darkgate | 9b2be97c2950391d9c16497d4362e0feb5e88bfe4994f6d31b4fda7769b1c780

General

Target

scripted.txt
Size

512B
MD5

24527471078aa62be9cef333ab5458ab
SHA1

37733ee9cb177a7e95e132544a944fa0d32ffb9f
SHA256

9b2be97c2950391d9c16497d4362e0feb5e88bfe4994f6d31b4fda7769b1c780
SHA512

bf58604bc6aeacb2241aa05746951692e7775a142f7b962af7d7012673b6ba43b361e161f9cd768e6dea101b8c2120f65068c5cdb640c02f5be3cc4343f19c02

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

C2

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/2472-68-0x0000000004570000-0x00000000045E3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2472-70-0x0000000004570000-0x00000000045E3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
4	5108	powershell.exe
6	5108	powershell.exe
7	5108	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2472	AutoHotkey.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 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	AutoHotkey.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	AutoHotkey.exe

Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs

ransomware

pid	Process
292	NOTEPAD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
5108	powershell.exe
5108	powershell.exe
5108	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5108	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 4648	5108	powershell.exe	78
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 4648	5108	powershell.exe	78
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 2472	5108	powershell.exe	79
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 2472	5108	powershell.exe	79
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 2472	5108	powershell.exe	79
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 4388	5108	powershell.exe	80
PID 5108 wrote to memory of 4388	5108	powershell.exe	80

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
4388	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\scripted.txt
1⤵
- Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
PID:292

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:1588

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" "-Command" "if((Get-ExecutionPolicy ) -ne 'AllSigned') { Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass }; & 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\scripted.ps1'"
1⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5108
- C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe" -decodehex a.bin AutoHotkey.exe
  2⤵
  PID:4648
- C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe
  "C:\fpcg\AutoHotkey.exe" script.ahk
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Checks processor information in registry
  PID:2472
- C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/fpcg
  2⤵
  - Views/modifies file attributes
  PID:4388

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

1

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

1

T1564.001

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_hoddkamf.pis.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
916KB

MD5
a7c06b0255856bae512a0f174891d74f

SHA1
801b8ea8a27641fcfee78af6eff906052149054c

SHA256
3816103d61866097c2f216a4668b633ce126ad18da77b3b6c87ac24382f70929

SHA512
5d586cb80b3116d002c81b4df7aa449cd6fae454d03812eee3dd72de4e0806035d01bc4fcf16130f35ebfe5707c2d11e9453f8eb66f778a7729dc94bbfbd4cd6

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memory/2472-68-0x0000000004570000-0x00000000045E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/2472-70-0x0000000004570000-0x00000000045E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/5108-35-0x000001EDF92E0000-0x000001EDF92F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5108-11-0x000001EDF9AE0000-0x000001EDF9B56000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/5108-8-0x000001EDF92E0000-0x000001EDF92F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5108-7-0x00007FFF2B160000-0x00007FFF2BB4C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/5108-6-0x000001EDF9930000-0x000001EDF9952000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/5108-67-0x00007FFF2B160000-0x00007FFF2BB4C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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