darkgate | f515492977637fd5604c5fc46a64fdde688d12ac9a3850991d88b7d10803cbc5

General

Target

Tax_Document_23/Tax_Document.exe
Size

186KB
MD5

df33c821c06835a1349cbe3b0c65f24c
SHA1

5ddbb84801115d8e495b14c3963f6b174b5801f2
SHA256

0263663c5375289fa2550d0cff3553dfc160a767e718a9c38efc0da3d7a4b626
SHA512

13a9eff075b12b6ef398e103eda806ceed737665d35955c8882defd63ef0c9e25ecfe856ebf5560cbb61a02821ddcf9993290138fa8cdb0150ebbe0b7a1e6195
SSDEEP

3072:IUiDZK+VBulx0QtCggULGWtf5Ju+uaxObQPEoSlpcm8Cy/V:wZjz2NqWtfHduaxOEPJAcmgV

Score

10^/10

darkgate seal1 persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

seal1

C2

193.142.146.203

Attributes

anti_analysis
false
anti_debug
false
anti_vm
false
c2_port
80
check_disk
false
check_ram
false
check_xeon
false
crypter_au3
false
crypter_dll
false
crypter_raw_stub
false
internal_mutex
AVUHIwtf
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
false
username
seal1

Signatures

DarkGate
DarkGate is an infostealer written in C++.
stealer darkgate

Detect DarkGate stealer 8 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral4/memory/4188-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4188-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-6-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-8-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-7-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-11-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-12-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral4/memory/4164-14-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\*Chrome = "rundll32.exe C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\VIVA_01.dll,EntryPoint"	reg.exe

Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4188	Tax_Document.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	Tax_Document.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4164	Tax_Document.exe
4164	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4164	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4188	Tax_Document.exe
4188	Tax_Document.exe
4188	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 1280	4188	Tax_Document.exe	96
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 1280	4188	Tax_Document.exe	96
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 1280	4188	Tax_Document.exe	96
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 4164	4188	Tax_Document.exe	97
PID 1280 wrote to memory of 4516	1280	cmd.exe	99
PID 1280 wrote to memory of 4516	1280	cmd.exe	99
PID 1280 wrote to memory of 4516	1280	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document_23\Tax_Document.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document_23\Tax_Document.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4188
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd.exe /C reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "*Chrome" /t REG_SZ /d "rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VIVA_01.dll",EntryPoint /f & exit
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1280
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
    reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "*Chrome" /t REG_SZ /d "rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VIVA_01.dll",EntryPoint /f
    3⤵
    - Adds Run key to start application
    PID:4516
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document_23\Tax_Document.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document_23\Tax_Document.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:4164

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/4164-3-0x00000000009A0000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4164-6-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4164-8-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4164-7-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4164-11-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4164-12-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4164-14-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000ED2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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memory/4188-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/4188-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/4188-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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memory/4188-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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