Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
09/08/2026, 16:04
General
- Target 2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 4.6MB
- Sample260809-tjaf7ahp21
- SHA256 2b79004f413e7884209122c1a0130e6b5c9fb120e325f191882a8487435de5c2
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.
- Detects executables packed with DNGuard 22 IoCs
- 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- 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
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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 AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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_Synaptics.exe.log
._cache_2026-08-09_bd9c52ddf190dae1d75147432023bfda_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
CA685E00
DXvI2jdz.xlsm
memory/2120-347-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002A27000-memory.dmp
memory/2120-346-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002A27000-memory.dmp
memory/2120-343-0x0000000072580000-0x0000000072D30000-memory.dmp
memory/2120-403-0x00000000708C0000-0x0000000070949000-memory.dmp
memory/2120-344-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002A27000-memory.dmp
memory/2120-477-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002A27000-memory.dmp
memory/2148-472-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2148-544-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2148-513-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2180-137-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2180-0-0x00000000025E0000-0x00000000025E1000-memory.dmp
memory/2180-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-147-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010005000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-145-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010005000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-70-0x0000000072580000-0x0000000072D30000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-119-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EB000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-132-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002707000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-149-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010005000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-500-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EB000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-489-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002707000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-488-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EB000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-120-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002707000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-131-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002707000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-142-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010005000-memory.dmp
memory/2384-143-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010005000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-287-0x00007FFC0EE50000-0x00007FFC0EE60000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-345-0x00007FFC0C690000-0x00007FFC0C6A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-378-0x00007FFC0C690000-0x00007FFC0C6A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-288-0x00007FFC0EE50000-0x00007FFC0EE60000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-289-0x00007FFC0EE50000-0x00007FFC0EE60000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-291-0x00007FFC0EE50000-0x00007FFC0EE60000-memory.dmp
memory/2872-290-0x00007FFC0EE50000-0x00007FFC0EE60000-memory.dmp
memory/4532-342-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-371-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-368-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-367-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092C2000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-369-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-373-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-375-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-377-0x00000000092A0000-0x00000000092BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-338-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-337-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-336-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-335-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-334-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-322-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-321-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-320-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-318-0x00000000708C0000-0x0000000070949000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-308-0x0000000007F70000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-306-0x0000000007F70000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-305-0x0000000007F70000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-293-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-292-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-416-0x0000000009340000-0x00000000093D2000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-427-0x0000000009530000-0x000000000953A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-428-0x0000000009540000-0x0000000009596000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-325-0x00000000087A0000-0x0000000008D44000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-323-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-324-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-317-0x0000000008030000-0x000000000803A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-304-0x00000000083B0000-0x000000000844C000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-297-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F7A000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-217-0x0000000072580000-0x0000000072D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-266-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002747000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-502-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002747000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-267-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002747000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-265-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002747000-memory.dmp