Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/08/2026, 16:51
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- Sample260820-vc87ls1enc
- SHA256 b4fadfab69386d0033d1b4d1e77a474ff53b78a3b0cb6e83f4eabaa1facbc9a5
- MD5 e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f
- SHA1 4667751b81ba82b9c034d0ad820fc6647a5a0d04
- SHA512 a6a24005ace0fe4b7b7546ee5592448bddc63c0d6c009b9dca186c2e6415aec92793780303bac904264f18666d87f8de8c8d39c32340b1e70f51def0971b5070
- SSDEEP 98304:/nsmtk2aiHAULrfkmwX3/Trjkb/N0ZvJsv6tWKFdu9CLix4Ay:PLFZrcmwX3/TrgbytJsv6tWKFdu9CL4y
- TLSH T1DD16AF9271E38236E9B34234C97BB7AF0539BD518F1164CB63AC7B1C99712D03A3764A
- 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 5708 ._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe 5860 Synaptics.exe 5544 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" 2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.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 ._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.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 3468 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
pid Process 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE 3468 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3444 wrote to memory of 5708 3444 2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe 89 PID 3444 wrote to memory of 5860 3444 2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3444 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5708
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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:5860
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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:3468
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5544
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 744KB
- SHA256 4c6a63d99390f79277b1efa8a77445ff2e69176c8ce7705d02235b152517132d
- MD5 053e063b1a869f2883176f67cb36122e
- SHA1 3e24da4676fc24ea7a1f4047fee0eb10a53e77dd
- SHA512 10355ca4bd9101736c828806e1288ca9b46a1848df24a1721e70e2c169f1e73238d78db25cbb8cb7e3ebfb7086a95b6805265d86d98ec6c6e226ea3eb7a78313
- SSDEEP 12288:fMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9zI:fnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9s
- TLSH T13DF46D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C6BA3A5982ABF512E38754A3BF91E4C4F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-20_e9953fb06ba6feb7fd46abd3beb36e8f_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-.exe
- Size 3.2MB
- SHA256 ef880e60aa3d7f2493566baa75cecac8d869e347e1545c47213ec000ff0ffe45
- MD5 18d7aa7205b2388223173d6f934cced5
- SHA1 f01bbb87df8ef7eedca725636a8bf63afbd596b9
- SHA512 788b99c2bb9cbb0e8b9e7017603b3e079754ac0d7aba47c607ddb7fb882230cd23c175dec03a034bd58f7f79062f3f38610bbc42bcf7c6218bc5374da2fb1d12
- SSDEEP 98304:yHAULrfkmwX3/Trjkb/N0ZvJsv6tWKFdu9CLix4A:+ZrcmwX3/TrgbytJsv6tWKFdu9CL4
- TLSH T1C7F58ED275E78329E9F35230C57BB7AF0529BC528F12A4CB539C771899712E03A3760A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3r9zw8zq.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\B3995E00
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 c0ad6da13075f60f963de359cf9c95f1d5af2094d473724f248f3b218c0b6c5c
- MD5 a04f582a4bda145f206cb39738b59106
- SHA1 801538010fcbd77b4dd75ed791aa541cb1717f68
- SHA512 e715046584aa196f9a5ac49d33210ea2a8e6e99d112c9ddc662c4cc1e347c6308ad5644a2895d626f6f81e648c326aaacab38e2d0fde0cf1815b50267bbb5214
- SSDEEP 384:MMY1YRp+o5b4zo6yFrWsGR8FZL0JsWxcc1kXoPEHCcgk946W5gcJ:MMiYR4o5bkwFr3G8HL0KWxct7H9x4D5f
- TLSH T187A2BE6D7504E41BE37584796E4902F2E359310EF4A2F88FBF85B45E275289F239B22C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH