Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
142s - 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, 11:55
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.4MB
- Sample260910-n3f57abp61
- SHA256 8517d53e415137c2491aeb5dbc06dbc3e4d204ba513e62a0aac529b511875011
- MD5 b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6
- SHA1 406c75411b8a4699003eb9626c1e61d1944495f6
- SHA512 e0eef2beca4024685de9fb9cdce32b390da017872083edc1a11af2cd3612ee13fe0fcbe586269d58a3f48615a7893bfbb52d77c8ecbd372d72731205a6bf7fbd
- SSDEEP 49152:EnsHyjtk2MYC5GDFPfBa3K89X7Qp4ThZoQMY78gw6wweGs0ZPRIgKV08VuULL49b:Ensmtk2aw389X7U4ThZnMY78MdeGs0vf
- TLSH T138C59F317691803BC23B36388D2AA3B8A57DBD305D35664727E02E7D2F35592692C37B
- 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 1212 ._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 5156 Synaptics.exe 1576 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" 2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_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 2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_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 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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 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 5832 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
pid Process 1212 ._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 1212 ._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE 5832 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3664 wrote to memory of 1212 3664 2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 3664 wrote to memory of 5156 3664 2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_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:3664 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1212
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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:5156
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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:5832
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1576
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 1e93ed774ffeef0f5c69527c229c9052d5ef42b7269b0f523aba8833b3435006
- MD5 eb5d27b46038c9279ec62582fbab2022
- SHA1 253c5c5191f2779b059c0e00b8a904f78e286e66
- SHA512 a3a6aa63a6a4fb05c7de2d6d5ae8f00598b72657b0af89ba87b04afeb3c1ace21b7372d739b2297901bed087295d68e7b035ca6a1f14e8d46708ca3aad8fef79
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Ier:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9R
- TLSH T1B5F47D32F2D18437D1725A3D9C5BA3A5582ABE512E38794B3BF42E4C5F3E68238152D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-10_b1f6ed5fef2bf40a3ce45b3cca0e0bb6_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 bf6a4355696c1dc438b127480f68e89b4711cd7585815c2cd889b2d65559b895
- MD5 e8a87666374232424560564a4a8a17a2
- SHA1 f4c2076831707e1504bf0bc76bbfda7d3f530ad1
- SHA512 1320934f9b9c891746d7589f9ac1e39aca5273aef0e5046385a6dac7c8e95b433d2b69e64d2374005ee300e4c8b1ec073f0b5473ff9ad335bb89e422b835c8ae
- SSDEEP 49152:8PfBa3K89X7Qp4ThZoQMY78gw6wweGs0ZPRIgKV08VuULL495:8389X7U4ThZnMY78MdeGs0vXKBVuULkb
- TLSH T158858F313AA1807AC73F35358629A3B9B6BEED308D35534716A02E7D2E31493592C77B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14695E00
- Size 22KB
- SHA256 9a7554a4080c33b900685290f5f61ef8e898164a915a864c43b83f2fbdeed80a
- MD5 027d21b3c19b3e9767abb7d26772c6f9
- SHA1 40b6cc609cb83485305963f7da4a37c73affcd3c
- SHA512 30c89b28de71d195d9b40501badd8c5b13cc142a1d5555bf4c937b10ba965f3db7dec6bb9694e3663fed0cba919b2c98d07c2fe8bd9432ca83cae828145d45d8
- SSDEEP 384:MB6KKkpLtvjQDp+o5bpTdqI494hY4CVUC4tYxLCYvlYtuzj:MBjKkppvjE4o5bpTaUDNC4iFf0uzj
- TLSH T16CA2D016AC6DD812F0191D7C5609709AB91C372AD002D8CD8BFAF7241D04AE767EF29F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RDmXEclr.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH