Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
129s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 00:47
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- Sample260910-a5pcpashqc
- SHA256 e764d5ba26785373581a166696a081d13ccb4ecf849b17b619c7bb908009e2f8
- MD5 0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b
- SHA1 8244e6ac7452929ea9a917626437705a2af5a09a
- SHA512 8026dbcf09afe69b56d53b1f930af7f1d0c5a46510a227477066622ed3e40e5bb94491ead336b9a3d204911f3e0d112170c8274694f5d74c6539f7dffece3e4e
- SSDEEP 24576:lnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9PiwdFfHQTKOd:lnsHyjtk2MYC5GDosfHQd
- TLSH T198357E22B5918577D1321B385C9A9377782A7E7C1F2C6D8B37E41E4C8E392C1392939B
- 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 3888 ._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 4504 Synaptics.exe 2760 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" 2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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 2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.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 4172 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
pid Process 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE 4172 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3624 wrote to memory of 3888 3624 2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 3624 wrote to memory of 4504 3624 2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3624 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3888
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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:4504
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2760
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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:4172
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 98a8eb70c1a9177ab8eace51dc09167514e9f6931aabab127b2c31375e7b7de6
- MD5 78768ca24f84840897dd84a888b95525
- SHA1 db9d77cf4eb9fdfe9cd8ac0d64f6ba636236739d
- SHA512 c0e641019eb6006046d768ffa5d67b6a8828f3b676d7b8b9af449f7f083bae600c4b9934359a6d19cb85bf059fe3a8f04385abd06dabb34de72900ef88714364
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9IWr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9N
- TLSH T1EDF47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C5BA3A5982ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-09_0736cfc992b817ca4a994cf19a3c9b0b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 320KB
- SHA256 e932a31139ea85bb0870001220da9b838f217e285be6d1b5e0f12810bdf3ab71
- MD5 439c9ab97ed1e5f80ea7815d2f3b7e59
- SHA1 f24a5244152297d8c1e706a6d88f04fdf87b554e
- SHA512 50d96f1cb147e91be08b2496cb8ab7c6c64b91119b80812ade670e40aabc563fd820e778484abac2b2a2fb052e8c39ce1e1ccca453219e4de7668fc60ef41e44
- SSDEEP 6144:yiJ6Xdgcw6Yy+qsrAO9NZ+GC2eCTX6z1jxK:yiwdgcVibNYHQTKbK
- TLSH T1676439D47C8583B6D8651B3014E59B77392EA8BC4F5C5EE723940A69CE302C0763EB6E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EA595E00
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 75d7df29fcbc62409b3d0c440d4a4820de1f4fb19459417ee3f0eb10fed2b9ae
- MD5 1ea1375312e7e0ab043d5d5b5971725e
- SHA1 9b4348ea7be5bbc3f4d40ae56e637498f3d2db50
- SHA512 26b1c132da292f295bb237e656e7ee6d7b3302f64b2df23e0e8e7fa60e136f6cd5a3268e012e3d7abad5dd59f27c3ad1bc3345a6d1868395dae4f8bc9df255a4
- SSDEEP 384:MaM/gBHIJp+o5b3Uir8snj/s0I9zH3feWNbStPZUja:MaEghIJ4o5bTrdnj0063lNbSdeja
- TLSH T17FA2BF9E9E48D83EC2B6893D444C41FB540C358E6925AD8A3AC0E5FD6CD654F22879CD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\I6S68HRh.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH