darkgate | 933fbda1ca7c4a52adbb48d038c8ba5ed5ee411d1096b2222ca383ca6d96a6bc

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

C2

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
behavioral2/memory/3528-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2148-13-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003A55000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/2148-5-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003A55000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/3528-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Blocklisted process makes network request 34 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
3	3528	cmd.exe
4	3528	cmd.exe
5	3528	cmd.exe
6	3528	cmd.exe
7	3528	cmd.exe
8	3528	cmd.exe
9	3528	cmd.exe
11	3528	cmd.exe
12	3528	cmd.exe
13	3528	cmd.exe
14	3528	cmd.exe
15	3528	cmd.exe
16	3528	cmd.exe
17	3528	cmd.exe
18	3528	cmd.exe
19	3528	cmd.exe
20	3528	cmd.exe
21	3528	cmd.exe
23	3528	cmd.exe
24	3528	cmd.exe
28	3528	cmd.exe
29	3528	cmd.exe
30	3528	cmd.exe
31	3528	cmd.exe
32	3528	cmd.exe
33	3528	cmd.exe
34	3528	cmd.exe
35	3528	cmd.exe
36	3528	cmd.exe
37	3528	cmd.exe
38	3528	cmd.exe
39	3528	cmd.exe
40	3528	cmd.exe
41	3528	cmd.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

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

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2148 set thread context of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70

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 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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	pidgin.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2148	pidgin.exe
2148	pidgin.exe
3528	cmd.exe
3528	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3528	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3528	2148	pidgin.exe	70

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:2148
- 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:3528

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\baeffac\hceeaeb\kheackb

Filesize
163B

MD5
796cefdc129b7237e140bb28d52f247f

SHA1
6ef3edaaa96e5df87d18388761d5036c65967c21

SHA256
4bbdbd46b1020fef50426fdd40266af7995c0383efa42318330e98e98a6b3b3a

SHA512
dda1ee1253c4e7814d39f102e014b91a708f953e94edacd6313dd27ac2c2bee244c89d1e7b5bda1a93287de7c4cbf67ae74c3aabc9dbe7affc7bd2edcaa539ca

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

Filesize
823B

MD5
b1a65debabbc3a0e12a9d2c746d9c3f2

SHA1
d2e36371fc1368a5e741149b929850822f5cca55

SHA256
8d9f00ab4600403f2801146eee7ab8705718c6ae961dc185d74c472c206cab41

SHA512
41a2bbf13a27de5dc0a8cdfb5c6515877e4107ccc7f5827d9780f05bef43f2bd7c1ba2a14a4895cf3c96bca6f1b609fd732887bd69c1a237a212141db5ffc81c

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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/2148-8-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DCC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/2148-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2148-13-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003A55000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/2148-0-0x0000000003670000-0x0000000003860000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/2148-5-0x0000000003960000-0x0000000003A55000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/3528-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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memory/3528-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
516KB

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