Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 16:43

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260702-t8fphae13k
  • SHA256 3176ca42c555992236c340d19c2984e7a42b46a9782a43b624f3b69dcd24a9c6
  • 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.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 7 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 19 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 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5924
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\system.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\system.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3316
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Rundll32.exe
        Rundll32 C:\Windows\system32\gfftvgaa.dll Exbcute
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4576
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop WinDefend
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3588
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop WinDefend
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5580
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop MpsSvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3608
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop MpsSvc
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2828
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc config WinDefend start= disabled
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5684
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc config MpsSvc start= disabled
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5560
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc stop ZhuDongFangYu
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:6024
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc delete ZhuDongFangYu
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:6048
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc stop 360rp
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3440
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc delete 360rp
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:696
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" stop PolicyAgent
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5876
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Rundll32.exe
        Rundll32 C:\Windows\system32\ndmuvgaa.dll Exbcute
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5848
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3884
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4072
      • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:1428
  • 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:4872
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4288

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 eab20f2e116b5c1d856a6cef5bd13b9b26cc62fc178c3e975656b8dddac27879
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 c63d9f311f0ed56e5700aedb36aea57e2486a84646b89733643cade7a529a41c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_ba1d88e5d137b4ce5a67561586d6129b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 d5eba0faac47fadba2ba33408f26580c359320a53aa98dfa6c7525e6649ffec2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AD295E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AD295E00
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 0b75fa482646fd2a102a354463224add190e6d7e99229d19d1b710bdd730bad8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AD62.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AD62.tmp
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 974e92b2a97436569c49462a80471bbc255a8b493fc90e2456996c09aed7518b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XRmoDVJi.xlsm

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

        gfftvgaa.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfftvgaa.dll
        • Size 77KB
        • SHA256 0018ee5ad65eda4843d24464fc41ecda9ae3e051aab404f3e6c4215940168c21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ndmuvgaa.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ndmuvgaa.dll
        • Size 24KB
        • SHA256 6e7c04e90d3c42bc9af95eb5b03c60664fc812a62129a578906aa3d9b9be1664
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        system.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\system.exe
        • Size 180KB
        • SHA256 46c06dd866f383c20b06761471a362d4fda0746febad27eaf887905011867f6f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1428-189-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-180-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-178-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-195-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3884-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4072-177-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000512000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-141-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-137-0x00007FF869DA0000-0x00007FF869DB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-140-0x00007FF867680000-0x00007FF867690000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-138-0x00007FF867680000-0x00007FF867690000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-133-0x00007FF869DA0000-0x00007FF869DB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-134-0x00007FF869DA0000-0x00007FF869DB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-135-0x00007FF869DA0000-0x00007FF869DB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4872-136-0x00007FF869DA0000-0x00007FF869DB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5924-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5924-10-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007B1000-memory.dmp