Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • 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, 03:40

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 7.0MB
  • Sample260810-d8ejfavsdw
  • SHA256 8d34a7a8e9767ee09eebef996f6f3e4dd63a09b2600799ea63093f9010481096
  • 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.

  • Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs

    Office document equipped with macros.

  • 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 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2480
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4824
    • 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:264
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3144
  • 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:5992

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 757KB
        • SHA256 74640e6c7c39645074b4f77131bca12a0ae274e1a849e453871b9d828c4d214b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
        • Size 6.2MB
        • SHA256 9e3edd123deebf1b7ae5e1c6eb6eb26cf1a963090fcbc84835df459937636d09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OxJKX6ey.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OxJKX6ey.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OxJKX6ey.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OxJKX6ey.xlsm
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 f4c327c2c703d4299fedd5f20382a8973183fe88445c0f1ae681120cb62fb316
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/264-167-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/264-192-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/264-180-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/264-169-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2480-0-0x00000000028B0000-0x00000000028B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2480-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2480-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3144-123-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-63-0x0000000000140000-0x00000000009F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-64-0x0000000000140000-0x00000000009F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-166-0x0000000000140000-0x00000000009F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-165-0x0000000000140000-0x00000000009F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-124-0x00007FFD924A0000-0x00007FFD924B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-130-0x00007FFD90100000-0x00007FFD90110000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-129-0x00007FFD90100000-0x00007FFD90110000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-128-0x00007FFD924A0000-0x00007FFD924B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-127-0x00007FFD924A0000-0x00007FFD924B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-125-0x00007FFD924A0000-0x00007FFD924B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-126-0x00007FFD924A0000-0x00007FFD924B0000-memory.dmp