Analysis

  • max time kernel
    12s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/09/2026, 00:50

General

  • Target
    2026-09-13_de38db5dce0a0769ca9c4a9e72932fef_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 4.7MB
  • Sample260914-a69d9azyby
  • SHA256 4708b2ca11615cfbd844cceedceddee4f56f7fad70a9f6e507b27751372dd093
  • 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.

  • Detects executables packed with VMProtect. 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_de38db5dce0a0769ca9c4a9e72932fef_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_de38db5dce0a0769ca9c4a9e72932fef_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1736
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:1896
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2292
  • 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:4932

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 4708b2ca11615cfbd844cceedceddee4f56f7fad70a9f6e507b27751372dd093
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CFC85E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CFC85E00
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 5b6610158ccc96c591617594432849b566881339872117daf5266991d785f8e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xnvf4FqL.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xnvf4FqL.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1736-1-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-memory.dmp

        memory/1736-0-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000931000-memory.dmp

        memory/1896-60-0x00000000009C0000-0x00000000009C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1896-61-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-memory.dmp

        memory/1896-118-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-58-0x0000000002380000-0x0000000002381000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-59-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002631000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-117-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002631000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-63-0x00007FF9A0070000-0x00007FF9A0080000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-67-0x00007FF99DB80000-0x00007FF99DB90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-68-0x00007FF99DB80000-0x00007FF99DB90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-66-0x00007FF9A0070000-0x00007FF9A0080000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-65-0x00007FF9A0070000-0x00007FF9A0080000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-62-0x00007FF9A0070000-0x00007FF9A0080000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-64-0x00007FF9A0070000-0x00007FF9A0080000-memory.dmp