Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    10/08/2026, 22:54

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample260810-2vmjwsv1ey
  • SHA256 0696f60d5199d24065e3c6793f1a276cbf6e08f2980a81ea0c7670a1f83887b8
  • 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 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5776
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2284
    • 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:4112
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2828
  • 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:5096

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 757KB
        • SHA256 5dc485a50ca9f5a4654cab87b0960153ac0a3931baaf94575c135df62799419d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 c1849350d90cde9c650f2776e9b21b81e3b5ff575b0b1bde2399a5c07fb8bcb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2E295E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2E295E00
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 925c84884c0679c57f501e7dbbcd561e6b20f54ec19ecb7e1c60c48dd0e996fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rk2ffZl6.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rk2ffZl6.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2828-121-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4112-164-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4112-170-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4112-202-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4112-177-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-128-0x00007FFC4A980000-0x00007FFC4A990000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-126-0x00007FFC4CF20000-0x00007FFC4CF30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-127-0x00007FFC4A980000-0x00007FFC4A990000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-122-0x00007FFC4CF20000-0x00007FFC4CF30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-165-0x000001FC7D3B0000-0x000001FC7D6F7000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-123-0x00007FFC4CF20000-0x00007FFC4CF30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-125-0x00007FFC4CF20000-0x00007FFC4CF30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5096-124-0x00007FFC4CF20000-0x00007FFC4CF30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5776-118-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005CB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5776-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5776-0-0x0000000002390000-0x0000000002391000-memory.dmp