darkgate | de4a0c6b99ba22e3977f0541be90031ddf5cb278333f293d8a5c7ea08cd33a14

Analysis

max time kernel
91s
max time network
140s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
06/08/2024, 23:13

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General

Target
48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe
Size 2.1MB
Sample240806-27rdlstdrj
SHA256 48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939
MD5 fc99ddf185aa553bf30c431cc897c903
SHA1 72c3ae0ed953a4ed3a5d1d8e3957f530c952f48d
SHA512 0be1916e9f0fa3ff2282bbfc23ac9c5f19c15c17f5e0e6aa68edea3db7b780c53f473d40292f0ed324596996572917dfe584cc2d989773c77ee489b643dd2e46
SSDEEP 49152:Uk8BMMcyO6uzNJbIdNJbnwppkcWAta0PH1i:HasZ6uJJb6UJNa0
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

darkgate gh0st discovery execution stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

Gh0st

filetmoon.site

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
KaVpLvWD
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
Gh0st

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4952-15-0x0000000003E40000-0x00000000041C8000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4952-18-0x0000000003E40000-0x00000000041C8000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4952	Autoit3.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
1	myexternalip.com

Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

pid	Process
4952	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4144 set thread context of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Autoit3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WMIC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.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

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 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4952	Autoit3.exe
4952	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 42 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2100	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	2100	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4836	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	88
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4836	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	88
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4836	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	88
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4812	4144	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	89
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 4952	4812	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	90
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 4952	4812	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	90
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 4952	4812	48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe	90
PID 4952 wrote to memory of 1932	4952	Autoit3.exe	91
PID 4952 wrote to memory of 1932	4952	Autoit3.exe	91
PID 4952 wrote to memory of 1932	4952	Autoit3.exe	91
PID 1932 wrote to memory of 2100	1932	cmd.exe	93
PID 1932 wrote to memory of 2100	1932	cmd.exe	93
PID 1932 wrote to memory of 2100	1932	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4144
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:4836
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\48860a4eb801109046a591d18809b1ff3e2b658f2a09c6fb36c4948cb88eb939.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4812
- - \??\c:\temp2\Autoit3.exe
    "c:\temp2\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp2\script.a3x
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Checks processor information in registry
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4952
  - - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\bdfgdha\cfhghfd
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1932
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
        
        wmic ComputerSystem get domain
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        
        PID:2100

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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cfhghfd

Path C:\ProgramData\bdfgdha\cfhghfd
Size 54B
SHA256 7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac
MD5 c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81
SHA1 17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5
SHA512 05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df
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Autoit3.exe

Path C:\temp2\Autoit3.exe
Size 872KB
SHA256 237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d
MD5 c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd
SHA1 2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417
SHA512 195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c
SSDEEP 12288:6pVWeOV7GtINsegA/hMyyzlcqikvAfcN9b2MyZa31twoPTdFxgawV2M01:6T3E53Myyzl0hMf1tr7Caw8M01
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script.a3x

Path \??\c:\temp2\script.a3x
Size 544KB
SHA256 f8a9100f6fe719f091cdb4115b43f53d4b6c11eb51ea667fd57af81556067bcb
MD5 2e861f2d8c1dbb17adfad1553493a14a
SHA1 77fdca0697900729755386d00fe89240ceb97f7f
SHA512 55f571e4a51f10d8c83e9b157685bdadf7d73df2849700cfbfb4aa82314320c84a35b678a6566cf17f2c115f37aaa6bf22c9edfc745517b4493cd68fc4f64cdc
SSDEEP 12288:xqOgpQ4uu7yukP6Lja3nlsBGUo1YzLuPAUlh:xpgKpueP6Lj+nlGvo0aIUz
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memory/4812-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000572000-memory.dmp

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memory/4812-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000572000-memory.dmp

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memory/4812-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000572000-memory.dmp

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memory/4812-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000572000-memory.dmp

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memory/4812-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000572000-memory.dmp

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memory/4952-14-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000DF0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4952-15-0x0000000003E40000-0x00000000041C8000-memory.dmp

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memory/4952-18-0x0000000003E40000-0x00000000041C8000-memory.dmp

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