darkgate | 1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
27-08-2024 16:54

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General

Target

1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.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

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2076-10-0x0000000002F10000-0x000000000328B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2076-23-0x0000000002F10000-0x000000000328B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/3028-33-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/3028-32-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/3028-31-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2076 created 1148	2076	Autoit3.exe	20
PID 3028 created 1072	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	18

Downloads MZ/PE file

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1528	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2076	Autoit3.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2958949473-3205530200-1453100116-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\cgaaefc = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\adagefe\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\adagefe\\chffhdf.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2958949473-3205530200-1453100116-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\cgaaefc = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\adagefe\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\adagefe\\chffhdf.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

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

pid	Process
1528	cmd.exe
3024	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

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
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	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

pid	Process
3024	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2076	Autoit3.exe
2076	Autoit3.exe
3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2084	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2868	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2868	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 2076	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	30
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 2076	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	30
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 2076	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	30
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 2076	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	30
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 1528	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	31
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 1528	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	31
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 1528	2504	1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe	31
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3024	1528	cmd.exe	33
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3024	1528	cmd.exe	33
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3024	1528	cmd.exe	33
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2552	2076	Autoit3.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2552	2076	Autoit3.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2552	2076	Autoit3.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2552	2076	Autoit3.exe	34
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 2868	2552	cmd.exe	36
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 2868	2552	cmd.exe	36
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 2868	2552	cmd.exe	36
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 2868	2552	cmd.exe	36
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3028	2076	Autoit3.exe	38
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2084	3028	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	39

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1072
- 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:2084

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1148
- 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⤵
  - 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:3028

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2504
- \??\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:2076
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\adagefe\fafkfhc
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2552
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2868
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping localhost & del /q /f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bc06334849768ebbd7afff675e4e3196984d00c495395ddb9050c8c5f780381.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1528
- - C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
    ping localhost
    3⤵
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:3024

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\adagefe\dehekdh

Filesize
1KB

MD5
447be72251d34f1c28b7a895b62f45ae

SHA1
c86e243c596807ec66d23543d06899751ad206b6

SHA256
7103f6eab49cad09648dd10c07bcb3224fbbcffdcb5dfce46cae393ccc5eb4af

SHA512
488112e03477247872bd7e9ca86e2da61f13a76390f764b72908b2129d2a0f3ab9bf2379d358c25ff1272c96e2073b3678c1908a6d94e9b1fa2b3e0f5e631703

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C:\ProgramData\adagefe\fafkfhc

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HfFHcFh

Filesize
32B

MD5
bf368fbb965829c82448e1fa701911a5

SHA1
02dc2a77f8d5c57b8cfa7a33805addc5b98b5f3f

SHA256
ca2ac9552a553b6344f6ae7d1dd2f8aac7b4d8a92ad6a828149ad9c2a5af0cf3

SHA512
ed44571a8b29a35a0fae219a503cbc0f2e3f1edc0827b10390319ea968336e0bb0c7f4dab89df9eb955a1891675e698c632e517050cc515c037c730a69df7d3b

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C:\temp\hcgafbe

Filesize
4B

MD5
55bfcae8a168976fd101b1e6b88dca33

SHA1
4eaecd28614a428d402d92dd8c4de8c2022af70e

SHA256
203df76a32827c0ce0edbfb1c756000f924e4b47797bed4bd2876edc348e5647

SHA512
20c68b6502283984611b7c4ebed55ad33bbd0f90bd1f9ee012b43246dafa6b6843fd463b7f4c20b4c1aec36fc684ad4532551fb1c3818c3bd5601dff1b9b3f62

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C:\temp\hcgafbe

Filesize
4B

MD5
db2a2cf25af38c01818b6a154e510b9d

SHA1
cb1034395324fb795da762ebd2bf98f6ccd71939

SHA256
313d63a0ece058a5d5aecc9719f9be93628625d2d61498e01212c822f8bca325

SHA512
d38c4e2df098545bd2dd252132a6a684dddee3ba91565cf9bbc96f693cf10728b2cd981e5ca373d2e9bc99d865017aff5663a7af2997c6f6134b0d3273a2b9d1

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C:\temp\kdahbeb

Filesize
4B

MD5
05f949a724d4faf9f5bfca45a9e43823

SHA1
9a47c5c48abb6f70ec77eaf041a80596ab1e9a9b

SHA256
abf403139cb82e654d179dd52fc4186d997cd6a82845d030edc10d339c9db909

SHA512
a9de5e9629d9db60fcb709aca97538c03dd82d0b2476aed98b0e54d08ef11e41e456495061064605f52f5e85917e901490d7e42df475fa3f6845a8ad5d830ffc

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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/2076-9-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000F70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2076-10-0x0000000002F10000-0x000000000328B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2076-23-0x0000000002F10000-0x000000000328B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2504-6-0x00000000011F0000-0x00000000016E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/2504-0-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3028-33-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/3028-32-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/3028-31-0x0000000002700000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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