darkgate | c6a562b283c50ec4bf0a5a6bdcfb4e8449c2c9b4c0b6efe4a3dcf40f5c25a45e

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
139s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240704-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
20-08-2024 01:40

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General

Target

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 13 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral23/memory/1676-11-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000CE5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral23/memory/1156-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 46 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
4	1156	cmd.exe
5	1156	cmd.exe
6	1156	cmd.exe
7	1156	cmd.exe
8	1156	cmd.exe
9	1156	cmd.exe
10	1156	cmd.exe
11	1156	cmd.exe
12	1156	cmd.exe
13	1156	cmd.exe
14	1156	cmd.exe
15	1156	cmd.exe
16	1156	cmd.exe
17	1156	cmd.exe
18	1156	cmd.exe
19	1156	cmd.exe
20	1156	cmd.exe
21	1156	cmd.exe
22	1156	cmd.exe
23	1156	cmd.exe
24	1156	cmd.exe
25	1156	cmd.exe
26	1156	cmd.exe
28	1156	cmd.exe
30	1156	cmd.exe
31	1156	cmd.exe
32	1156	cmd.exe
33	1156	cmd.exe
34	1156	cmd.exe
35	1156	cmd.exe
36	1156	cmd.exe
37	1156	cmd.exe
38	1156	cmd.exe
39	1156	cmd.exe
40	1156	cmd.exe
41	1156	cmd.exe
42	1156	cmd.exe
43	1156	cmd.exe
44	1156	cmd.exe
45	1156	cmd.exe
46	1156	cmd.exe
47	1156	cmd.exe
49	1156	cmd.exe
50	1156	cmd.exe
51	1156	cmd.exe
52	1156	cmd.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

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

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1676 set thread context of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1156	cmd.exe

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	cmd.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	pidgin.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	pidgin.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1676	pidgin.exe
1156	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1156	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30
PID 1676 wrote to memory of 1156	1676	pidgin.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pidgin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\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:1676
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd.exe
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Drops startup file
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  PID:1156

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\bkkaeec\cbbdccd\ddehdeh

Filesize
163B

MD5
4d5b0f81a9656f5b377a7cf0806070e1

SHA1
3dce1a3d3ffc20df7df5e74a80613427cdea9359

SHA256
cc3687840769534e4d51c2bda55b4836d29b679d43c7c44a366d835aeef316c0

SHA512
858b1f379f5e783d88203c2ad69a6652042c5a884c53885e1300c09e9f571ad2a09b73b75175a0b199bad69b50c1f996b3e654841c52cba29a6849f47c13c0b3

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

Filesize
782B

MD5
f798ff8bdb7ed5b4f434d387adc4df1f

SHA1
d4cb58d5f16be30594be4845edacdb4a38c30154

SHA256
19011d39f009e738b3cf4253620f5a79bf161515257e82a4242f51b3055626a8

SHA512
17c12122755c3a2a14e43451deb63b2cfc354e4153ec26890abbbbaa1d3362f357ceb70f72ab17383ca79fe667e67b20bda3a2151d05b087ec84fabfe764df0f

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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/1156-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-7-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1156-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1156-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/1676-5-0x0000000002190000-0x0000000002380000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/1676-9-0x0000000000D70000-0x0000000000D8C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/1676-11-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000CE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/1676-40-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000CE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/1676-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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