Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 19:54

General

  • Target
    2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
  • Size 917KB
  • Sample260930-ymk5batdpg
  • SHA256 af6164c262c7af03d68da46065d03d7cb8a30bb4c391194fc9888246ae65cf67
  • 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.

  • Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs

    Office document equipped with macros.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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 4 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:616
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1748
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UsbBox2PartitionBoot.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:1104
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:5804
  • 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:3428
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3744

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 754KB
        • SHA256 646ea1a4f57d6de709bd8542463b346134505ce7cf8aaee8bc07de6bfe5dbd64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
        • Size 162KB
        • SHA256 f23f6e507979f34af421e149cf4f9dd0bdc0fa9a068e26130c83d580b0e7124b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UsbBox2PartitionBoot.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UsbBox2PartitionBoot.bat
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 e686b9d6683be08a0a29d235602efeac8cc7dd688bb357db4873ccdbb3b5b7e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        hO3anKub.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hO3anKub.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        hO3anKub.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hO3anKub.xlsm
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 b1a1c23b302d1f663b4feb04c4d28db56444ac51b6c83a4469e17f34f0ffaed8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/616-0-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/616-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/616-127-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004EB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-133-0x00007FF7E3580000-0x00007FF7E3590000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-131-0x00007FF7E3580000-0x00007FF7E3590000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-136-0x00007FF7E3580000-0x00007FF7E3590000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-138-0x00007FF7E0E70000-0x00007FF7E0E80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-139-0x00007FF7E0E70000-0x00007FF7E0E80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-132-0x00007FF7E3580000-0x00007FF7E3590000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-130-0x00007FF7E3580000-0x00007FF7E3590000-memory.dmp

        memory/3744-137-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-175-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-204-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp