Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
132s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/07/2026, 19:33
General
- Target 2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 13.9MB
- Sample260730-x9jdkawdmc
- SHA256 2e979e4f9f3178bd46db1a3fc01bbdff4f38e25ea5eab135d851119f9d4f4da5
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: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- 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_2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe" -burn.unelevated BurnPipe.{92106953-5C5B-4B35-92A3-26FB159828A8} {3DDBA46F-0549-4C3B-BBB2-4DC1C25449DE} 25683⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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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
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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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
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-07-30_2edc96e321867eefbc9e1f73846bc083_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
F8095E00
q3TqxmWL.xlsm
logo.png
wixstdba.dll
memory/2496-174-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-231-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-229-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-232-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-170-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-172-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-171-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-173-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-230-0x00007FFB4D660000-0x00007FFB4D670000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-175-0x00007FFB4ABF0000-0x00007FFB4AC00000-memory.dmp
memory/2496-176-0x00007FFB4ABF0000-0x00007FFB4AC00000-memory.dmp
memory/2640-169-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/4676-1-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030A1000-memory.dmp
memory/4676-2-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/4676-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000011E4000-memory.dmp
memory/4676-155-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000011E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-215-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-225-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-152-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-238-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-243-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-245-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5376-247-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp