Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/07/2026, 09:41

General

  • Target
    2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe
  • Size 1.4MB
  • Sample260708-lnxtaady8x
  • SHA256 0ae560d4cbae1bfbdbf586c63380c41f116cd34d072e0cc6a53b87a07f8c1888
  • 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.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • 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 Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 55 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1996
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:560
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:5352
  • 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:1480
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4196
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3876
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5688
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5032
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3464

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 5eba97acd372a778dc506566e4e62233004f735681530ff389e094b9a5728b48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 599B
        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 595B
        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ._cache_2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-08_eecac11d41d0b729db1585cab32ac7b5_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_wannacry.exe
        • Size 694KB
        • SHA256 023556a9ca05bc324bfb0e6170487a366b6470f0c0b2581c83e0756fbae23afd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FiwTJjo9.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FiwTJjo9.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1480-121-0x00007FF9292E0000-0x00007FF9292F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-120-0x00007FF9292E0000-0x00007FF9292F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-122-0x00007FF9292E0000-0x00007FF9292F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-124-0x00007FF9292E0000-0x00007FF9292F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-123-0x00007FF9292E0000-0x00007FF9292F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-125-0x00007FF926F50000-0x00007FF926F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1480-126-0x00007FF926F50000-0x00007FF926F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1996-0-0x0000000002320000-0x0000000002321000-memory.dmp

        memory/1996-119-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000570000-memory.dmp

        memory/1996-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-128-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5032-141-0x000001C485E60000-0x000001C485F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/5032-179-0x000001C488A60000-0x000001C488A80000-memory.dmp

        memory/5032-205-0x000001C488F80000-0x000001C488FA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5032-171-0x000001C488B80000-0x000001C488C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/5032-170-0x000001C488720000-0x000001C488740000-memory.dmp

        memory/5352-133-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5352-326-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5352-329-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5352-334-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5352-340-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp