Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/08/2026, 17:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe
  • Size 3.3MB
  • Sample260806-v2aekswgpg
  • SHA256 3cbf2c0dcf6b81ace22bc7134589ab2c23f196b21fe5bc58f1de2c376f8f0a44
  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4504
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1992
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4624
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2504
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1556
  • 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:4800

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 3cbf2c0dcf6b81ace22bc7134589ab2c23f196b21fe5bc58f1de2c376f8f0a44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-06_1920691a71119fa64fc81c070bf907e8_cobalt-strike_cryptbot_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_g.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 6e69f510621a4c03c14dccdf556cc7b81e9057fb82535df2fe182e0b286ab680
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        4IrfriAS.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4IrfriAS.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        C5285E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C5285E00
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 b2475ff710433c5457e28513c9331b136d05cd39fbec444c3009230009b38423
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1076-257-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4504-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4504-128-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4504-0-0x00000000008F0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4624-131-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4624-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4624-301-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4624-310-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4624-333-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-254-0x00007FFAFCD10000-0x00007FFAFCD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-252-0x00007FFAFCD10000-0x00007FFAFCD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-258-0x00007FFAFA510000-0x00007FFAFA520000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-250-0x00007FFAFCD10000-0x00007FFAFCD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-249-0x00007FFAFCD10000-0x00007FFAFCD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-259-0x00007FFAFA510000-0x00007FFAFA520000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-251-0x00007FFAFCD10000-0x00007FFAFCD20000-memory.dmp