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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.8MB
- Sample260802-eeattscq41
- SHA256 18fbd9572e3a374bc2f79e97898faed5dd24b1b7b4cb0a7c412754a73c83feb0
- MD5 eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a
- SHA1 1125046b4e69d7d16cbcf5916f40e0d297bdd900
- SHA512 c6d47e0ffc5e3779aa7ebdfd1acc24b2b1221451f0215e6aff9426e1ae313f84ef96e3696b2445e4b41e9f7f71e6dfb081003c9b8c913d13e89575de02e5f019
- SSDEEP 49152:pnsHyjtk2MYC5GD3dk8NMHrxhlyIVTWeTXj5B+ASGumFqxFq1K3+t41o:pnsmtk2asdk8CHrxhoIVTxj5B+AfQxW5
- TLSH T19FD58D317680C03EC9631731AD5DA369E16ABE601F34558F72D83E1C2E7DDC2A93869B
- 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 4628 ._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 2516 Synaptics.exe 4876 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" 2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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 2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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 204 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
pid Process 4628 ._cache_2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE 204 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3612 wrote to memory of 4628 3612 2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 3612 wrote to memory of 2516 3612 2026-08-01_eac62df3fe50ce7e672927177d1cbc4a_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 91
Processes
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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
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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:2516
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4876
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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:204
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 1a5a27e908d048ff32a3ca81e3052361de165247c56937ddb2c69cf19a372d73
- MD5 1ba300845344e9ac919033ed50ce4c29
- SHA1 be88996f278f7c41fcdf8dc954fc2983bf860c6c
- SHA512 3289e33e85a452bb3590717207fc69b224d2bad7e0a46f1cf078558282cfb51c8fa202a1cf821dbf4639c97e0c0e2d3dbcc1e81d270dafc68dd3a639514aeca6
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Ikr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD93
- TLSH T1CDF46D32F2D18437D1721A3D9C5BE3A5582ABE512E38794B3BF82E4D5F3D68128252D3
- 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 d6b8f0f4878688af94889e01beea338e
- SHA1 efbf08b88066522ecc5f912ed20702e33a9bd32a
- SHA512 5dec0f6ae8dcfe9671a0c9a769d9c120e58fbb815b41828333a6e1375fe6c3d4152451fdb3502bfce79eabcfe2cead15f2af5ab7e95473497d203dd85d88acd8
- SSDEEP 49152:Vdk8NMHrxhlyIVTWeTXj5B+ASGumFqxFq1K3+t41:Vdk8CHrxhoIVTxj5B+AfQxWK3+t
- TLSH T147A56D317580C07EC9631331BE5CA269E2AAAE701B35418F72847E2D2E7DDD39538A5F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D8095E00
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 a43d0f6ca2f7e93f475eb20a305797161712e7d93047c4ba2113318862af3b00
- MD5 d465e8c93e41c9fe12952af2b68077d1
- SHA1 8c943363bb7d895d2f31ea1a99748dfcbed31dc7
- SHA512 cc1891e3779fec43f5058141ec17cb56c35e0a771a939b2720209251a4e0a6e017d13cb62d41738b2ad1ae383c8f7c45aef7117038ecdeb41ba1f59317026dcf
- SSDEEP 384:MIrGq+Vyp+o5btd7EdCy6tK+3BOgfMZAbyBZie3FMWjciCDld4J1T9FBZv85qI:MIrGtVy4o5btdIY1BOgHyciCMJFBm5qI
- TLSH T1A3A2D02C6DB988A5E1214D7D6D480AC6C1C833DAC4A27D8BCF91AD456ED95D30FEF0E2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xjzSFBVD.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH