Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
19/08/2026, 23:09
General
- Target 2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe
- Size 7.9MB
- Sample260819-243mgabl4t
- SHA256 c3ebb2f35809ac10ce45e99d27566e631fcf5a60530deda4fc22e2b6d71780a1
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
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 3 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 17 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exe4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\geek64.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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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
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-08-19_2b55e62b00d0f01a33d37105563366e8_akira_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm.exe
ZzBhnd7o.xlsm
geek64.exe
prefs.xml
memory/3212-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/3212-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp
memory/3212-0-0x0000000000F80000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-261-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-247-0x00007FFB3D070000-0x00007FFB3D080000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-249-0x00007FFB3D070000-0x00007FFB3D080000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-250-0x00007FFB3AC50000-0x00007FFB3AC60000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-251-0x00007FFB3AC50000-0x00007FFB3AC60000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-248-0x00007FFB3D070000-0x00007FFB3D080000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-245-0x00007FFB3D070000-0x00007FFB3D080000-memory.dmp
memory/3616-246-0x00007FFB3D070000-0x00007FFB3D080000-memory.dmp
memory/4876-272-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp
memory/4876-280-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp
memory/4876-304-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BF2000-memory.dmp