Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/11/2026, 17:29

General

  • Target
    2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 1013KB
  • Sample261110-v2pt9shc73
  • SHA256 cbd26e7f354ce6a9cfb36eb9bae3bf512b5e1d5aa1a964ad08bdc2bfe2608ada
  • 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 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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 6 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4928
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4388
    • 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
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:408
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2088
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5800
    • C:\Windows\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5504
  • 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:5548

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 1013KB
        • SHA256 cbd26e7f354ce6a9cfb36eb9bae3bf512b5e1d5aa1a964ad08bdc2bfe2608ada
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-11-09_66a804ac4108de91eae19eb01ed030a5_amadey_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_smoke-loader.exe
        • Size 260KB
        • SHA256 f7124989cb858b1605ebf6008c74e55c0368e70f66ef1671c81224ee02ec4dae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        93095E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\93095E00
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 eae873175e082eced41fafcaf442854fa80c2c4dc7124053ff6b69c65ef8fd2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IzYpEGDb.xlsm

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

        memory/408-328-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000503000-memory.dmp

        memory/408-291-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000503000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000503000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-0-0x00000000022D0000-0x00000000022D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-193-0x00007FFEFB640000-0x00007FFEFB650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-244-0x00007FFEF8910000-0x00007FFEF8920000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-249-0x00007FFEF8910000-0x00007FFEF8920000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-186-0x00007FFEFB640000-0x00007FFEFB650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-238-0x00007FFEFB640000-0x00007FFEFB650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-225-0x00007FFEFB640000-0x00007FFEFB650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5548-194-0x00007FFEFB640000-0x00007FFEFB650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5800-247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000503000-memory.dmp