Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - 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
09/11/2026, 11:48
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
- Size 801KB
- Sample261109-nyfc4abw3m
- SHA256 8e33bafd1600924aa28e14c10dd917ec11ee1680b0d8bcad609c03cf5cdfa2e3
- MD5 20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc
- SHA1 efd9789951592e33642d7e834ae7936d487db347
- SHA512 ea3aa53100972006df8a887773fd09cf01096222669c2be0dde46803a4d9e230599ad908d9a36d617a3b8ac95780ccf26902502eb8f1c003d27279de358b72ec
- SSDEEP 12288:GMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9zRXiKj:GnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9dXZ
- TLSH T102057D22F2D18437D1321A3D8C6BA3A5583EBE512E38794F7BE81E4C5F3D68129652D3
- 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
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 5828 ._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe 3944 Synaptics.exe 3176 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" 2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.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\Domain Synaptics.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname Synaptics.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_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 2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.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 opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE 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 - 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 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}\Instance\ Synaptics.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 1940 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
pid Process 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE 1940 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4896 wrote to memory of 5828 4896 2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe 89 PID 4896 wrote to memory of 3944 4896 2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4896 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5828
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
PID:3944
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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:1940
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3176
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
- Size 753KB
- SHA256 538e088ded7e42d530ee3a873a6c1f86f1bb114fe3e47957a1eee3a88fb708d5
- MD5 86476f7d2aeaaf1c8a14bdfc0161bc6f
- SHA1 165ee4721aed481e47279cda59e8c803ce543224
- SHA512 4e47080804a79ffcdcfcb89934b68ca8db29f683d809cd8b3b383fc503412fa81f12d03acea80207728079a900dc857da34ac5fd2ff792db96ec27cf8312decb
- SSDEEP 12288:aMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9IRXGr:ansJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9sXa
- TLSH T153F47D32F2D19437D1321A3D9C6BA3A5582ABE512E38794E3BF81E4C5F3D68139252D3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-07_20b00a010d0247e70933e1fbca4633cc_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
- Size 48KB
- SHA256 2f6cef951a937f898ff24bc6adcdffb321b55fd3d21769ca9580e0233bbeed5a
- MD5 f25a0a82ad1eefd4becd6f034c078dbc
- SHA1 75c1063c318bd528b90e8a29bfc419beb1d35654
- SHA512 5d16a06664a22d95b4a9c553608456e1e9499c72db3fa76e429e3e3da83c9af589fa76f0b66c867976d71b26c4c6d5cc67afb1d0861af3751852368e5d7c7e3b
- SSDEEP 768:zsfqbtPnPlt0RBNxamrr1A081ZadarUq3XEOgbtwg:FbFP/0D3DriT18w1etwg
- TLSH T13523180A3893C033E41649B586E58AC15FFF7C133AF3A06FEF84454E1AA129899797F5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2RXl3ylG.xlsm
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
- MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
- SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
- SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
- SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
- TLSH T15482B009E788FC53D03B503E442E18B5270D7186724BDA0C384A365A66DA79F47AF6CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\46795E00
- Size 23KB
- SHA256 1348151d25d959c78aece5e43535524ac5946bbbdd0cf9bfecf6e79eb5533eca
- MD5 8e750e4f75dc3311002c8211416220ea
- SHA1 f517048ec17bc29db8e562a2db99d1d3aab13710
- SHA512 b099d0d9b1ccf270d0a6e247795adfe30a83f4547420d1d49bfec47cdf1bc51f435881aec1b6f43e9be55f28851e3bca7d04cea34b58d6bbf68dcb86e230063a
- SSDEEP 384:MyJk7wAAp+o5bTKS0+yiPjzvpciS9596od2QHCe5VqPWXhi2jKlLY+q4:MmkEAA4o5bOS0+ymBSfMmhCFyi2jKZYW
- TLSH T10AB2CFADED1AED1EE1B3DCF5C64021D1F148258AE94D738FE880A2589F402DB23ED64C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH