darkgate | 1577d3a0157bc9470acd8d6ee6032000648dc7bf007eb5e8d2db4fa7589e896d

Analysis

max time kernel
117s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08-10-2024 19:29

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General

Target

lucky.exe
Size

4.2MB
MD5

1f53e73bb490713b3c1110fae4e7c47d
SHA1

ed81a7d7eb4424d7cb640b712b78295da13705c9
SHA256

1577d3a0157bc9470acd8d6ee6032000648dc7bf007eb5e8d2db4fa7589e896d
SHA512

86216d79c37edea355ec053aaf40cb7fb5be0f21f8d75c0a5298562a9b9945c0e4d43518f5194f39ea8e12b13e25004969b1c0d322c81f45a45f3db39a9f0533
SSDEEP

49152:0pkCgTYgr+hYMME2CuixWh1JKzFfPg6Q2ckEbBYZ6PfjFlmzs1YICRGRCQVhhbBJ:pr+hY3EbOsqjFFv5CQLhtwnSqE

Score

10^/10

darkgate x88y8y discovery execution stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

x88y8y

91.222.173.140

Attributes

anti_analysis
true
anti_debug
false
anti_vm
true
c2_port
80
check_disk
false
check_ram
false
check_xeon
false
crypter_au3
false
crypter_dll
false
crypter_raw_stub
false
internal_mutex
HKlXBQij
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
x88y8y

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2168-10-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000334B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2168-13-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000334B000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2168	Autoit3.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	lucky.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

pid	Process
2168	Autoit3.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	lucky.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

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2168	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2020	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2020	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2168	3020	lucky.exe	30
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2168	3020	lucky.exe	30
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2168	3020	lucky.exe	30
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2168	3020	lucky.exe	30
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2308	2168	Autoit3.exe	31
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2308	2168	Autoit3.exe	31
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2308	2168	Autoit3.exe	31
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2308	2168	Autoit3.exe	31
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2020	2308	cmd.exe	33
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2020	2308	cmd.exe	33
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2020	2308	cmd.exe	33
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2020	2308	cmd.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lucky.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lucky.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3020
- \??\c:\temp2\Autoit3.exe
  "c:\temp2\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp2\script.a3x
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2168
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\dbckcek\ecdbddd
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2308
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2020

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

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\dbckcek\ecdbddd

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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\??\c:\temp2\script.a3x

Filesize
539KB

MD5
9bb16c524e2cdb753be2fa0cc5687175

SHA1
28f7a11abcef53800bf9de51d38b98e876f1802b

SHA256
51c9d6877d7d1a031713ec44360576fa84493ae33249e31e656be3ac7b9a7eeb

SHA512
0b95b18ab0b7dce7523e7f6aa81151f77bed9c1062ffbd35278db04a280a3306282c229f33286048ed99bffb2b2ed960f9f02e98136a481f869964f00b68c0e1

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\temp2\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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memory/2168-9-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000009E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2168-10-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000334B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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memory/2168-13-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000334B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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