darkgate | 1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381

General

Target

KB46569499.exe
Size

4.9MB
MD5

9afafb511744b437365662e3647e8e76
SHA1

883956c959701ea092515d2262e7f71248bbd08e
SHA256

1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381
SHA512

001010c095798369ea6338cb432f6dffa75f6badb6bd0d4f746a7d2d8c8740a9ab40b1de7ffc519538a312e46fb0621d81646db76b32a3d2aaa8d0283d856e03
SSDEEP

49152:C4Y60gIBGEyn4GoXW6WJKjuFs3HSqgblLWgqf8NY:bY6pHNJJ08qb

Score

10^/10

darkgate rastaa discovery persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

rastaa

C2

44-35-63-31.internalsakamai.net

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
xKhQCrdc
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
rastaa

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2112-10-0x0000000002E00000-0x000000000317B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2112-23-0x0000000002E00000-0x000000000317B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2920-31-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2920-33-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2920-32-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 2 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exe

description pid process target process

PID 2112 created 2104 2112 Autoit3.exe PING.EXE
PID 2920 created 1324 2920 GoogleUpdateCore.exe DllHost.exe
Downloads MZ/PE file
Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

2404 cmd.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

2112 Autoit3.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2112 created 2104	2112	Autoit3.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2920 created 1324	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	DllHost.exe

pid	process
2404	cmd.exe

pid	process
2112	Autoit3.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

GoogleUpdateCore.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3502430532-24693940-2469786940-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\kddefhg = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\eckabdg\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\eckabdg\\dbdfebd.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3502430532-24693940-2469786940-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\kddefhg = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\eckabdg\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\eckabdg\\dbdfebd.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.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 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

Processes:

GoogleUpdateCore.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exeAutoit3.execmd.exeWMIC.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GoogleUpdateCore.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

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
discovery

Internet Connection Discovery
T1016.001

Processes:

cmd.exePING.EXE

pid process

2404 cmd.exe
2104 PING.EXE

pid	process
2404	cmd.exe
2104	PING.EXE

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

GoogleUpdateCore.exeAutoit3.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	Autoit3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	Autoit3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2104 PING.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exe

pid process

2112 Autoit3.exe
2112 Autoit3.exe
2920 GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2920 GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2840 GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

GoogleUpdateCore.exe

pid process

2920 GoogleUpdateCore.exe

pid	process
2104	PING.EXE

pid	process
2112	Autoit3.exe
2112	Autoit3.exe
2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2840	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

pid	process
2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs

Processes:

WMIC.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2256	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2256	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

Processes:

KB46569499.execmd.exeAutoit3.execmd.exeGoogleUpdateCore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2112	348	KB46569499.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2112	348	KB46569499.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2112	348	KB46569499.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2112	348	KB46569499.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2404	348	KB46569499.exe	cmd.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2404	348	KB46569499.exe	cmd.exe
PID 348 wrote to memory of 2404	348	KB46569499.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2104	2404	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2104	2404	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2104	2404	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2316	2112	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2316	2112	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2316	2112	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2316	2112	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2256	2316	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2256	2316	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2256	2316	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2256	2316	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2920	2112	Autoit3.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2840	2920	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:1324
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.151\GoogleUpdateCore.exe
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.151\GoogleUpdateCore.exe"
  2⤵
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2840

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KB46569499.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KB46569499.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:348
- \??\c:\tes2\Autoit3.exe
  c:\tes2\Autoit3.exe c:\tes2\mytes2.au3
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2112
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\eckabdg\gdccdcd
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2316
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2256
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping localhost & del /q /f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KB46569499.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2404
- - C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
    ping localhost
    3⤵
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:2104
  - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.151\GoogleUpdateCore.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.151\GoogleUpdateCore.exe"
      4⤵
      Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
      Adds Run key to start application
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Checks processor information in registry
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2920

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

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

Query Registry

1

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\eckabdg\bfddehf

Filesize
1KB

MD5
72c161f216d9ec503d5acf969eb01f10

SHA1
8e493a79b16f681981d5bd2b44b57d40018c09fb

SHA256
ddc96fc26d56218bcf0a4fcba98d00272926db97d4a8989fed8d5736b2acaf73

SHA512
9bf616831d142ce8baa53df61d8ae1cb3bf3e9f1a39401387a0b1fcb52f82d235e32647c0158fd6b25f6b104fa8b1950e04ef7b18466218a8cba0b2ce3f024f1

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C:\ProgramData\eckabdg\gdccdcd

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AcEAFhD

Filesize
32B

MD5
aac3b7d8d78506cc52871f81a974f38c

SHA1
50fc61a104b40781a90ef575730b43933b09996e

SHA256
acf5ddccd0253933dce1578c9281e8e21c7a6d90df6ba5b846bb0d31b89464b4

SHA512
771ef9cd596b77eb6fecfe8f79866c1fbe885e23f85afa20543b169ed65bacb6271e665404ff3a0b04e81b88662f636f1cc8c8e5ec240e3b7a0c48e6a98221f8

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C:\temp\agcbfhf

Filesize
4B

MD5
f6877a9accbe9d9f55065bf5aa89f7f5

SHA1
9333eb014a84778c68dc385484dfbbe63f93679e

SHA256
90fd7631145f906c6068a5e1c2ae5974070f484cdecc717f965e7eb096524fd1

SHA512
c6d3521bf618cf614b7de829ac0801f90bd180ce4d7078682e0caea2336fb572b412d1ef2aa66bf6f753d84d6977fbf44c91b7a630ccc4d9353f201f822a0ff9

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C:\temp\kebcagh

Filesize
4B

MD5
ca5e4c4b795b4a91c7d808c48f8cc6fe

SHA1
6e4cab370573124bc30d89c920555db652609cce

SHA256
d8a87d9fe5a48e79458ea7eaf0b2c4751e7203c12c13025e4197ca7dd54faacb

SHA512
867f38daedf56cd2ba8cf5e2aed0eabaa7620325cc3313fb6c71d885fb53d3435ffe666c453b73188d42d286e7c4d1472b37007588e598248d91bd2050095858

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C:\temp\kebcagh

Filesize
4B

MD5
b300ba39a2ecb7880c726eaa056c6e33

SHA1
345b3cef830c132bae0a139a0aa5c27cf8c57758

SHA256
0bc0c47fb0dd68fdd16b3b054aba096edf18ad12ae12f5aabf1f2e1c6db99b9b

SHA512
10ff7177092e5bb6f7f6aae094797e8999452c67ef748ff9036283cac4a54d4a7afa8653a5bfba14a66f66bf91b228972fa202410dedd0b6deb7bb5b63fd1abc

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C:\tes2\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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\??\c:\tes2\mytes2.au3

Filesize
516KB

MD5
d91891cae02a24735853100a3511d74f

SHA1
4ace59e166ec0632fb3a6668b2d58ff809250ec2

SHA256
e2c3b31ee3615e2f39843d035f1990b94c12af1e42c34ce8e83c28b29c85567d

SHA512
ec41191df9451a5ebbae58a743cff8db87ea1dd0adf23d3cb5bb8853db5ffc3d819fbf096ca8ee1d0767e44490e804a9f58341ef49979138ef958ee7e6f12903

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memory/348-7-0x0000000001310000-0x0000000001806000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

Download
memory/348-0-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2112-10-0x0000000002E00000-0x000000000317B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2112-9-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000CF0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2112-23-0x0000000002E00000-0x000000000317B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2920-31-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2920-33-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2920-32-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000F22000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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