Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
144s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
15/09/2026, 12:33
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260915-prl3qsvycy
- SHA256 1175803aad3be89826f852b27763845bf1fb9a5136801d91bcb694b513fcacd8
- MD5 1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232
- SHA1 9b0e733b68e3283c9417e6510ed07bc3902e628c
- SHA512 263e9c9cdb5457113b90b4ce31904c30752e88b3f34b4cf4450b5bce96688ac8d722bb5df98ab04fd97d79799284840b63633941536dac46fdc6d4753b7f63bb
- SSDEEP 12288:yMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9Nfu0rMpJeHmV/e:ynsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9VJ+gmV2
- TLSH T140358D22F7D1C077C56316394D6B93A9992AFA412F246ACB77E81E4D9E392C12C353C3
- 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 4148 ._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3392 Synaptics.exe 5372 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" 2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.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 ._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.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 4628 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 4628 EXCEL.EXE 4628 EXCEL.EXE 4628 EXCEL.EXE 4628 EXCEL.EXE 4628 EXCEL.EXE 4628 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4876 wrote to memory of 4148 4876 2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 4876 wrote to memory of 3392 4876 2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4876 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4148
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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:3392
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5372
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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:4628
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 5651f67c52a9c0d893373ebd9b114b61157aa0fd06d64456ed3e972cf3359955
- MD5 27a1b36c1faea4adc574246931192cca
- SHA1 c5cf9dc49ea0d0ef7852107b9cfa89a021708fb2
- SHA512 05a107c5523f3464e8f14b8de090e9e9afa7cbd2a99c4a48331814336153fca88d6b90d72e352210c73bc92ce766c0159dd93b2a7b1fe8c82d9ce92a222f6b7c
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9IFr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9+
- TLSH T12BF47D32F2D19437D1721A3D9C6BA3A5582ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68138252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-14_1034dc3d4613e0de5ee992fa5a6ea232_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 373KB
- SHA256 5bb863de4c228da4918f9bd1f28e3b552cc69d8e75c6beb0fe907613a46e08a8
- MD5 5f3b77995ba7240382cc3cc2d211b0f9
- SHA1 9f22e61dab5e4c1667e9aa203a99e67a899c8eff
- SHA512 8c2c4309c264a8ea7ef0f68a3e394223bfb06a13553a80b1773116c1da5ff74d958af2ed0406e0def18a57b06d7eb59670b20486212de4c70ceaea4144f270d0
- SSDEEP 3072:jwtyrK48kOJmPTADB/gNE5ow0YI4vpotUJcxZz8Ck98W4bxl9qLkLj/KLkggZ/d1:pu48kvrMpoqJogX4gLGz6aXWZTz5hz
- TLSH T1F7847B52FBE5D1F1CD8711350AA7D77FA62AE2811F1456C3B3A82B4E9E302D16D3A384
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C4695E00
- Size 22KB
- SHA256 2dc017b5042468572d5049b833fbb7e9c3ee917effd04bd208d9399aedbb5653
- MD5 26b9d05f65b72c13fd800b61077fe147
- SHA1 1ceaad419c7effbc13dee90be858cc9e3cdb3dc5
- SHA512 f6125d3dc1d3154a109bfa4cf05015bf16a33f85d1d2550dc85ef22348f86db342629d7b6b9290b64d476f175dcceea020e18f6a86202b207f28b1ed553d66ee
- SSDEEP 384:MssTHbqd2np+o5bVnxMcu12Q2xIe+tmH9lMF5Rfmt9Nh/tXIdD:M3THedo4o5bVxM752xZIirG49N1tXIl
- TLSH T1DAA2D131AD8CD42DF0A58E7E500C96F8E54838D579B2AC02154EB63C6A51E9F23EE0DA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z4Xm9251.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH