Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/10/2026, 07:44

General

  • Target
    2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
  • Size 15.7MB
  • Sample261007-jk4fjsfv9n
  • SHA256 441f14f1de544c85306b82ab4c8878caead31d3f44d5a1fb48fbb02a8776baa2
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 47 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 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 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • 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 data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4084
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3212
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard\WIS2A414CBECDF348C6A91BD3D4522F8EB5_6_0_1_22566.MSI" WISE_SETUP_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe"
        3⤵
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2788
    • 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:5700
  • 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:5608
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4740
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4820
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 829C1A88506572DDBD5FE2DA8A2CEFBE C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:808
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2508
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 255B0C6A7E6F150F82FDB51078DCB94D
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3732
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A5441421FADCF9C0910CFD55A84A0136 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:248
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\haspdinst_x64.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\haspdinst_x64.exe -i -kp -nomsg -32to64
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:4812
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2360

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a422c.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a422c.rbs
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 6992d637d9ba573eba55987eac448d0d003c4d2157e4ce4935927b635f116192
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          haspds_msi.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP\haspds_msi.dll
          • Size 30KB
          • SHA256 20f240377f02b3b29b7bf86713e9940caced279a5534e27ee8995dcf160aae24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          haspds_windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP\haspds_windows.dll
          • Size 15.5MB
          • SHA256 547bed8307690ae5ac5734f93f70da0006677e7201bdf9c2cce83612a0d86152
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          WIS2A414CBECDF348C6A91BD3D4522F8EB5_6_0_1_22566.MSI

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard\WIS2A414CBECDF348C6A91BD3D4522F8EB5_6_0_1_22566.MSI
          • Size 14.9MB
          • SHA256 d426d7f708928a0a6c218bd5b89b2f27d18f742be0f8f778b313e57c1e67172f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Synaptics.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
          • Size 754KB
          • SHA256 afc0156b8bed777611adda1acd15c57c420ac988ac6ed134475eaa1d3d9a3cd8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ._cache_2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-05_03552a08e307c3d5c1cdf6b85f9c022b_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_redli.exe
          • Size 15.0MB
          • SHA256 1968a99bbd24e147d3743f978af3e4a53a54b81640e0c3d1e6c59862d8ad1fde
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          8Hyo5nZx.xlsm

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8Hyo5nZx.xlsm
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIB915.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB915.tmp
          • Size 160KB
          • SHA256 80caaefda1b2ceda08e27cdfa2a579a2ee9f225a3ed436447f402a67d9fa91c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIBC52.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIBC52.tmp
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 84fd0ecbe013c9af8649b8de36807ad2f37d33cd85fb9ebd1b01b59f295a8051
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          haspdinst_x64.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\haspdinst_x64.exe
          • Size 5.9MB
          • SHA256 26471d63e88df95c818ff731b89801991c2b7889302f960d197f06b9fff97437
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 e62f84da0d5135fb7d41ea1fa5c56881c72ac0f10386eec33c5f99f556ed1e4c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {e5731033-5e69-4156-bc04-f46b9e8b7145}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{e3f46304-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{e5731033-5e69-4156-bc04-f46b9e8b7145}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 a8070ec4497dc6c0d865bcf88b081fdb2e8ac4adae63538418d130e730d7cb1c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/248-176-0x00000000031E0000-0x0000000003289000-memory.dmp

          memory/4084-0-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003171000-memory.dmp

          memory/4084-121-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000013BB000-memory.dmp

          memory/4084-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-130-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-131-0x00007FF8597D0000-0x00007FF8597E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-123-0x00007FF85BFA0000-0x00007FF85BFB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-127-0x00007FF85BFA0000-0x00007FF85BFB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-128-0x00007FF8597D0000-0x00007FF8597E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-126-0x00007FF85BFA0000-0x00007FF85BFB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-124-0x00007FF85BFA0000-0x00007FF85BFB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-125-0x00007FF85BFA0000-0x00007FF85BFB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5700-148-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5700-221-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp