target 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260422-ha4swset3s
- SHA256 68054e0b8445958c11640cd82712e40f36cfc4c0312c0aaec24b2085e3d9fd98
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 12 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.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_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.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_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
9ESM5cCt.xlsm
cardprintertest.log
memory/1524-268-0x00000000008D0000-0x000000000097F000-memory.dmp
memory/1524-262-0x00000000008D0000-0x000000000097F000-memory.dmp
memory/1668-270-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000A3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1668-261-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000A3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1900-258-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp
memory/2332-0-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp
memory/2332-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp
memory/2332-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/3808-251-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-264-0x00007FFDE8E70000-0x00007FFDE8E80000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-265-0x00007FFDE8E70000-0x00007FFDE8E80000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-266-0x00007FFDE8E70000-0x00007FFDE8E80000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-267-0x00007FFDE8E70000-0x00007FFDE8E80000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-263-0x00007FFDE8E70000-0x00007FFDE8E80000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-269-0x00007FFDE6E10000-0x00007FFDE6E20000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-271-0x00007FFDE6E10000-0x00007FFDE6E20000-memory.dmp
memory/3948-288-0x00000258ED3C0000-0x00000258ED561000-memory.dmp
memory/4392-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp
memory/4392-260-0x00000000045A0000-0x000000000467B000-memory.dmp
memory/4392-257-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp
memory/4392-286-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp
memory/4392-333-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp