darkgate | e2c228d0bf460f25b39dd60f871f59ea5ef671b8a2f4879d09abae7a9d4d49fb

General

Target

14112024_0211_drkgate.exe
Size

1.5MB
MD5

3ba23b33fa5a3b1e1594ef2eac46498a
SHA1

95d8b061d4037e72e755f1be0592bc45337333cc
SHA256

e2c228d0bf460f25b39dd60f871f59ea5ef671b8a2f4879d09abae7a9d4d49fb
SHA512

9aae34910d83d5201476bb1fa28f434584f14a914b5bb3cd250bb74c3739951c73ae96f5eb8f5a40a149f6c02bd0d90185fcd421aca3ffcaeb5c3e8631788880
SSDEEP

24576:VXT3E53Myyzl0hMf1tr7Caw8M0CR8YpR8YVQ/exZ5NLSF/9:Vj3EZpBh211Waw30rSZvSFF

Score

10^/10

darkgate jma755 discovery execution stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

jma755

C2

91.243.50.68

Attributes

anti_analysis
true
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
ZWaPkbOM
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
jma755

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2776-11-0x0000000003090000-0x00000000033E5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2776-14-0x0000000003090000-0x00000000033E5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

2776 Autoit3.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

14112024_0211_drkgate.exe

pid process

2892 14112024_0211_drkgate.exe
Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using AutoIT for possible automate script.
execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT
T1059.010

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

2776 Autoit3.exe

pid	process
2776	Autoit3.exe

pid	process
2892	14112024_0211_drkgate.exe

pid	process
2776	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

Processes:

14112024_0211_drkgate.exeAutoit3.execmd.exeWMIC.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	14112024_0211_drkgate.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

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

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

Processes:

Autoit3.exe

pid process

2776 Autoit3.exe

pid	process
2776	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs

Processes:

WMIC.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2708	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2708	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes:

14112024_0211_drkgate.exeAutoit3.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2776	2892	14112024_0211_drkgate.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2776	2892	14112024_0211_drkgate.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2776	2892	14112024_0211_drkgate.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2776	2892	14112024_0211_drkgate.exe	Autoit3.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2328	2776	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2328	2776	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2328	2776	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2328	2776	Autoit3.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2708	2328	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2708	2328	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2708	2328	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2708	2328	cmd.exe	WMIC.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14112024_0211_drkgate.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14112024_0211_drkgate.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2892
- \??\c:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe
  "c:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp\test\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:2776
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\gaffddh\baehbcg
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2328
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2708

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

1

T1059.010

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\ProgramData\gaffddh\baehbcg

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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\??\c:\temp\test\script.a3x

Filesize
585KB

MD5
f7ec3b439d5bc82cf500d046eb14b806

SHA1
c4f3ea0ccae728e6464daea3f21d4e479a02e6df

SHA256
d296aa4acd5474eb4a2475edb551c01a055b4e291a84bf83d749a8f999258bcf

SHA512
21be50f3294b9d8c95d7cebec5b1f672faa8bac11f7b2e4b15bd3b46ca9184e118ea167f2b5a17f1d420eeb1ff7b66540eaa11b3ee565fee77e51f8a31b18a89

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\temp\test\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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memory/2776-10-0x00000000007F0000-0x0000000000BF0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2776-11-0x0000000003090000-0x00000000033E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2776-14-0x0000000003090000-0x00000000033E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2892-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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