Analysis

  • max time kernel
    153s
  • max time network
    169s
  • 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, 20:25

General

  • Target
    2024-11-18/Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260915-y7ajbazzfs
  • SHA256 f06a6509c05003a77e6e54cf0d464f88528a7dc50d564d1bb9b46b043c6db9ca
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 4 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5956
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2500
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UMC6G.tmp\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UMC6G.tmp\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.tmp" /SL5="$60218,1955946,120832,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1352
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:2636
  • 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:1240
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5000

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 756KB
        • SHA256 d997a93899f1947e435b3ccbf53bc9fe5f2d5a86a3916ca43e0420bb5a443093
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-11-18\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 5f42d76212e6f0dc625e0e19dd532651daa1afb9f3a0ef428d3a6121eb97f16f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MtZMDYVE.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MtZMDYVE.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 e7550c3453156531308fda255a198c3710aa4bc7412819c180b103c11e85cef1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UMC6G.tmp\._cache_Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.tmp
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 af591c283811b99db7639a11a1e04ebc71f9fdeac5462bd6e98bdc4410be6042
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1240-102-0x00007FFE4D2E0000-0x00007FFE4D2F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-113-0x00007FFE4AA20000-0x00007FFE4AA30000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-108-0x00007FFE4AA20000-0x00007FFE4AA30000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-106-0x00007FFE4D2E0000-0x00007FFE4D2F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-105-0x00007FFE4D2E0000-0x00007FFE4D2F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-104-0x00007FFE4D2E0000-0x00007FFE4D2F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1240-103-0x00007FFE4D2E0000-0x00007FFE4D2F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-135-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-171-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-168-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-165-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-162-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-124-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-159-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-129-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-151-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-132-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-148-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1352-145-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2500-122-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

        memory/2500-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

        memory/2636-144-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2636-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2636-158-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2636-123-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5000-115-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5956-0-0x00000000025F0000-0x00000000025F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5956-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/5956-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp