Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
139s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
01/07/2026, 03:50
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
General
- Target 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe
- Size 839KB
- Sample260701-eeattsfx6x
- SHA256 6b74dfece08e22a9431766550ade558c0dd5bf1c8a2b04ec548741ab5d7f24a2
- MD5 903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1
- SHA1 3256ca118165544581826ea262cf7d75eb7045c4
- SHA512 b8551ac7d2ad1c52feb5e9202fca9a66153953d8abe06a114cd6a936aced1c7f0752181e0aa8d30712d3772e0914ba2fb570c22a6b10827b90a32089cdfa91d9
- SSDEEP 12288:lMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9ss9XbsT:lnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9VQ
- TLSH T175057D32B6D18437D1321A3DCC5BA3A5593ABE522E38794F7BF41E4C4F3968129252E3
- 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
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Synaptics.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Synaptics.exe - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 3292 ._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe 1052 Synaptics.exe 724 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 228 Synaptics.exe 4804 ._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" 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe Synaptics.exe File created 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 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe 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 Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.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 use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1056 wrote to memory of 3292 1056 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe 86 PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1052 1056 2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe 87 PID 1052 wrote to memory of 724 1052 Synaptics.exe 89 PID 228 wrote to memory of 4804 228 Synaptics.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1056 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3292
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1052 -
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
PID:724
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:228 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4804
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 839KB
- SHA256 6b74dfece08e22a9431766550ade558c0dd5bf1c8a2b04ec548741ab5d7f24a2
- MD5 903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1
- SHA1 3256ca118165544581826ea262cf7d75eb7045c4
- SHA512 b8551ac7d2ad1c52feb5e9202fca9a66153953d8abe06a114cd6a936aced1c7f0752181e0aa8d30712d3772e0914ba2fb570c22a6b10827b90a32089cdfa91d9
- SSDEEP 12288:lMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9ss9XbsT:lnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9VQ
- TLSH T175057D32B6D18437D1321A3DCC5BA3A5593ABE522E38794F7BF41E4C4F3968129252E3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-06-30_903eea54711ceb1af0f1049a1997dfe1_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhada.exe
- Size 85KB
- SHA256 43db030cc834cfd28b83331d0b251911bd578c97cb9d3a67e4a91535889aff37
- MD5 e20726f54ce5f2c016f9a4c8e368641f
- SHA1 3c78e4fa9744a716148bac6441d1a8c668393012
- SHA512 57021e83a50e26c5ea4852d9eb4c85027fa3643df9de48b3bc3cf476d38eb940213c74f63c08f704274a9a684d9e1a4213211de450a5bc52a74c38ba34c55ea1
- SSDEEP 768:ucvLs9I8Dq+jo6pb9jD/BrvZfI3lu2vDxhZctk5SnkeV+cWdFp5gxIzShkk6S:jjcpqCpb5LB7ZfIwESk83+55g9CS
- TLSH T165830735395AC033F4204E75C19985F24BBFAD833BA6946FEB542A084EB03BA57563B4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH