Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
136s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/07/2026, 22:40
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 975KB
- Sample260723-2lmhjayblc
- SHA256 d19f1c4d8e12430474a3b54a218609a0a035d53ba5da359db428a91f5c871ec5
- MD5 f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914
- SHA1 c9f018d2bd8173aa4d1dbaa6d05c99d87991f897
- SHA512 0d8ef13317cc807022d9214a9244350428d109abf608c376bf7db154306d171a667ab0db7642c47af81213a15e2126da370f2bdf42446b77b8d6d6657113db9e
- SSDEEP 12288:HMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9VnsQQgvPGQ/HII:HnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD96gnG6/
- TLSH T118258E22B2D1C437D173163D8CAB93B8593ABE512E34694B3BF43E4C9F396816925393
- 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 5200 ._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 5540 Synaptics.exe 468 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" 2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.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 Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.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 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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 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 3036 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
pid Process 5200 ._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 5200 ._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE 3036 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5888 wrote to memory of 5200 5888 2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 89 PID 5888 wrote to memory of 5540 5888 2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5888 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5200
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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:5540
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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:3036
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:468
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 9c37dd90682592237038846ad0b22451385690901371866dbc60589de27d9c0f
- MD5 56b707753c53ed043ab057b9969167c7
- SHA1 c1f06b2983a89e6fe0e6d4223b6b97da5292c798
- SHA512 be66a62882b05aa01e040ff05495fde19409967e769e7d21c3f8fb3f14b57884f018c6991817bb37e77933f0b920be1fc44807e678994f7d3eeef401d33fc5a9
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Irr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9E
- TLSH T1E6F47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5582ABE512E38794B3BF82E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_f382bfac67cbef324de2429d57132914_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 221KB
- SHA256 e5efb5733b783f040022406b3db948bfd33dc8398d987b997bdace1e82e8c966
- MD5 5c3bf3e320d898eb00b3d1bc4fc62c49
- SHA1 f4d80879960b028df36b73749bef39c95d7bd8a4
- SHA512 f4d8d7355f26736ceab7f3a81208dc8c4c2d4a204f73ee35f5a4c14583e2dabb6e6f289c3e80d48d5559a9e233350ee4d48d8d915d189810fafc587bd6ab21ec
- SSDEEP 3072:gtvmswDljy1WY1zYfrLsoEDy9CHuUVLdEvYxDynGQIfwxiVupktnA9BTL3J:aeswhy11zYfHsRqQJdEvYxWGQxBGA9
- TLSH T1A5245B2236D5C073D5B7113148F6C77977B3BCA09B36860B77903B4DEE71AA29A29342
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ypvop3yM.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH