Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
28/07/2026, 07:49
General
- Target 2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- Sample260728-jnpfssstet
- SHA256 69e9145fd0b513b8d8b3d0cb40251df09f5783610f8c20b44dacca253437017e
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
- Family: Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs
Office document equipped with macros.
- Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 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 8 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 15 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\look2.exe2⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchcst.exe "c:\windows\system32\240735312.bat",MainThread2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵
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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
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Server Software Component
1Terminal Services DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
HD_2026-07-28_0b7d4bf957c3bb5b038aec70170bd140_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
HD_X.dat
look2.exe
r4ki5Azb.xlsm
r4ki5Azb.xlsm
240735312.bat
svchcst.exe
memory/1740-157-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-226-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-202-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-197-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-194-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-156-0x00007FF7DEC70000-0x00007FF7DEC80000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-149-0x00007FF7E1880000-0x00007FF7E1890000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-154-0x00007FF7DEC70000-0x00007FF7DEC80000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-153-0x00007FF7E1880000-0x00007FF7E1890000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-152-0x00007FF7E1880000-0x00007FF7E1890000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-151-0x00007FF7E1880000-0x00007FF7E1890000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-150-0x00007FF7E1880000-0x00007FF7E1890000-memory.dmp
memory/4940-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000504000-memory.dmp
memory/4940-19-0x00000000022E0000-0x00000000022E1000-memory.dmp
memory/4940-20-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp