Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/05/2026, 17:51

General

  • Target
    2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample260522-wfhdqset9x
  • SHA256 3d97ab4e9182e916b42f3cdbd88494263af5da8f47a933665ee0895a99378a5f
  • 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.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 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
  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2996
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      PID:3440
    • 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:400
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:228
        • C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe /flushdns
          4⤵
          • Gathers network information
          PID:4016
  • 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:2424
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      PID:3944
  • 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:1616

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 3d97ab4e9182e916b42f3cdbd88494263af5da8f47a933665ee0895a99378a5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
        • Size 876KB
        • SHA256 215c8e0948dd894d9b37af745925831eab379f5d831544db4ed2c68b35c72eb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-22_4bc46f1686d26fc81389dc4c78403d6a_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.ini
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 1353b0c77899aafdfdf262e45e89ab3215c971d702a5efb7d9c2b6e290f0eb49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        3l4t4h0o.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3l4t4h0o.tmp
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 d63feb49020223049f40456276bc98d94f65d41490053de032362d3cceeed82e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        62685E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\62685E00
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 b91f69b646d7134eeb42d43a12059a7f8a7cdd550315c6662ab651c212744d61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        KMn4EoWP.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KMn4EoWP.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        aut5C73.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aut5C73.tmp
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 c274d1bb1e8708a2df571a46bc7dca59dfc3a7edac65a5d5bb0fa6469b29531e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        aut5C84.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aut5C84.tmp
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 811fbc7f9aeab9636a923baf8f7fd1ead16e3ca30580d6a09eb66f1241f659a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        aut5C85.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aut5C85.tmp
        • Size 6KB
        • SHA256 1f97c0e8d94d67bf8a2f9a01ead4428c7001b34efa4b453b095c26006ca05e3c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ~vuxodtb.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~vuxodtb.tmp
        • Size 768KB
        • SHA256 f4e13c013b4d0c174388e080fec7947101cc7704752bb0cf9df48b8800159773
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_Synaptics.ini

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.ini
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 45dc01b183a44fd82fba45b7582fb0e2b40399e627f385cd5cb0594bd45e73cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        hosts

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 bafb6765215319d301a1639230f93eac2bb87d3af080900fb2f77ad3e2d3de58
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/400-147-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/400-793-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/400-771-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/400-762-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-300-0x00007FF9351B0000-0x00007FF9351C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-232-0x00007FF937570000-0x00007FF937580000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-229-0x00007FF937570000-0x00007FF937580000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-233-0x00007FF937570000-0x00007FF937580000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-301-0x00007FF9351B0000-0x00007FF9351C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-231-0x00007FF937570000-0x00007FF937580000-memory.dmp

        memory/1616-230-0x00007FF937570000-0x00007FF937580000-memory.dmp

        memory/2424-295-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2996-144-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2996-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2996-0-0x00000000023F0000-0x00000000023F1000-memory.dmp