Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
139s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
04/11/2026, 23:16
General
- Target 2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe
- Size 868KB
- Sample261104-29b2pseh74
- SHA256 8ca5bbb021ba1bdf16a4282ba2395dd6a6a818d22983fc39f69ca4d43e52d8d8
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: Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Detect Neshta payload 5 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
- Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 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 7 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 4 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe"3⤵
- 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" InjUpdate3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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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⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Event Triggered Execution
1Change Default File Association
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Event Triggered Execution
1Change Default File Association
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
ACROTE~1.EXE
._cache_2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe
2026-11-03_3bc556c8b82d0fddc1f20976db75d6d3_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_neshta_ransomhub_wannacry.exe
5D785E00
MajYNnvK.xlsm
memory/1980-448-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-440-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-452-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-450-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/2520-380-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D5000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-441-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D5000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-449-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D5000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-479-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D5000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-140-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D5000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-12-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002231000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-13-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-201-0x00007FFCA0B70000-0x00007FFCA0B80000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-207-0x00007FFC9E440000-0x00007FFC9E450000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-206-0x00007FFC9E440000-0x00007FFC9E450000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-205-0x00007FFCA0B70000-0x00007FFCA0B80000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-204-0x00007FFCA0B70000-0x00007FFCA0B80000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-202-0x00007FFCA0B70000-0x00007FFCA0B80000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-203-0x00007FFCA0B70000-0x00007FFCA0B80000-memory.dmp