Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
150s - 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, 22:43
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 972KB
- Sample260723-2m76macn7x
- SHA256 9515815865d9470ee9ed67227e2da505d17b9ab29127b8621397d174e11765a2
- MD5 a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346
- SHA1 0b9a1d738df9b4c44682ef01e17cc6540e43f52e
- SHA512 9623b49426f9d2f850dbded45eb218ead1e13ce730d74f8f191142eedae7a9f632863bda9a3964544291cf8d0534bed46a756d275e11ee2eac2171fd6e1863f6
- SSDEEP 12288:fMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9LrIrz47vuOjsG0A:fnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9/Djn
- TLSH T1DD259E32B6D18433D1731A3D8C9B93A9983ABE512E34794B3BE41F4C5F396826D252D3
- 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 1356 ._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4700 Synaptics.exe 3980 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_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_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 2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.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 opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU 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 4288 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
pid Process 1356 ._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1356 ._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4288 EXCEL.EXE 4288 EXCEL.EXE 4288 EXCEL.EXE 4288 EXCEL.EXE 4288 EXCEL.EXE 4288 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4432 wrote to memory of 1356 4432 2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 4432 wrote to memory of 4700 4432 2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4432 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1356
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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:4700
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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:4288
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3980
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 71226e034176de07c1164293a0c9367b3c5271fd4359098231b75ef64f37911a
- MD5 26f6f5cf2902f26afb4d616e73bcf1d5
- SHA1 1f451fe022e17318876f22d52dafb87f2499ceb4
- SHA512 b936dffaa8462787173f45e675a1d819cab72dfd302e1e58ee70cdf5ee16664fcace1e04dc562b551a6093720b01320a272681d5a503d019c7822cb45e8210d7
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9IJr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9W
- TLSH T162F47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5982ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-23_a0d406050c288f2760989a3255f21346_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 218KB
- SHA256 f2662856c329adcfe0a50a128ddcac5635ec28fece7cc96e8e6203b7101b90cb
- MD5 912c30f85c037dc11f34c6069e2cf566
- SHA1 9180131d492876a63f32452b9262076bc3b9d42e
- SHA512 79ecfc454aa97da631a6aad904c7eed87bf1305d1589879d0be72517cbd98367815d013642d09faf8bd6a77da4556a1b2fd5603e85f4f3b7bb99eff56a82573a
- SSDEEP 6144:9vINZOoTrznwc6xGyvailMrCsUsGD6BxV3HH:xIrz47vuOjsGg
- TLSH T161248D223AE1C873C997057608C9CB7AB7B3B9609B7585C337D41F4DAE306D29A39346
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FF495E00
- Size 22KB
- SHA256 05c9c1176a584e8fb876379314888e401e99aa4410610dcbd2749f4d09b9b9cd
- MD5 fb12de30bf34f2cb789bf044d6ac3357
- SHA1 f274271e850345fff7545f7334ba97cb49179291
- SHA512 a0f3b6c500fdfc5363b6ef96f68a20c67e7554c19ca2e28909e0348980899d3736f00e91582b1bf4c4c551d0c7bd92af36bfa0f9251faf179dbc7c9c8c63d13a
- SSDEEP 384:M5Lan29Vg2p+o5bHspIXPcvMUYiKcdUuNcgpihSnSGRGD/bU+1:MZan84o5bHDX0PbUCcgpi4i/bB1
- TLSH T17CA2C00C2919E93EFD46197C820515E3F745228CD491FEDF9698F2F430C6A0767AE09E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WNFA2hbp.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH