Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/07/2026, 04:25

General

  • Target
    2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260710-e2c8gaet2y
  • SHA256 9215a3c3e5ae75b451cabcc19546c4f8cd8fe9ff9e34371f5a12ccbb81385145
  • 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.

  • Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs

    Office document equipped with macros.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 7 IoCs
  • 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 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5616
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2512
    • 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:5476
  • 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:6100
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2052

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 754KB
        • SHA256 dd26a59cac8624960c2b898cd14c5c68688c06b01f4e76b378ae3f9cf889ab4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
        • Size 504KB
        • SHA256 7ff501843133d0e5d5df0ec32adf2b688ad585b1da240ff775bedca81bac8fbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kqCrpzpc.xlsm

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

        kqCrpzpc.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kqCrpzpc.xlsm
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 b6f18f4d2425ea4b66fd14c59f39a542b7ffb681542a14b2df9f885df7ecdbd8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2052-103-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-164-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-157-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-155-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-143-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5616-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5616-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000541000-memory.dmp

        memory/5616-0-0x0000000002440000-0x0000000002441000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-99-0x00007FFCC4E20000-0x00007FFCC4E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-104-0x00007FFCC20F0000-0x00007FFCC2100000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-101-0x00007FFCC20F0000-0x00007FFCC2100000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-100-0x00007FFCC4E20000-0x00007FFCC4E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-97-0x00007FFCC4E20000-0x00007FFCC4E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-98-0x00007FFCC4E20000-0x00007FFCC4E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/6100-96-0x00007FFCC4E20000-0x00007FFCC4E30000-memory.dmp