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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
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 6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0
- SHA1 24bc3a5cbcc9bc4bcf7bd92bd1df4681a75d7e15
- SHA512 7e74b22ae052ff61ecdc89c86c6e2faa99a1bca6fa54a456b822210860ea50a4f7ed9a09c9f9b41148ba14306fdd7b4a3d95ccf370a170eeefbe8f97e4154e9d
- SSDEEP 24576:lnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9gVnav6jyo1gCBxbn8e9m/TgN:lnsHyjtk2MYC5GDKVndqC/bn8X/Tg
- TLSH T160759D12BBD1903BE17216365DB7A36A5936BD402F347ACB2BE42E0D5E396C12C35393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1708 ._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5000 Synaptics.exe 328 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 4932 Synaptics.exe 4244 ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe" 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe Synaptics.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe Synaptics.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString EXCEL.EXE - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE - Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 232 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 16 IoCs
pid Process 1708 ._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1708 ._cache_2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 328 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 328 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 4244 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 4244 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 232 EXCEL.EXE 4244 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 328 ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1828 wrote to memory of 1708 1828 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 80 PID 1828 wrote to memory of 5000 1828 2026-04-22_6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 81 PID 5000 wrote to memory of 328 5000 Synaptics.exe 83 PID 4932 wrote to memory of 4244 4932 Synaptics.exe 87
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⤵
- 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
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- 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" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:328
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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
PID:232
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- 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
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 68054e0b8445958c11640cd82712e40f36cfc4c0312c0aaec24b2085e3d9fd98
- MD5 6b76d515c24d4d46e2a1b0a4dd79f8c0
- SHA1 24bc3a5cbcc9bc4bcf7bd92bd1df4681a75d7e15
- SHA512 7e74b22ae052ff61ecdc89c86c6e2faa99a1bca6fa54a456b822210860ea50a4f7ed9a09c9f9b41148ba14306fdd7b4a3d95ccf370a170eeefbe8f97e4154e9d
- SSDEEP 24576:lnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9gVnav6jyo1gCBxbn8e9m/TgN:lnsHyjtk2MYC5GDKVndqC/bn8X/Tg
- TLSH T160759D12BBD1903BE17216365DB7A36A5936BD402F347ACB2BE42E0D5E396C12C35393
- 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 c28e95d31841b05926ee5302c3a7fe0d
- SHA1 1f8b3c882ffc7d1bdd3606a3ccc6fdccde73d941
- SHA512 3173e009c4dfae5e2d74057c80f507056a7554f1afa5e36ee3666c57cf139087570d3ada8a8975edf3532237873ab31cd3a676ad92a8a3b590d09ed05b86c8b9
- SSDEEP 12288:worVn6GhWv6I6yoLp/4C2ETNFtn8KjTdwkm/T/mPst:xVnav6jyo1gCBxbn8e9m/Tgc
- TLSH T16D056B017FE9D17EE27212731EB6932A66B6BC405B346BCB6B902F1E6E345C16C36311
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9A585E00
- Size 22KB
- SHA256 86483bb14b3cad606fdbac3a4fe50d001a5c670402dba16647bd23c3d454dd4b
- MD5 caf21ff46af676867ce71ca52b7d6a97
- SHA1 d3621a28b436810adece1917d5f0798dc52a33c9
- SHA512 45b46645343be95cc8cf33abbda6b3f017e4185af5906a062a756fd04adc3160f36517e68b46e1e0cac5cac4579ce49f83c64383cce57494edafdf0be392cc66
- SSDEEP 384:MBXApskbkWp+o5b0qjVg8+kw7n1iRV9gBOoA2gWLqQL4n8TodwYvnA:MBwps9W4o5b0kN+kwrsV9iJHgWLq4g81
- TLSH T1BCB2E1EAD58EF40EE9DEF834900D38EABD183DCC55029C8BA942F068625557B271F68C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UjkWpzxB.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path \??\c:\cardprintertest.log
- Size 326B
- SHA256 c223a6267359c508cffe722084f51353acd6e94e8df73a2e7d364ad62a41b092
- MD5 15d9b26ff283af7cab8c8a52aacdab23
- SHA1 9fac741d1c5ca573311bb2222abe2774441eaa66
- SHA512 cccb5edafab7a05fbdf00936120edf2bfcbe75f46ca3e2f97c1d083c4b5ce1eac614aab009bb2f52c457ffb4c7d18abece9a3f1aef793b0360fb5ca639074a05
- TLSH T1C9E0672D19D24E8A157EE06343CAD33AD7254AECD4740F6917D707838B8C2127E59FAE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH