Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • 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
  • 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 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 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • 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⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1828
    • 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
      PID:1708
    • 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:5000
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:328
  • 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:232
  • 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:4932
    • 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
      PID:4244

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 68054e0b8445958c11640cd82712e40f36cfc4c0312c0aaec24b2085e3d9fd98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        • Size 831KB
        • SHA256 3b3ff33713954a5501ee6d87933650fdb199b53c05a9e2b4f0766e089c2dd02b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        9A585E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9A585E00
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 86483bb14b3cad606fdbac3a4fe50d001a5c670402dba16647bd23c3d454dd4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UjkWpzxB.xlsm

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

        cardprintertest.log

        • Path \??\c:\cardprintertest.log
        • Size 326B
        • SHA256 c223a6267359c508cffe722084f51353acd6e94e8df73a2e7d364ad62a41b092
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/232-313-0x00000131344B0000-0x0000013134586000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-190-0x00007FFD30030000-0x00007FFD30040000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-196-0x00007FFD30030000-0x00007FFD30040000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-194-0x00007FFD30030000-0x00007FFD30040000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-193-0x00000130F4500000-0x00000130F4510000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-192-0x00007FFD30030000-0x00007FFD30040000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-191-0x00007FFD30030000-0x00007FFD30040000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-198-0x00007FFD2D9F0000-0x00007FFD2DA00000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-250-0x00007FFD2D9F0000-0x00007FFD2DA00000-memory.dmp

        memory/232-249-0x00000130F44B0000-0x00000130F44C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/328-312-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000B8B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-309-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-0-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000861000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-128-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000DFB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4244-314-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000BBB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-264-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000C8B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-263-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-311-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-310-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-326-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-332-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-371-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000592000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-372-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-408-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-414-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000CAB000-memory.dmp