Analysis

  • max time kernel
    11s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/10/2026, 22:25

General

  • Target
    2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
  • Size 817KB
  • Sample261007-2cfnmae19v
  • SHA256 9b04e587e4c42284412597f8cc3e67c03826e5d06bf2a0f0ba06d466c557dd63
  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_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
    PID:4716
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3244
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2532
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:400
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1688
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2092
  • 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:3592

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 9b04e587e4c42284412597f8cc3e67c03826e5d06bf2a0f0ba06d466c557dd63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_a10b4e5f17d95a14060c086b819f142b_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
        • Size 64KB
        • SHA256 75f12ea2f30d9c0d872dade345f30f562e6d93847b6a509ba53beec6d0b2c346
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dX9vr7pn.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dX9vr7pn.xlsm
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 6589552e8185e1618bc8c8092ded96e8bc40f6cc966d8409b34d4050e64f53fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dX9vr7pn.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dX9vr7pn.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1688-260-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1688-232-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1688-227-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1688-106-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2532-103-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2532-224-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2532-263-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-170-0x00007FFF3F590000-0x00007FFF3F5A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-173-0x00007FFF3F590000-0x00007FFF3F5A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-175-0x00007FFF3F590000-0x00007FFF3F5A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-176-0x00007FFF3D340000-0x00007FFF3D350000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-177-0x00007FFF3D340000-0x00007FFF3D350000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-172-0x00007FFF3F590000-0x00007FFF3F5A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-171-0x00007FFF3F590000-0x00007FFF3F5A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4716-0-0x0000000002470000-0x0000000002471000-memory.dmp

        memory/4716-101-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4716-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp