Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/09/2026, 23:14

General

  • Target
    2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample260901-273rmsfc46
  • SHA256 047e138efd0c8dbb52cc949ad66ffc45f4a64eeecd7d35fc2fa473495785fb1a
  • 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

Extracted

Family
  • bdaejec

C2
  • ddos.dnsnb8.net

Signatures

  • Family: Bdaejec

    Bdaejec is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Detects Bdaejec Backdoor. 2 IoCs

    Bdaejec is backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 5 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 1 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4428
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QOPtqH.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QOPtqH.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3cde5018.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5060
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3688
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VfqFQL.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VfqFQL.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1736
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53cf1482.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1008
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4736
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4736 -s 520
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3524
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 4736 -ip 4736
    1⤵
      PID:2872
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:840
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 840 -s 492
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 448 -p 840 -ip 840
      1⤵
        PID:4760

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            Uninstall.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
            • Size 31KB
            • SHA256 d030b05760b8b36c9c67faccf5e230a66cb63d17bb232cb0b484913e25aee9af
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Synaptics.exe

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
            • Size 770KB
            • SHA256 439005c986b6748d03fb5e78f6815d163992a9d670060fdffd5454cf3860e83f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ._cache_2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-08-31_f78165a4723c678c3e45595d77e73588_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke.exe
            • Size 1.2MB
            • SHA256 19dd2bc5a46c2977cb9565ce389ff973a2d33a891565033a6fe99f625506e929
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            3cde5018.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3cde5018.bat
            • Size 187B
            • SHA256 25f77f82b04b22f6e4be656fb73cff493a18027b9979a95b28dca4da2a32f7aa
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            53cf1482.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53cf1482.bat
            • Size 187B
            • SHA256 373464151e009aa4edcf464fe3766398bc94b12ddc907859e42a70f1a49cbfab
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            QOPtqH.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QOPtqH.exe
            • Size 15KB
            • SHA256 4354970ccc7cd6bb16318f132c34f6a1b3d5c2ea7ff53e1c9271905527f2db07
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/840-143-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C7000-memory.dmp

            memory/840-138-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C7000-memory.dmp

            memory/840-140-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000006A3000-memory.dmp

            memory/1736-146-0x0000000001000000-0x0000000001009000-memory.dmp

            memory/1736-76-0x0000000001000000-0x0000000001009000-memory.dmp

            memory/2560-144-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000279000-memory.dmp

            memory/2560-5-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000279000-memory.dmp

            memory/3688-145-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3688-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4428-136-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005F9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005F9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4428-9-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4428-8-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000007A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4736-135-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4736-142-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C7000-memory.dmp