Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
128s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
06/07/2026, 19:30
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
General
- Target 2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 2.4MB
- Sample260706-x8bbkact6z
- SHA256 c563be7597337cc9352844397eb455f0b5aa273bddeca29efb86faebaa1eb072
- MD5 f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3
- SHA1 696bf521558b53b9e215ac15ceddc5fcb4c73fc7
- SHA512 f5716f5dd84552bec844fd8d488efe54a3b6756921db0706b332604323135d7414afb134e40f2d8d70e8d2848fc1ed5eb4d497e60184997d6034d4157fb1194f
- SSDEEP 49152:0nsHyjtk2MYC5GDBFC7kPcou7PTHgQDVXjZnvI8vV4cTZG07x2jpYxVQpm2Y:0nsmtk2aK1VMLgQD5jZnvBvV3dGK2jpI
- TLSH T1D2C59E2236D1903BC2373635894EE378E569B9705E35564B3BD41F3D2F38582AE3826B
- 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
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 3660 Synaptics.exe 3668 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" 2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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 Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString EXCEL.EXE - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 6080 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
pid Process 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
pid Process 2504 ._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 6080 EXCEL.EXE 6080 EXCEL.EXE 6080 EXCEL.EXE 6080 EXCEL.EXE 6080 EXCEL.EXE 6080 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1876 wrote to memory of 2504 1876 2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 87 PID 1876 wrote to memory of 3660 1876 2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1876 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2504
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
PID:3660
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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
PID:6080
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3668
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 1e7c7c77725d405dd9379c3d96da278d21e7d712dfc299eab759572f541b86eb
- MD5 ee74d9f77e22661c0066a3c2648fdc80
- SHA1 6a99267f1b1a1e1c572f4eae1d32862d9109b50e
- SHA512 316360ab00aab30ceddcbd2797056e4344ff0f3bfb4c1efb988bcce8646dab5f08f7b142af0e56b76205526e916604bdf759cbd63d325128c9302231b554de98
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Idr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9S
- TLSH T15EF47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5982ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-06_f119dacc80a6787baebf04a77bb138a3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 7d2d67dc030e2b73dabaeeb8cc8fd387c3127f23d3319d48ea507e373c18709e
- MD5 fbdefb1467a3ba1bdb8f7e95055f1f2a
- SHA1 64142577c5b0427f446a2ce0f54488a4a5289edf
- SHA512 47a9d2bb1d56413613661914e77d58f7415d0fb499308154007ae4ba1088f34f0b18281d34c4bbb1064eb1ffbcbae065dc9a483dace8b5c3a84f5d15cc3550bb
- SSDEEP 49152:GFC7kPcou7PTHgQDVXjZnvI8vV4cTZG07x2jpYxVQpm2A:G1VMLgQD5jZnvBvV3dGK2jpgQpm2A
- TLSH T171859F213691903AC23B3235464EE379F6E9E9704E35428B2A955F3D2F34553AE3C62F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5DF85E00
- Size 24KB
- SHA256 210afb3785eb77b6cb0c028ce4aba35861e848163f12be29f8b6adb42421b54e
- MD5 f07cd4a283a869945551885227d0fdc2
- SHA1 54f92a2e54b6d05192b04545296435bbcb2a12e1
- SHA512 57aa99dde5be5ee08c8d1faeb1944bc05395d6158aafd767d3e1c425b76ee875bc5b1f3ad712b4972322662550a31d0bed7dd52033c91928227d64e8e91c458a
- SSDEEP 768:MX6PMW4o5bt303KubrP+8aXM2sJzMqGV0/1aG:MX6Plzr6rPtz9GV0T
- TLSH T172B2D02801B9AC1DD042087BD8093FE4B5E9A28FE71CB25FCD947A756DC9B47A31F189
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AHwsYbLt.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH