Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
153s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/07/2026, 19:56
General
- Target 2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exe
- Size 17.7MB
- Sample260702-ynn8csav7p
- SHA256 752cf143b753bbfea78f0016139022bb0754c273c6715fd3290c348734b4f36e
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
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs
Office document equipped with macros.
- Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 23 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe3⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe5⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- 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
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Hidden Files and Directories
1Modify Registry
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
2026-07-02_9f0000db0cd0e0b191ad9cb78941ef46_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hijackloader.exe
lyDfgSq7.xlsm
lyDfgSq7.xlsm
explorer.exe
icsys.icn.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
memory/1240-109-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/1728-111-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/1900-178-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1900-160-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1900-159-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2124-114-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000159F000-memory.dmp
memory/2124-11-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/2124-10-0x0000000003490000-0x0000000003491000-memory.dmp
memory/2896-107-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/3820-117-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-121-0x00007FFB77F40000-0x00007FFB77F50000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-119-0x00007FFB77F40000-0x00007FFB77F50000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-123-0x00007FFB75360000-0x00007FFB75370000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-124-0x00007FFB75360000-0x00007FFB75370000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-122-0x00007FFB77F40000-0x00007FFB77F50000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-120-0x00007FFB77F40000-0x00007FFB77F50000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-118-0x00007FFB77F40000-0x00007FFB77F50000-memory.dmp
memory/5228-180-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/6012-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/6012-116-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/6048-179-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp