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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample260710-e2c8gaet2y
- SHA256 9215a3c3e5ae75b451cabcc19546c4f8cd8fe9ff9e34371f5a12ccbb81385145
- MD5 9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920
- SHA1 f40a2700eb8ea88f842461a98e5994ad28a6a574
- SHA512 fe22dc31fdb39e65afa49e808c069fb9d504d5765d4a5d86f18b210ce6e5d76a666826f9fb0b22ef4db5dd89884ccfa93987091d20ee92ba05def685d140f1b9
- SSDEEP 24576:2nsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD9v320gPgFKJO9L7J0vGRUKH1P1VJt8:2nsHyjtk2Mn5GDV2KNL2vGL9l8
- TLSH T1E955B023B3D28437C87366384DABA3A8D476BA512D34699F3BE44D4CBF39A412D15393
- 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
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resource behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c515-137.dat - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2512 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 5476 Synaptics.exe 2052 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" 2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 7 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4\Eaton.ECF.Facade.ServiceRanger.Security.dll ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4\Eaton.ECF.Facade.ServiceRanger.Security.dll ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Eaton ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_240753546 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4\Eaton.ECF.Facade.ServiceRanger.LicenseExtensions.dll ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Eaton\ServiceRanger4\Eaton.ECF.Facade.ServiceRanger.LicenseExtensions.dll ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.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 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 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 2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.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 value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS 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 6100 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
pid Process 2512 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 2512 ._cache_2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE 6100 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5616 wrote to memory of 2512 5616 2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 86 PID 5616 wrote to memory of 5476 5616 2026-07-10_9f2ed6dba902b40cbf52f52674026920_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke.exe 87
Processes
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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
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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:5476
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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:6100
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2052
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 754KB
- SHA256 dd26a59cac8624960c2b898cd14c5c68688c06b01f4e76b378ae3f9cf889ab4a
- MD5 fd36d3565b587dd216ac93b8f55a4ea7
- SHA1 9a16f8c1bbbb86170c7ccc357256aa8c29655587
- SHA512 dc5bc04fb5c671589906b5ebdd9237311dcab2227f625ce0e20322f23a71804cef1c33a64a84bfdc3c3f0e41c4f26a6a1013cf283a7a915c91f2c392231c35ab
- SSDEEP 12288:KMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7Qnvt35+6G75V9tdaf3:KnsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD9nO
- TLSH T12EF46D33B2D1453BC9731A3C5D6BA3A4C42ABE512E34698A77E89D4CAF3E64139143D3
- 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 fbbc85d9ffec6c915aa080d13a024583
- SHA1 9878b18d51cda2597b3286f733f78996e02bbe2d
- SHA512 4427d0ee1175fee927c01005770581bd699cb6ae4782dc74b00c259b72b6c4a72aeee6733a58645a1a891d2b07da1afea2dafc463732d37c806d371b76f06e98
- SSDEEP 12288:bY20AljdZgBPfKfhO9LaiJ0vGxHUA1H1cCUywaG0t+:M20gPgFKJO9L7J0vGRUKH1P1VJt+
- TLSH T1A6B4C013ABA38076CCA2B1701BE966DD62F561D4B192E3AF7B640D08BF60F41CE0A755
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kqCrpzpc.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kqCrpzpc.xlsm
- Size 23KB
- SHA256 b6f18f4d2425ea4b66fd14c59f39a542b7ffb681542a14b2df9f885df7ecdbd8
- MD5 878590bf10c584897929941728e623f3
- SHA1 27aa90ef31fad9125d9d6d509c51c782faa19c1b
- SHA512 6b05d12f84823cda0da81401db5259655035bf951d182d65ebc730c3853f8a76cceaa3293e788cd5ee23354941fdedb97c5fc4ca1521c01fd16c43edf7365b19
- SSDEEP 384:MnSE5uVy8bAZp+o5bNaNYAJp9ySRFKJSbRTD24lVBgY+PBzgsyQTz3Zv5uyu:MnSbV5bAZ4o5bkKA1yaFISbRPXBqGEbC
- TLSH T1D6B2D05DAE0DAC4FDDAAC93D985C01B7D301172FE542198E78C2E17826EB2DB274315D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH