darkgate | 142257a8ebfb66cf873e1253d39d40dfee7af9ebb41b999031491c7f516b6fc4

General

Target

Tax_Document/Tax_Document.exe
Size

8.7MB
MD5

480f8cf600f5509595b8418c6534caf2
SHA1

dc13258ebb83bdf956523d751f67e29d6e4cf77e
SHA256

6d8905ec0b1dfdc0a10d1cce40714ddd73205a09ad390b933ddbecdcf06a4cf2
SHA512

f0bd99f68d59e80538fb276945d0f383394cb94a35c6d12ebd3e87061222249f78b9ca75716b33e36b66842b97c71149612111fcb6a8a3bc3a97635b03934aaf
SSDEEP

196608:Ywdj1UbkCchr3rlFE8GCWhKUzGZ3gRTFHnBz58//o:Yw91Ubkxhr3rlFHWhKUzGZ3gRTFhzi/o

Score

10^/10

darkgate seal001 persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

seal001

C2

185.196.220.194

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
zsVUqEDO
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
false
username
seal001

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3628-7-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-9-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3628-8-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-10-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-14-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-15-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-13-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-17-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3744-20-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-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-1-5-21-553605503-2331009851-2137262461-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\*Chrome = "rundll32.exe C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\HEARTB.dll,EntryPoint"	reg.exe

Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3628	Tax_Document.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	Tax_Document.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3744	Tax_Document.exe
3744	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3744	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3628	Tax_Document.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3744	3628	Tax_Document.exe	83
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 1168	3628	Tax_Document.exe	87
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 1168	3628	Tax_Document.exe	87
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 1168	3628	Tax_Document.exe	87
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 4320	1168	cmd.exe	89
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 4320	1168	cmd.exe	89
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 4320	1168	cmd.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document\Tax_Document.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document\Tax_Document.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3628
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document\Tax_Document.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document\Tax_Document.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:3744
- 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\HEARTB.dll",EntryPoint /f & exit
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1168
- - 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\HEARTB.dll",EntryPoint /f
    3⤵
    - Adds Run key to start application
    PID:4320

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

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/3628-8-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.6MB

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memory/3628-1-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000E36000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.8MB

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memory/3628-3-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.6MB

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memory/3628-4-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.6MB

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memory/3628-16-0x0000000003580000-0x0000000003581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3628-7-0x00000000679E0000-0x0000000068081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.6MB

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memory/3628-0-0x0000000003580000-0x0000000003581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3744-9-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-10-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-14-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-15-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-13-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-5-0x0000000001280000-0x0000000001281000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3744-17-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/3744-20-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001273000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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