Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/08/2026, 02:11
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 6.1MB
- Sample260809-cmh43aycld
- SHA256 5b3a4af9474afb6bad1bf60a6ebec1c7fc5441284af4edaa98801e20d01d5e15
- MD5 4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5
- SHA1 9b1801f543929246a990fd7d55c65fa52917ea9b
- SHA512 44d94ab250f1fbe19f4ef620dffcdfaad78a1790cf90bf43e88f3015788f8b256091bed77bb2d6ecab13ff649177e7b1e89c6fbf2fc112151979a51afdb7e725
- SSDEEP 98304:lnsmtk2afGMZdBLOpsnO8RqdtfYC8tcBB+Gq1skjRrEC+Qut:5LoG+BLOpsnO8RkfY5tk411yft
- TLSH T12D561275F1D0C0B6C252D63CCD9F82248A577B34AF35DCEB5BA80B585F662C04A98AD3
- 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 2152 ._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 4068 Synaptics.exe 3844 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" 2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.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 Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.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 use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1504 wrote to memory of 2152 1504 2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 89 PID 1504 wrote to memory of 4068 1504 2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1504 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2152
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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:4068
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3844
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 01bc42f760b2e18a5368f6bf10da3decc9d33ab8aa61f6c47ea6f5f40de43ff6
- MD5 22da3139e91bbd588c55f887b3c04bdd
- SHA1 f3366efbfa5fcb3ea889652e404a1c0809cd0734
- SHA512 0791e6d27bf023d429881a668a6594ad2f596fbd47e1095b079f104377e501a34522c41f063a5f7884fe3099cc3083ed79f363a0e8a30ff8041606255181f513
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Izr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9s
- TLSH T18EF47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5982ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-09_4efd3da5bf6a3855e53797fd25c09ef5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 a146f56e1e2c0313b6d1ebd2cddca634d84f8ed62278f99d6d6b77b1d9532b20
- MD5 5d001cae60620da613f3c78d93edd4fc
- SHA1 2171eac77e93b31370ab102b49323e8d211dea2e
- SHA512 da03e1f31e39f14c4bba71ee8e75ae9a6222c1fbdcbce973165eed930a81d3576d082353239c477818e02bdf89f07343c9e2e10efc1a6d3ed4c512c750e2f3ee
- SSDEEP 98304:LGMZdBLOpsnO8RqdtfYC8tcBB+Gq1skjRrEC+Qu:LG+BLOpsnO8RkfY5tk411yf
- TLSH T1744612A9F0E4C0C5D285D538CE9A8225CB877738E776CCF74A6903A56A826C04BDDDD3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH