Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/10/2026, 02:35

General

  • Target
    2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 8.8MB
  • Sample261027-c3c8raay8l
  • SHA256 a4fe079067661a46ffbe26d1352bbd6d244c12cbd32055cebbadc82cd1de018e
  • 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 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3428
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6012
    • 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:264
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5344
  • 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:1760

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 753KB
        • SHA256 e49b0b4aa3cfdc7e218b8af0c29a51aab96adb320d3470090eea4c4f453a111f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-10-26_f172640aa35a2f73b84109b7fcbb55bd_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 81dd92d5d7b557af6b8f0ce3510e08c21a900245344c902dbccd61ea6d7210cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        A0195E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A0195E00
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 874b0f2456d98c2afa0fab77cb0f1e202b5e0755d1839013208eec7d702529f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        M1wSP4qG.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\M1wSP4qG.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/264-200-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/264-165-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-129-0x00007FFB1E040000-0x00007FFB1E050000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-126-0x00007FFB20960000-0x00007FFB20970000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-127-0x00007FFB20960000-0x00007FFB20970000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-124-0x00007FFB20960000-0x00007FFB20970000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-128-0x00007FFB1E040000-0x00007FFB1E050000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-125-0x00007FFB20960000-0x00007FFB20970000-memory.dmp

        memory/1760-122-0x00007FFB20960000-0x00007FFB20970000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-0-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000000FE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000CCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3428-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5344-123-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp