darkgate | dc43a7643af964f917ba0b69073a8df3b52553d4765845d54be907ca8d8a8cba

General

Target

TAX-W2-2023.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

ae2cf34006cd7d4cf042ef8e877af056
SHA1

dca076917280fc158e55ccf1a8ff8dd90f191d67
SHA256

fe810f2f7406764ede9dbed620a2c029755bc3459d2712f6b2e45030edb8aa43
SHA512

8dff548b1bf4fa72cb1da2fbac211026822af8f2138766276699d18b6257f6403a6e1978fc691772d3672a4db02737bb1d991b2b3027fc7ba67d3395ec1f08f9
SSDEEP

24576:Gk7z4NhBS2NAI/E2vPUK+aRWNeYwaDlHQ9uK:cBS0A6sK+aRWRDtQAK

Score

10^/10

darkgate tompang persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

tompang

C2

78.142.18.222

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
VzJaSPos
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
false
username
tompang

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 8 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1728-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1728-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-10-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-12-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-13-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-16-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-17-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1928-19-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-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

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ters = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\Tukansta\\butop5.exe"	TAX-W2-2023.exe

Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid process

1728 TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid	process
1728	TAX-W2-2023.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

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	TAX-W2-2023.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	TAX-W2-2023.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid process

1928 TAX-W2-2023.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid process

1928 TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid	process
1928	TAX-W2-2023.exe

pid	process
1928	TAX-W2-2023.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes:

TAX-W2-2023.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1928	1728	TAX-W2-2023.exe	TAX-W2-2023.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TAX-W2-2023.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TAX-W2-2023.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1728
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TAX-W2-2023.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TAX-W2-2023.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:1928

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/1728-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1728-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1728-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1728-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000528000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1928-3-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-7-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000151000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1928-8-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000151000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1928-5-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1928-10-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-12-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-13-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-16-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-17-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/1928-19-0x00000000000D0000-0x0000000000143000-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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