Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • 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
    13/08/2026, 03:15

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260813-dsbsls1alf
  • SHA256 6da9deeed833fc5a9433525ae9b0a7a885e3effa7571332dfdadee59c3174c15
  • 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5716
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3348
    • 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:5916
  • 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:3832
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:204

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 744KB
        • SHA256 c58bd911bf07bf782b59f54c9beae29c0cec698a4678801ff2a987f26b1bc794
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
        • Size 384KB
        • SHA256 25f3a1b3468814f6134eb29350c1abbde071b25c4ceb29ca7dbff4d46de309c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        13295E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13295E00
        • Size 24KB
        • SHA256 6e162d7e70990d035c554ccc240b7d0e9a596a84b39dca7dc7ae48250966c35e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        p51mls9f.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p51mls9f.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/204-102-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-104-0x00007FFEFDD80000-0x00007FFEFDD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-159-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-99-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-98-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-101-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-97-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-103-0x00007FFEFDD80000-0x00007FFEFDD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-158-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-161-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-160-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-100-0x00007FFF006A0000-0x00007FFF006B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5716-0-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000841000-memory.dmp

        memory/5716-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000520000-memory.dmp

        memory/5716-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5916-141-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5916-154-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5916-139-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5916-162-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5916-166-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp