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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
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 1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b
- SHA1 a367b8d9faa8457b88c7cfcac728e8b30ecd854c
- SHA512 f46a0da3ab623d7ef853a336defdd6ba5ba3f4ee34e896a63af7d5a479b2889f34b69a548947298a23fc6def74cd773d1b536f94136577cb4b41f28c52e69730
- SSDEEP 24576:mnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9EAHXDJCQFMhmC+6GD9U:mnsHyjtk2MYC5GDmAHzJC2MYC5GDa
- TLSH T12C857D22B3D18437D5731A3D8C6BA3A5583ABE502E34A94F3BE43E4C5F392816D65393
- 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 2284 ._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4112 Synaptics.exe 2828 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" 2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.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 2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.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 value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz 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 5096 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
pid Process 2284 ._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2284 ._cache_2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE 5096 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5776 wrote to memory of 2284 5776 2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90 PID 5776 wrote to memory of 4112 5776 2026-08-10_1bd43ed5b1c940e602db2c5af399786b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 92
Processes
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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
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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:4112
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2828
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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:5096
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 757KB
- SHA256 5dc485a50ca9f5a4654cab87b0960153ac0a3931baaf94575c135df62799419d
- MD5 87c2cb3dbf5597918881fc27aa78dd6d
- SHA1 6dbc83f2187a133af84a447e18771129f1828993
- SHA512 fa131e36b02020d03848045bfec570c8f58cb5ed034ee0db75a362c0c48e69b4c9b0303826f1eda00acfd721b833c2a36bd5c40838f000fc4eb0c54950520715
- SSDEEP 12288:2MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9nZAm:2nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9nb
- TLSH T166F46D32F2D18437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5582ABF512E38794E3BE82E4C5F3D68138652D3
- 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 49aedf8894aad04336b7d21beb3292b2
- SHA1 2906030b1d3d20eb6ef16c6b2bcbe6c8957973f9
- SHA512 4face82742a304b068edf9c33d108da5c7a49538c92d4e057233c7c512d58c6f5959fddb24d97b3acf7e9c6361b5eab25cb10d3e8e7260b305dc685917c66f81
- SSDEEP 12288:0s8lAHXc8Ji9dv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9q:qAHXDJCQFMhmC+6GD9
- TLSH T1C0359D12B3E1C437D573163A4C67E395553ABE106E35AA0B3BE03F8D9E352919E213A3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2E295E00
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 925c84884c0679c57f501e7dbbcd561e6b20f54ec19ecb7e1c60c48dd0e996fa
- MD5 98aa1ed54c634a99934b13b080a17a69
- SHA1 c5ee674f82b159f7bd362fa591b796ee35846bfb
- SHA512 fa69b1ce458a6f900f4ff38d4722a44a81c0ffa41bc6ce88efc688ba25a26761159d054d852333bbad988e424d07a2683a218797f91801c8565f520c64f764e9
- SSDEEP 384:MmJbJNp+o5b+acrFvexrSUChjIPt4LFY7KfnEhH/LXrGf6Nu1Gb:MmJL4o5b+VrFvMSUC4GFYMWfL7Gf6q6
- TLSH T1B4A2C05C891FDE04D16299B9C0042D60FB806308FAC3AD8D7540B3A75EEA6D7F3B7198
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rk2ffZl6.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH