Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 03:50

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 2.8MB
  • Sample260802-eeattscq41
  • SHA256 18fbd9572e3a374bc2f79e97898faed5dd24b1b7b4cb0a7c412754a73c83feb0
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_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
    PID:3612
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4628
    • 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:2516
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4876
  • 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:204

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 1a5a27e908d048ff32a3ca81e3052361de165247c56937ddb2c69cf19a372d73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 0cd428528c235813df257ef803581a70814f0d2997e568828b2bdfdf5dae747f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        D8095E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D8095E00
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 a43d0f6ca2f7e93f475eb20a305797161712e7d93047c4ba2113318862af3b00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjzSFBVD.xlsm

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

        memory/204-128-0x00007FF9EB540000-0x00007FF9EB550000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-127-0x00007FF9EB540000-0x00007FF9EB550000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-124-0x00007FF9EDE80000-0x00007FF9EDE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-123-0x00007FF9EDE80000-0x00007FF9EDE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-122-0x00007FF9EDE80000-0x00007FF9EDE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-125-0x00007FF9EDE80000-0x00007FF9EDE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/204-126-0x00007FF9EDE80000-0x00007FF9EDE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/2516-163-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2516-177-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2516-184-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2516-196-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3612-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3612-119-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006D7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3612-0-0x0000000002490000-0x0000000002491000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-121-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp