Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    145s
  • 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, 21:06

General

  • Target
    2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample261007-zx3msace87
  • SHA256 72b37b6c4bc14c2759f6732770d9685857df341c99f413f799dac0d4595116c8
  • 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).

  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4312
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4800
    • 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:1832
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5060
  • 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:2616

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 570fe0efb4cfb039d1fa3038775d0f6c7ed04eff3ef693d2714b6e543ff37061
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-06_b7488d1a2fb0bf31eea8fdd7e9ea7353_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        • Size 776KB
        • SHA256 a88662eebd751c7914c9c5ab36656d386a1fdc51822a20009dc27c34e13bed47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Yue1mxAf.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Yue1mxAf.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Yue1mxAf.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Yue1mxAf.xlsm
        • Size 27KB
        • SHA256 02305c4133d4218241d5e269e20a198292a0216103161a948f2ce785b92a8a85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ~$OutExpand.xlsx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\~$OutExpand.xlsx
        • Size 165B
        • SHA256 e4ba04959837c27019a2349015543802439e152ddc4baf4e8c7b9d2b483362a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1832-98-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-142-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-174-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-165-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-153-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-97-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1832-143-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-102-0x00007FFDD1B20000-0x00007FFDD1B30000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-106-0x00007FFDCF830000-0x00007FFDCF840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-107-0x00007FFDCF830000-0x00007FFDCF840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-105-0x00007FFDD1B20000-0x00007FFDD1B30000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-104-0x00007FFDD1B20000-0x00007FFDD1B30000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-103-0x00007FFDD1B20000-0x00007FFDD1B30000-memory.dmp

        memory/2616-101-0x00007FFDD1B20000-0x00007FFDD1B30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4312-0-0x0000000002480000-0x0000000002481000-memory.dmp

        memory/4312-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000584000-memory.dmp

        memory/4312-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5060-100-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp