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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 7.0MB
- Sample260810-d8ejfavsdw
- SHA256 8d34a7a8e9767ee09eebef996f6f3e4dd63a09b2600799ea63093f9010481096
- MD5 fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77
- SHA1 612631fd83703382b2d6b3bb393bcc1d72f932b0
- SHA512 c71a1197486164be4fde865d5eaced668720a49db57f3fd6821d7402fc3c76c0f74c92a6491a47ec4ee68100fd04603facc1f001c8836e45db54cc9fb4c2fc37
- SSDEEP 98304:vnsmtk2aor00/Es85cnBxkfirF3iEy3dnJ9/bN74tYcd:/LbrQ3dnnBU/d
- TLSH T11F763A10A641512EDDB728F90AAD327D600CEFE00B2465C751C87AFE9F7AAE13D3459B
- 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
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resource behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4ea-163.dat - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 264 Synaptics.exe 3144 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_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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 5992 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 16 IoCs
pid Process 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 4824 ._cache_2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE 5992 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2480 wrote to memory of 4824 2480 2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 2480 wrote to memory of 264 2480 2026-08-10_fe67e29fd61a4a5d1a9cb54b3edacd77_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 91
Processes
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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
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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:264
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3144
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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:5992
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 757KB
- SHA256 74640e6c7c39645074b4f77131bca12a0ae274e1a849e453871b9d828c4d214b
- MD5 af6a92162bebeb54c88cb5b0fee352b1
- SHA1 d7402eaf4e402bd9c32c6446687ccfe4e52b0548
- SHA512 21248fd0644abafc084560fb1b9c4187e1577cc6431316d34f37bdf1819af9de7fb073c12a154afe52af7ce20a95887450ec5efac34660f4a9cb18fb193a6d1c
- SSDEEP 12288:2MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9nZfgm:2nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9nD
- TLSH T153F46D32F2D18437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5582ABF512E38794E3BF82E4C5F3D68128652D3
- 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 d04316db9ebc26a4119edb04695a8ddd
- SHA1 91123ba2166ec28d719793b4c0424434d33688cb
- SHA512 9d12fac05eb0f28da9e7a5f9aa13797ef19eab545b1d82b891594f5c7fe863d7a2e2299fe6dfa3fc6a1eff0b692026589c12e6994e7f851b5809ea522de08954
- SSDEEP 98304:Gr00/Es85cnBxkfirF3iEy3dnJ9/bN74tYc:srQ3dnnBU/
- TLSH T1D8662A10A641911EEDFB28F90AAD327D600CEBE0071465C751C87AFE9F7AAE13D3459B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OxJKX6ey.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OxJKX6ey.xlsm
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 f4c327c2c703d4299fedd5f20382a8973183fe88445c0f1ae681120cb62fb316
- MD5 4cbe0d0ade26f1a5bc50f5a60d8a3817
- SHA1 a39c9a2b6caf18c70e999c38423e9a571dd0d863
- SHA512 47a2a13473c529237243cf766e28c6cee9dfface6a04a01c2a7ceb575c1950fe3938f6d551e43c55e056db61c55102b199ada70f80e5b7fe6eb48fe7dd86a821
- SSDEEP 384:M584i4Igwp+o5bGKmSkLHcUq5es7t4nTQmN2pkwrOSqs3V85425r:M58fLl4o5bRkAD5es7kQ5Wzil25r
- TLSH T1E8A2C0AACA5C880EE8522C3E470C7972D33D39CED6032A871564B1B059457EF17F99DA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH