Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
28/05/2026, 08:11
General
- Target 2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 6.1MB
- Sample260528-j3pecaby7v
- SHA256 496008916dd710861d331ffd586b090e82728b572b2f63eaad4cc333e94c13de
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 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
- Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- 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
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- 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
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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_2026-05-28_d706f3795a3188f6886cc2a26cba38b9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
99185E00
X9f2PfBD.xlsm
memory/1632-311-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056E000-memory.dmp
memory/1632-70-0x00000000021F0000-0x00000000021F1000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-309-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-308-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-254-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-252-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-251-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-250-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-258-0x00007FF9A1120000-0x00007FF9A1130000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-259-0x00007FF9A1120000-0x00007FF9A1130000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-253-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-310-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/1680-307-0x00007FF9A3A70000-0x00007FF9A3A80000-memory.dmp
memory/2288-312-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056E000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-129-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-130-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D01000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-313-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D01000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-0-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002731000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-1-0x00000000029B0000-0x00000000029B1000-memory.dmp
memory/4716-314-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056E000-memory.dmp
memory/4716-315-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056E000-memory.dmp