Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
14/09/2026, 02:37
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 4.7MB
- Sample260914-c359jatdqa
- SHA256 f54c4c242f58857a87ac3f6e5af33c6773afbfc116b38b2ef46501231010d9be
- MD5 b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577
- SHA1 942dfbd91db351a9972943a4735b92c694240d4b
- SHA512 020fe8a7daad530cb6ab12a21cbeaa210b0725487e469e6a7275afaa7f924b81ddc95b0cadb1333af71c8d2ca619eff234e0e6d7b32f58495f83a7d074a53744
- SSDEEP 98304:ynsmtk2a3qn8jyKfnh00zrt2miokfKA9/iLIkZKIbqY1wue:8Lx8j790miokb/iLIkAI+
- TLSH T1EE36023372A01076C0F68D3D8D37FEE070B636665E50A8BA77FD6DCA1A255C1A623583
- 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
- Detects executables packed with VMProtect. 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c541-2.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_VMProtect - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5444 Synaptics.exe 1192 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" 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 3 IoCs
pid Process 3424 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5444 Synaptics.exe 1192 Synaptics.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.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 1440 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
pid Process 3424 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3424 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5444 Synaptics.exe 5444 Synaptics.exe 1192 Synaptics.exe 1192 Synaptics.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
pid Process 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE 1440 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3424 wrote to memory of 5444 3424 2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3424 -
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:5444
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1192
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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:1440
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 4.7MB
- SHA256 f54c4c242f58857a87ac3f6e5af33c6773afbfc116b38b2ef46501231010d9be
- MD5 b2a4e1406b6d86f6d1ad80b291c28577
- SHA1 942dfbd91db351a9972943a4735b92c694240d4b
- SHA512 020fe8a7daad530cb6ab12a21cbeaa210b0725487e469e6a7275afaa7f924b81ddc95b0cadb1333af71c8d2ca619eff234e0e6d7b32f58495f83a7d074a53744
- SSDEEP 98304:ynsmtk2a3qn8jyKfnh00zrt2miokfKA9/iLIkZKIbqY1wue:8Lx8j790miokb/iLIkAI+
- TLSH T1EE36023372A01076C0F68D3D8D37FEE070B636665E50A8BA77FD6DCA1A255C1A623583
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\36A95E00
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 d457fa8b2c2c76c0e36e1334d6a6a62457f4d0c096d659c95d02833a687816a9
- MD5 55b6638701d0afe871c6aee91eb62cbb
- SHA1 fab791836b1bb83d73616b0fafa834cd06316189
- SHA512 3d60f00a532de57cfca0ab18b7ecccf81cc669e1b9c8dfb733af56be429fd9948ce832a3e670c2569c3e86c85e0c2e58725bed9cd25df5b2ffacda2a1c3035a3
- SSDEEP 384:MZK8EI9Awdp+o5bWPOdHjhEMo0PzzSKEdheNftLbIGHunN4:MAByAM4o5bDd9EMoWfxE8tLrHuN4
- TLSH T1C3A2D17C998FEC5BD4638C394204A992D30813597100BB83FED1B6AD195568B37EFAAC
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\juY6vSF2.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH