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

General

  • Target
    2026-07-19_6aaf71fab1a4d807b689d20adf3e02f7_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
  • Size 899KB
  • Sample260719-19acfagy3x
  • SHA256 004e295f0ba95537db4d9fc56db84bf0e0815f50605e39911d70998a7106389a
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • 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
    • 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:5448
  • 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:1344
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4996

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 754KB
        • SHA256 66ad77e13ccfa4d2a6ba1c144101bd0fe7ab636e9f903371f62938a959023bed
        • 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 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2QZ2E3md.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2QZ2E3md.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        E6B95E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E6B95E00
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 9903f4a756814a77a66fa5dc5abc471222b2ced28cfd8533ca7a1eccc86fc5a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1032-0-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1032-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1032-95-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-98-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-145-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-100-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-101-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-181-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-104-0x00007FFF64F50000-0x00007FFF64F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-105-0x00007FFF64F50000-0x00007FFF64F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-99-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-168-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-163-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-143-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-97-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-161-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-147-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-149-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/1344-151-0x000002910FAE0000-0x000002910FD63000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-103-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-160-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-146-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-141-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-96-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-172-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5448-176-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp