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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe
- Size 917KB
- Sample260930-ymk5batdpg
- SHA256 af6164c262c7af03d68da46065d03d7cb8a30bb4c391194fc9888246ae65cf67
- MD5 6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d
- SHA1 b06f5266c47393b1c5ea4a3167f37720bee36c9e
- SHA512 c214d018c690b3f1aea5d3e51410907bb97444443453d70146d8f6da96672c749b6d46faaaa0b9d7f49d280fafebb9e82cfcb904cf492c40b467f1419c01fb62
- SSDEEP 24576:wnsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD9bXwOrRs8V8u4:wnsHyjtk2Mn5GDBgwR3ap
- TLSH T1C8158E23B2D14537C9731A3C5D5BA3A4D42ABE512E34698B7BE88D4C5F3E6813A243D3
- 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
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resource behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c59e-172.dat - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 1748 ._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe 5804 Synaptics.exe 3744 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" 2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe - 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.
pid Process 1104 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain Synaptics.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname Synaptics.exe - 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 2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.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 value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily 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 3428 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
pid Process 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE 3428 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 616 wrote to memory of 1748 616 2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe 89 PID 616 wrote to memory of 5804 616 2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe 90 PID 1748 wrote to memory of 1104 1748 ._cache_2026-09-29_6842d0c94248315c000e0b6750caf81d_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_mimic_pay2key_wannacry.exe 92
Processes
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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.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UsbBox2PartitionBoot.bat" "3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
PID:1104
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- 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
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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:3428
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3744
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 754KB
- SHA256 646ea1a4f57d6de709bd8542463b346134505ce7cf8aaee8bc07de6bfe5dbd64
- MD5 e4f3fad3295dba531b8521588e125bfc
- SHA1 5ff0b306c78969445913f07eb5d0eb02bd796747
- SHA512 5c10f69eb736a080d7e8fd6825ecf41dd645e6cb9088bfaa858a4da99a329a8f28a855176460c5f6483e5a6839a50650b2ba0efff5b5d2c1618c810bc957a6e7
- SSDEEP 12288:KMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7Qnvt35+6G75V9t83:KnsJ39LyjbJkQFMn+6GD9q
- TLSH T166F46D33B2D1453BC9731A3C5D6BA3A4C42ABE512E346D8A7BE89D4C9F3E6413914393
- 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 415128a8eeb7eccd3f364863ff3d8d2b
- SHA1 a5f73eeede687e481670df93519027d0460b2c45
- SHA512 0fea2438d0e6a0e77d99a13efd4fb22f14efbc0a2bdd277acbbf5763e0f371e60ff439e833bfcb3fd221362f7c16198774f5ddd1c8ce8b3e810eee6ae16c26d1
- SSDEEP 3072:5BBT19PQplqQA/lf+o7/b8pzFZ7GwCuRw1usPhnJaH9HX67JUM8YFr1Dpa7jP7h5:5LTHQOrRezFWuRwIgnJs367J18YnpaPv
- TLSH T174F3CF123BD6C5F8E1E21631459637A75AFDE7740B288AC39B840D064EB56C5EB3E3C2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UsbBox2PartitionBoot.bat
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 e686b9d6683be08a0a29d235602efeac8cc7dd688bb357db4873ccdbb3b5b7e5
- MD5 f5514b84ab17be16c980f18aa4db4c42
- SHA1 cdb38443f09ffc2367218c090cb5d06d299c56b5
- SHA512 ef2a40ccba3a3809ae5fd7cb9f6bd6da4f288a6b9f94a82e6811f22f6260530a6af937bfe55d9abc3159d6116d3a0474f62662e29f03287521311a952eefe06d
- TLSH T1B6613413F341696E60EF0F239B746493EACB906745052ACDB02D5135640F4CC37A9BB9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hO3anKub.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hO3anKub.xlsm
- Size 20KB
- SHA256 b1a1c23b302d1f663b4feb04c4d28db56444ac51b6c83a4469e17f34f0ffaed8
- MD5 2b5982d63b31942703e7c8309053d67d
- SHA1 1f580457ac1a27f42f615044b985928b665faa17
- SHA512 124661dc2513f86e1b91545aa531aead0a1053d57bd55d29cafaef69a88e52cf6bc7e3dec863fdfdb5b2dcf6cc5a96d139d7637d0a3e2d934527faf31d883076
- SSDEEP 384:MdZrAPfOEXp+o5bd79MXoAebQ46YpORr/SYSOM0Ehws+LF61bm:MMPf3X4o5bd79MXoAXr/L7+V+LF61C
- TLSH T18A92D057EF848C0FD9A3AC38D84854F7B2CC2A0B7292999A3D79B34D06D02C797671D6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH