darkgate | 933fbda1ca7c4a52adbb48d038c8ba5ed5ee411d1096b2222ca383ca6d96a6bc

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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19-08-2024 01:51

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General

Target

exe/crypted/Dakrgate 5864 startup plus rootkit/protected_AU3_cGig/pidgin.exe
Size

108KB
MD5

c283b2379ea584aab52abee0844b02a0
SHA1

903f9c7dcadf578637d604be681588fffec90e9b
SHA256

8292226e43a1aced9d38e2bdfb14cebabc12f9aa0a76ebdc47971eac026407f2
SHA512

a7e285d0d7ed7f212d33da6957ed9b2ba70ecd0e69852b52f33ebedc4682a1dc9621f6304b4c06b91b9ea74d94f1b6c3fad1d1f6f67f18512245870f908cd157
SSDEEP

1536:dV7q+SakHLKZ9tCAxtXSB5TDW/3CEdbjYVl4NGGwWArUiqvBwy/kTkiw3ciwjm:dpHKeJCCtX8TDafkVl4sG10MLoPm

Score

10^/10

darkgate discovery stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Version

uPtZ

http://sanibroadbandcommunicton.duckdns.org

Attributes

anti_analysis
false
anti_debug
false
anti_vm
false
c2_port
5864
check_disk
false
check_ram
false
check_xeon
false
crypter_au3
false
crypter_dll
true
crypter_raw_stub
false
crypto_key
qwNPPzrRTNHogf
internal_mutex
hykYbY
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
1
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 14 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral18/memory/1936-1-0x00000000037B0000-0x00000000038A5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/1936-12-0x00000000037B0000-0x00000000038A5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral18/memory/4396-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 36 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
4	4396	cmd.exe
5	4396	cmd.exe
25	4396	cmd.exe
26	4396	cmd.exe
27	4396	cmd.exe
30	4396	cmd.exe
34	4396	cmd.exe
35	4396	cmd.exe
36	4396	cmd.exe
50	4396	cmd.exe
51	4396	cmd.exe
52	4396	cmd.exe
53	4396	cmd.exe
54	4396	cmd.exe
55	4396	cmd.exe
57	4396	cmd.exe
61	4396	cmd.exe
65	4396	cmd.exe
66	4396	cmd.exe
67	4396	cmd.exe
68	4396	cmd.exe
69	4396	cmd.exe
70	4396	cmd.exe
74	4396	cmd.exe
75	4396	cmd.exe
87	4396	cmd.exe
88	4396	cmd.exe
89	4396	cmd.exe
91	4396	cmd.exe
93	4396	cmd.exe
94	4396	cmd.exe
96	4396	cmd.exe
97	4396	cmd.exe
98	4396	cmd.exe
99	4396	cmd.exe
100	4396	cmd.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\fffddke.lnk	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1936 set thread context of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	pidgin.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 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	pidgin.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	pidgin.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	cmd.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1936	pidgin.exe
1936	pidgin.exe
4396	cmd.exe
4396	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4396	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4396	1936	pidgin.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exe\crypted\Dakrgate 5864 startup plus rootkit\protected_AU3_cGig\pidgin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exe\crypted\Dakrgate 5864 startup plus rootkit\protected_AU3_cGig\pidgin.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1936
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd.exe
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Drops startup file
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:4396

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

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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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\dbedakd\cbdchca\fhdfakf

Filesize
163B

MD5
73e1115b30b4a1b0eb599f301709fad2

SHA1
27a3026e6afaa6317060119a69a02d2296d6df03

SHA256
e3ead2c8753ea1a7f5a9e4b9b2d2eab0ded5d5476552f06181f2134a2dbcd040

SHA512
cb1ceec043fc66725aeef613c9d62139a127df7068dac1c3dd0a02f8e9956d92e9e80debe71e5af9f736b6dbcd9ac629e9d53dbb34d2fc1d4375ebb67ed078b6

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\fffddke.lnk

Filesize
823B

MD5
6ddf300cb4e4c013c3a490e744f88830

SHA1
b022b4ff07f3568f7a8750a80d3a1b6916203a8b

SHA256
a9094cf492137563f8fbc555a2cf818c3f3bfa1717c9dabe1ab7578807b7998c

SHA512
a7f0a4c56fe311534d53f1acc35691d38a91e0277faef978e7cac5568033315ef46786ddb3ed01b831786a30b14135825767c1c57b7ba1d01bc76e86907ab262

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C:\temp\libssp-0.dll

Filesize
88KB

MD5
1f521e8b258d2b09f66fb8c940452b72

SHA1
7d669fe4108d40ed431a6728a27a2efc5c153bd0

SHA256
7786e9e3c7fe54f52b54e4bb922ef569ad68dc14f4096d530824556975e0f462

SHA512
61058ec95c20ff46f3613f3bd7647231943b64f8171eb0327ee72613a079bd9d8e639434208bb120b1d5242075a13be6686c0dfd31c04932a93f1bef413192d3

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C:\temp\pidgin.exe

Filesize
108KB

MD5
c283b2379ea584aab52abee0844b02a0

SHA1
903f9c7dcadf578637d604be681588fffec90e9b

SHA256
8292226e43a1aced9d38e2bdfb14cebabc12f9aa0a76ebdc47971eac026407f2

SHA512
a7e285d0d7ed7f212d33da6957ed9b2ba70ecd0e69852b52f33ebedc4682a1dc9621f6304b4c06b91b9ea74d94f1b6c3fad1d1f6f67f18512245870f908cd157

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C:\temp\sqlite3.dll

Filesize
488KB

MD5
05ec7e9dee5c43b659d7843f6eb462a2

SHA1
1d37a930765e282b75b1d129258e21f683379245

SHA256
b98bacd2a12a4912acb8e6c8b4447c19b811672f5d6c43048b62c9e273c863d4

SHA512
fbdd1f7ec8dff695f8914dcd088a1217389d5d6c2c7b130ab8d87679f9f1cf8aa0c62ee303de07b0aa920b4e62a34132c788b20f53e5829d2d9a845ef32ad4f6

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memory/1936-1-0x00000000037B0000-0x00000000038A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/1936-9-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000EDC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/1936-0-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000036B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/1936-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1936-12-0x00000000037B0000-0x00000000038A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/4396-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/4396-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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