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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260813-dsbsls1alf
- SHA256 6da9deeed833fc5a9433525ae9b0a7a885e3effa7571332dfdadee59c3174c15
- MD5 d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe
- SHA1 a739c8d7a9ffd7658144eb2dea24be85c3ef170f
- SHA512 d53ef0c79f95670bd2e0171037f0728792599991db0a0faf99640be8e22231260163c1f5fc6b9a5dee1998fbddc94e9f2b6ad37e66028b01cefb209c2aded7d4
- SSDEEP 24576:BnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9oTf4BACdCECdR:BnsHyjtk2MYC5GDKTCCEo
- TLSH T19C358E23B7E19037E1731B389D7B9364993ABE512D38650F37E42E4D4E796826C243A3
- 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 3348 ._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe 5916 Synaptics.exe 204 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" 2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_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 2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_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 opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString 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 3832 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 3832 EXCEL.EXE 3832 EXCEL.EXE 3832 EXCEL.EXE 3832 EXCEL.EXE 3832 EXCEL.EXE 3832 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5716 wrote to memory of 3348 5716 2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe 89 PID 5716 wrote to memory of 5916 5716 2026-08-13_d50f6e36cb6d47265b3f3940ca7105fe_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_stop.exe 90
Processes
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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
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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:5916
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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:3832
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:204
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 744KB
- SHA256 c58bd911bf07bf782b59f54c9beae29c0cec698a4678801ff2a987f26b1bc794
- MD5 c0f5dbe47c753d1601eeef66d504eecc
- SHA1 9137c96ba2e657f831fbff6907eb35b283ae5077
- SHA512 6724081ed2dacda077256a96abb50ad6161740bb741b418363a5cc6dae7c6267423a2df7b3df24c66852e1d7bd4343eb0f9479406306bcecb5024b8624dfd095
- SSDEEP 12288:fMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V91I:fnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9S
- TLSH T1E6F46D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C6BA3A5982ABE512E38754E3BF91E4C4F3D68138252D3
- 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 f3f7f230b1f821b2616526ad69198aee
- SHA1 f8a30d87e9ca5aa8f3000c29f47c298d77906a87
- SHA512 2f0a0857214dd9b47e1e616a97290ea65edc0998b901f089ea219498528d844096efa335fcf32e0029824b3d360639d3c097c23cdfd033071ee01b670f209b64
- SSDEEP 6144:IBcSdtUgfIk6GCBes2xMdLRmkw5HJZ5EAhsqFbQedojDuUljT:IDGgfIkXCBepCdLsZ5EDedeDuUl3
- TLSH T1C2844A12B7F89036F5B326705E7647349B7ABC65AC39CA1B23D0260E5DB1A52ED30723
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13295E00
- Size 24KB
- SHA256 6e162d7e70990d035c554ccc240b7d0e9a596a84b39dca7dc7ae48250966c35e
- MD5 a671fbfa1b9fdfa26ad09ec84b0c5d4d
- SHA1 bdc86e27883f36a15863f797e94d2ce0719a0fbf
- SHA512 8b48ec7ef0fea5f67f57316eb26ff58d0f8dfc6fa8e2315e157fc221577c1dde64430f0afa6d6f594a21a785bde6417d72267d012638743744c3df151ded5d5f
- SSDEEP 768:MqfiZg4j4o5bHr6dljJggHVAOWkndD2ykztSyQAA:MqfqlZMdlVA5kndD2ykztjQd
- TLSH T1D3B2C018D61CD71DD418063D68251AF5DA0D319FD10332EF78E8A908AB464AF5B9F7F8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p51mls9f.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH