Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/07/2026, 22:20
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 899KB
- Sample260719-19acfagy3x
- SHA256 004e295f0ba95537db4d9fc56db84bf0e0815f50605e39911d70998a7106389a
- MD5 6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7
- SHA1 52112eaad97dfa0a8705e843032a964cb7654d87
- SHA512 339c4a1ef9ba791ae504cd9392a3c5125f0f8c0956ac156af6ae226b5ee6cf1d79a0d0c866f21cae873ea1dd3afda98a437fc0e1827ad06f3b0ea1e9b6579240
- SSDEEP 12288:UMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7Qnvt35+6G75V95BUTplyXrvf:UnsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD90TnyT
- TLSH T133157E23B2D14437D8731A3D5D6BA364C42ABE622E346D8E7BE88E4C5F3D5413A25393
- 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 5268 ._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 5448 Synaptics.exe 4996 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" 2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.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 2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.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\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily 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 1344 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
pid Process 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE 1344 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1032 wrote to memory of 5268 1032 2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 89 PID 1032 wrote to memory of 5448 1032 2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1032 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5268
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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:5448
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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:1344
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4996
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 754KB
- SHA256 66ad77e13ccfa4d2a6ba1c144101bd0fe7ab636e9f903371f62938a959023bed
- MD5 0c41af6b577a6b282afe1ea34d0a22b9
- SHA1 dea54620b429599dcedc2d2aac4755ba385d95fc
- SHA512 92b8c73ac1e29b0b4a8b7e74916f6080b8c2614e0bc86876e838f49259f9495545baea543e01867085fc207a47bfc5769c63e4f765d068ec46c7c62238f934bd
- SSDEEP 12288:KMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7Qnvt35+6G75V9tO3:KnsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD9o
- TLSH T1E6F46C33B2D1453BC9731A3C5D6BA3A4C42ABE512E346D8A7BE89D4C9F3E6413914393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 145KB
- SHA256 918668d10d188ef66a95db84356fcc8e3de5069ae20ce0ca8f83a1b96637c894
- MD5 128716de017e6170a5a7ecacfd1020b3
- SHA1 e6fce85fd69e4117bcf5dd60d3163f18a2652058
- SHA512 3452620cb6b0ef2de70c1ae7142a47343f5bcdfe0f33a0b6de71f5d8b0ea444b762e161396e9c4097e7b9236aad2128a53704a9a67d154116420893fde655d7a
- SSDEEP 1536:vM3Ubvtxp5Zc+Y9y8gyUR8WGmDsu01JxQrpxYhrTaGVByi9N6+AcC+rsWjcdUpT5:4UbvTzZacyc8pL14rHGUUptT7j
- TLSH T1D1E36C11B6D59030E4B301B745A4E6724ABEFC765F22AE9F6BCA0E5D16780C0A335B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2QZ2E3md.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\E6B95E00
- Size 20KB
- SHA256 9903f4a756814a77a66fa5dc5abc471222b2ced28cfd8533ca7a1eccc86fc5a2
- MD5 0e6711648f1fc3b5092277fec0dbea2a
- SHA1 ce98548d69bb81d416d8e182678fd6ddb0551596
- SHA512 612df069bc9ca35a0d7a82775939d3f0a9543b4eb3261cf95fb4576fcf4ed14ed012cb9a76f5ad5bef6335e28ebd56b9a7dea925621cd015e94b8868d84d2490
- SSDEEP 384:M6m6bp+o5bNrY8WhWYD4oHf0FhzJoi9kNv124/xyF9+6nOa:M6mC4o5bNrjVo8Mgoh/YFM+n
- TLSH T1E092C069DE0BEE0FD9F3943D580938B66116314F8267560B784CA25F39852C327AA2CD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH