Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/04/2026, 04:57

General

  • Target
    2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe
  • Size 4.4MB
  • Sample260423-flrxcsbt7z
  • SHA256 c58d4a9bdfb478c80db71a4e5c1d6997f7d4ff6cda622794e9aa0b71954f0b88
  • 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 3 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 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1432
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2240
    • 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:1056
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2744
  • 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:1116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1784
  • 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:4988

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 4.4MB
        • SHA256 c58d4a9bdfb478c80db71a4e5c1d6997f7d4ff6cda622794e9aa0b71954f0b88
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-04-23_6f0e43411ddf71af9839ede0afde430b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_njrat_remcos_stop.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 96389a66ebda380b457361a151624b9db4367e8c39492f36623da3abcea01bc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CC485E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CC485E00
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 272ee328e8cf9b1a8fa3f415f5a97a64cba2abdfd82c61d2bb89cd9960e63ae8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        KNCTxofg.xlsm

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

        Race Unlocker Log.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Race Unlocker Log.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 56916b6a853ca86646bcd5d5bb3bd1a46cae1ed5dff4548f660952a0859ecfd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Race Unlocker Log.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Race Unlocker Log.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 a870d1c59a2963369c1fc585c877bc6f025fd15482deca9f582db180a2b8e0f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Race Unlocker Log.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Race Unlocker Log.log
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 6b9456084a459527fbab3d8e864a6ea7eb21eef38d228e5add429b968dc83502
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1056-466-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000874000-memory.dmp

        memory/1056-417-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000874000-memory.dmp

        memory/1056-388-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000D1B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1056-387-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000874000-memory.dmp

        memory/1116-290-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000874000-memory.dmp

        memory/1116-291-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000B0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1432-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000874000-memory.dmp

        memory/1432-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1432-0-0x0000000002750000-0x0000000002751000-memory.dmp

        memory/1432-130-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000E6B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1784-393-0x000000001C760000-0x000000001C80F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1784-392-0x0000000001300000-0x000000000130C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2240-386-0x000000001D3A0000-0x000000001D44F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2240-385-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000305C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2240-118-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000E5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2744-389-0x0000000001830000-0x000000000183C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2744-390-0x000000001C950000-0x000000001C9FF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-269-0x00007FFF2A730000-0x00007FFF2A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-273-0x00007FFF2A730000-0x00007FFF2A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-272-0x00007FFF2A730000-0x00007FFF2A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-271-0x00007FFF2A730000-0x00007FFF2A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-391-0x0000019E1E260000-0x0000019E1E30F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-280-0x00007FFF28340000-0x00007FFF28350000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-270-0x00007FFF2A730000-0x00007FFF2A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/4988-274-0x00007FFF28340000-0x00007FFF28350000-memory.dmp