Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/09/2026, 22:26
General
- Target 2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- Sample260930-2cwpvashnc
- SHA256 25927396bd8c480cf390e5167bfe5885a9ba4385d99a1dadf38c50940acb1f55
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
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- 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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"2⤵
- Modifies security service
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- 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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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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
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
._cache_2026-09-29_32a45fce2f206b0e3bac440c5e81a78c_agent-tesla_backswap_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.ini
._cache_Synaptics.ini
11B85E00
QoyRLMt7.xlsm
aut79FD.tmp
fyibqpu
._cache_Synaptics.ini
memory/2800-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/2800-163-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/2800-429-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/2800-348-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/2800-410-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/2800-403-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/3680-314-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-354-0x00007FFAC94B0000-0x00007FFAC94C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-353-0x00007FFAC94B0000-0x00007FFAC94C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-351-0x00007FFAC94B0000-0x00007FFAC94C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-355-0x00007FFAC7210000-0x00007FFAC7220000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-356-0x00007FFAC7210000-0x00007FFAC7220000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-352-0x00007FFAC94B0000-0x00007FFAC94C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3976-350-0x00007FFAC94B0000-0x00007FFAC94C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4996-159-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp
memory/4996-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/4996-0-0x0000000002400000-0x0000000002401000-memory.dmp