Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
138s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/11/2026, 23:23
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 1009KB
- Sample261105-3dkjmsvsby
- SHA256 728c01ae001a1464a424aa39d5e97afa8671fd198448182e72174ffcbdbc2378
- MD5 7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819
- SHA1 53f57503328aabbb5fd947b7f03cb06190f99993
- SHA512 12470c696537c69cba4fd666cd1bc528e5edff248cfb91dd1653980ec31c33e50c93599d8a4dcc0f8a2f22d7cbf252924e33358c823c320a991169caaa8b891b
- SSDEEP 12288:6MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9KIlybM+G7lsANwKcj:6nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9HO3IpNX8
- TLSH T199259F32F2D18437D173163D8C6B9369583ABE51AE346A4B3BE42E4C9F393816D25393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Synaptics.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Synaptics.exe - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1668 ._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 2224 Synaptics.exe 3632 Synaptics.exe 4492 ._cache_Synaptics.exe 3920 ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe" 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe Synaptics.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe Synaptics.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname Synaptics.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain Synaptics.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_Synaptics.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_Synaptics.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE - Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 3564 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
pid Process 3564 EXCEL.EXE 3564 EXCEL.EXE 3564 EXCEL.EXE 3564 EXCEL.EXE 3564 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1792 wrote to memory of 1668 1792 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 85 PID 1792 wrote to memory of 2224 1792 2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe 87 PID 2224 wrote to memory of 4492 2224 Synaptics.exe 90 PID 3632 wrote to memory of 3920 3632 Synaptics.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1792 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1668
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- 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
PID:2224 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4492
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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
PID:3632 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3920
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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
PID:3564
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 1009KB
- SHA256 728c01ae001a1464a424aa39d5e97afa8671fd198448182e72174ffcbdbc2378
- MD5 7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819
- SHA1 53f57503328aabbb5fd947b7f03cb06190f99993
- SHA512 12470c696537c69cba4fd666cd1bc528e5edff248cfb91dd1653980ec31c33e50c93599d8a4dcc0f8a2f22d7cbf252924e33358c823c320a991169caaa8b891b
- SSDEEP 12288:6MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9KIlybM+G7lsANwKcj:6nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9HO3IpNX8
- TLSH T199259F32F2D18437D173163D8C6B9369583ABE51AE346A4B3BE42E4C9F393816D25393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-04_7c4a65108c83ed97a09623827104c819_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_stop.exe
- Size 256KB
- SHA256 280f73466f9946452af6a43674000b473907bfbf1cbd7014a2d26da0e557b2a3
- MD5 73db32d68687c69a05902e416abcf4ad
- SHA1 8347afdb000c391805b821c60103ba0fe0ae6b92
- SHA512 d2d5c4f3ae2871c3a1d877e782e8a1adc43139810db8de64b3e0859de8adb4e9b63ed432ef2fab1cf8729918e876fafa47ca86adf6eb25469a5d368d42b7eb4d
- SSDEEP 6144:NiylYBNHunwmyA4LAYVG7OL9vktsANwKrcO:vlybM+G7lsANwK
- TLSH T1BD447B22F2E2C472D5A7127748A68729B3B2BC55CB3587C77B913F1EAE315D28A35301
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sAaHLxLS.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH