Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/09/2026, 18:46

General

  • Target
    2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe
  • Size 878KB
  • Sample260913-xe5cjsvvax
  • SHA256 3f0c9ea4017c7d8b0d526c14e638e42c10feca61824b7fd8a514df29e94a37f3
  • 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

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 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • 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 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.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
    PID:1740
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4380 -s 244
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4908
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3788
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2224
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2224 -s 244
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:860
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4380 -ip 4380
    1⤵
      PID:360
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      1⤵
      • 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
      PID:4896
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4608
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4608 -s 244
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:3852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 520 -p 2224 -ip 2224
      1⤵
        PID:4468
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 520 -p 4608 -ip 4608
        1⤵
          PID:1232
        • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:2864

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Synaptics.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
              • Size 878KB
              • SHA256 3f0c9ea4017c7d8b0d526c14e638e42c10feca61824b7fd8a514df29e94a37f3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              ._cache_2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-12_fe7b81394e9f5152d1d7dfd5eebc81f8_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_hello.exe
              • Size 125KB
              • SHA256 412449d304c606dc57aa902fdf9bd040b756732b34307d2c274ebe9e06bf8732
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pFBjM72J.xlsm

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pFBjM72J.xlsm
              • Size 17KB
              • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/1740-0-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1740-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1740-101-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-173-0x00007FFA9E830000-0x00007FFA9E840000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-177-0x00007FFA9C240000-0x00007FFA9C250000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-172-0x00007FFA9E830000-0x00007FFA9E840000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-174-0x00007FFA9E830000-0x00007FFA9E840000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-178-0x00007FFA9C240000-0x00007FFA9C250000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-175-0x00007FFA9E830000-0x00007FFA9E840000-memory.dmp

              memory/2864-176-0x00007FFA9E830000-0x00007FFA9E840000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-105-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-102-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-186-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-187-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-189-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-198-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3788-210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/4896-170-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp