darkgate | 06e916ab0dcf4f5f0dd637bffb2db12e22d1a5a9fc511066a42a58a8fc486290

General

Target

Tax_Document.pdf/Tax_Document.pdf.exe
Size

8.7MB
MD5

04b527ca1b634ee5ed0cad4ab6ddd407
SHA1

5f1bcd549190d3a34e8b574fe1820583c60f9caf
SHA256

b54c8e984dbfed0bb80a5fdff2637a2e56a146f85a2712c29bef509d088ceb69
SHA512

04fb6e32258bbe4a809da69d87dcac9fe3867402e7bab6b0a3fa6c42a46754665cf81d975a97c98c50b97aa870f164a48fec4eedc6a69214e6ff7a18b850b720
SSDEEP

196608:dIgfnrpGKt1OEb0QtF+OCd6EWhKUzGZBvRadSP+fsjp8//k:dIgFGKtcEb0QtFf0WhKUzGZBvRadWy/k

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
QPNVenzK
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 8 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4972-8-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3936-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011A7F000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-12-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-11-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-7-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-13-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-14-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4972-17-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-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:

reg.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1337824034-2731376981-3755436523-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\*SentinelOne = "rundll32.exe C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\SentinelOne.dll,EntryPoint"	reg.exe

Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid process

3936 Tax_Document.pdf.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
3936	Tax_Document.pdf.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_Document.pdf.exe

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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid process

4972 Tax_Document.pdf.exe
4972 Tax_Document.pdf.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid process

4972 Tax_Document.pdf.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid process

3936 Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid	process
4972	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
4972	Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid	process
4972	Tax_Document.pdf.exe

pid	process
3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes:

Tax_Document.pdf.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 4972	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	Tax_Document.pdf.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 3468	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 3468	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3936 wrote to memory of 3468	3936	Tax_Document.pdf.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3468 wrote to memory of 4084	3468	cmd.exe	reg.exe
PID 3468 wrote to memory of 4084	3468	cmd.exe	reg.exe
PID 3468 wrote to memory of 4084	3468	cmd.exe	reg.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document.pdf\Tax_Document.pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document.pdf\Tax_Document.pdf.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3936

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document.pdf\Tax_Document.pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax_Document.pdf\Tax_Document.pdf.exe"
2⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
PID:4972

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
cmd.exe /C reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "*SentinelOne" /t REG_SZ /d "rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SentinelOne.dll",EntryPoint /f & exit
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3468

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "*SentinelOne" /t REG_SZ /d "rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SentinelOne.dll",EntryPoint /f
3⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
PID:4084

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Query Registry

1

T1012

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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memory/3936-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011A7F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
26.5MB

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memory/3936-1-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000956000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.8MB

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memory/3936-3-0x0000000010B6A000-0x0000000010B84000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3936-0-0x0000000001370000-0x0000000001371000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3936-15-0x0000000011A4C000-0x0000000011A79000-memory.dmp

Filesize
180KB

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memory/3936-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011A7F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
26.5MB

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memory/4972-4-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DA1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4972-12-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-11-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-7-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-13-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-14-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-8-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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memory/4972-17-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D93000-memory.dmp

Filesize
460KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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