Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
139s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
07/10/2026, 01:24
General
- Target 2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe
- Size 12.0MB
- Sample261007-bsd7mazs5n
- SHA256 8c1ee930cc7d98431c7ad611d2d1165a1eda0e798e65123a49adf770739f4cd7
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 visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 11 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
- Detects Pyinstaller 1 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 9 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 23 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe4⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe6⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR7⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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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
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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
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Hidden Files and Directories
1Modify Registry
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe
._cache_2026-10-05_474da28be7fea3754de40c25e6a858d3_cobalt-strike_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe
1D0A5E00
PwyAr8lt.xlsm
VCRUNTIME140.dll
_bz2.pyd
_ctypes.pyd
_lzma.pyd
auto.tcl
cp1252.enc
pkgIndex.tcl
init.tcl
pkgIndex.tcl
package.tcl
tclIndex
tm.tcl
button.tcl
entry.tcl
icons.tcl
listbox.tcl
menu.tcl
panedwindow.tcl
pkgIndex.tcl
scale.tcl
scrlbar.tcl
spinbox.tcl
text.tcl
tk.tcl
cursors.tcl
fonts.tcl
ttk.tcl
_tkinter.pyd
_zstd.pyd
base_library.zip
libffi-8.dll
python314.dll
tcl86t.dll
msgcat-1.6.1.tm
tk86t.dll
zlib1.dll
explorer.exe
icsys.icn.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
memory/860-125-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001007000-memory.dmp
memory/860-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/860-0-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000002FF1000-memory.dmp
memory/1856-1245-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1856-1239-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1856-1218-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1856-1210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2856-1248-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-133-0x00007FF9BC420000-0x00007FF9BC430000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-128-0x00007FF9BEF80000-0x00007FF9BEF90000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-127-0x00007FF9BEF80000-0x00007FF9BEF90000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-126-0x00007FF9BEF80000-0x00007FF9BEF90000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-136-0x00007FF9BC420000-0x00007FF9BC430000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-130-0x00007FF9BEF80000-0x00007FF9BEF90000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-129-0x00007FF9BEF80000-0x00007FF9BEF90000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-1197-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-1247-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/4120-1195-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/4152-1196-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/4748-1194-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
memory/5364-1217-0x00007FF9E0700000-0x00007FF9E0729000-memory.dmp
memory/5456-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp