darkgate | cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
149s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04-12-2024 17:47

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General

Target

cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

08b84d93da7f0a79a714aab3ba651043
SHA1

7cb73f3c67452af9e6ad8475e6df01f19776ac35
SHA256

cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf
SHA512

2364786da228dac5dae29faeffee75547447049e227cfc96acb162603c7ed3a885324508603f916ed7e8a6d62695c4b6c23837afa4d404e2f93df873d794d846
SSDEEP

49152:FTkw3cuEwOveoCFltsl4gd257wr8XyIaRCjQuBAk/Z7hjVHgoOJVFFfN:yw3EwOjCFlte4g8xwrObtU9k/Z7hpgFl

Score

10^/10

darkgate drk3 discovery execution persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

drk3

todayput.shop

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
wJwfUFVH
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
drk3

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2288-14-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000003335000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2288-26-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000003335000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-29-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-35-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-36-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-38-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-39-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2780-37-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2636-40-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2288 created 1068	2288	Autoit3.exe	18
PID 2780 created 1044	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	17

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	Autoit3.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1840	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.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-1-5-21-3533259084-2542256011-65585152-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fbbkdgd = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\acccgfa\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\acccgfa\\ddcbked.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3533259084-2542256011-65585152-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fbbkdgd = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\acccgfa\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\acccgfa\\ddcbked.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

pid	Process
2288	Autoit3.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GoogleUpdateCore.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 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
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	Autoit3.exe
2288	Autoit3.exe
2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2636	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2780	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 28 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 2288	1840	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe	30
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 2288	1840	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe	30
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 2288	1840	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe	30
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 2288	1840	cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe	30
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2460	2288	Autoit3.exe	32
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2460	2288	Autoit3.exe	32
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2460	2288	Autoit3.exe	32
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2460	2288	Autoit3.exe	32
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2868	2460	cmd.exe	34
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2868	2460	cmd.exe	34
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2868	2460	cmd.exe	34
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2868	2460	cmd.exe	34
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2780	2288	Autoit3.exe	36
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2636	2780	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	37

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1044
- 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:2636

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1068
- 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:2780

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cc8ee15ab960c8421f9b556883a5006d713d5cde92fce31c027df5caf15b04bf.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1840
- \??\c:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe
  "c:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp\test\script.a3x
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
  - 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:2288
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\acccgfa\dcddbbg
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2460
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2868

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

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

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\acccgfa\dcddbbg

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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C:\ProgramData\acccgfa\ggfabde

Filesize
1KB

MD5
11dc32753dd2cdf56ed9027e55f1e3d7

SHA1
b5fbf8e168dbc21b6602b2ed2236d1d983c8ce58

SHA256
4fe6b347f91ba3344656345f5194237ef9ad9f1b3d4e77cf761f50922e2cf74d

SHA512
0b5faea841c5cc0e27fff458793407a8a06f1c63489052d2ae8d52c45d25abf7b068827ad4cfc97cb222538bd407a684cc1dcbf32251325b98d60d2cd1832a57

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AdfKedB

Filesize
32B

MD5
3ce7c4cfb6fff5e296d6cc9b927fc234

SHA1
58ea7cc2b8926bc39eaa92a7374d762639c4ad4a

SHA256
f0468515cda8bd6d41c949538c89de36205192b55b08331e13213381e892fd19

SHA512
c164df2010a4599c9410090ba0f6cda4b60a13760e2831f1f9565a6871c64fb209f69eedf6084c281610c264f932bfa94f7892300bd001e60fd56e96fe6d8649

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C:\temp\afcbggg

Filesize
4B

MD5
0b0ea4909cc664276ba2d942f78f8223

SHA1
98d360ad1dbe62351c4910ccca768db5eb7c4348

SHA256
31928b54b96a97a3f93dfd39a6952e85d43e63ca04a99c49e86ae144df635c5e

SHA512
06bba7a0b5762f0d3f8f29078ab83502d225da9cded559ba4a56763204e6315dee844d004ee1793b3377fe519aebd3318f924ee915d8570c039dc6bf5f43d727

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C:\temp\fhffdch

Filesize
4B

MD5
54bfe141f485a528ea47147e5316f498

SHA1
fc631491ec965eba024523bd6334004952cb682b

SHA256
42fe9c6ac82d1180e8aa08e5b40d78ba749639373a79d8966ef2b02f5a19153b

SHA512
614699f17faed3c68d08c8d55cad3667dbf8037935fba636a56f6f89bdb48a0a7115eae83cd83f75e795f300e7691f612dd0bc7e968a366598ec416ab58a33ee

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C:\temp\fhffdch

Filesize
4B

MD5
e1eb8394ce1beea7f7ead3480611d1e0

SHA1
f660597c4d6fd982226ef984be2a864d9bb74744

SHA256
196ea8b028ed48d4a3697df812d157afca6e02fd1cd05eeae44ae8a9ea797548

SHA512
4a163e7f2ba856bb2b2527b5e7b85827b213dc462f163d3633cdcaeb31fd028d74ed412367895cb82c0aefba5201218031e655a7b8a5c772e6f2f253967ab74a

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C:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

SHA1
2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

SHA256
237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

SHA512
195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

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

Filesize
583KB

MD5
8aaf978b7a7ff429ed66f80fccf3ccfa

SHA1
083d1464ad22918188d34e915ce4056bfe4f8b51

SHA256
1d328b6c76e4260f117a87be8e1a0442b6e83106b6fff7bd0bebbbff81b5f427

SHA512
80e32e28684cfa64c0c4e081f0a178b27db9ad10f74fc03734d4b37434770be30e544a0939cb4763af0c8bd429e745846cfb434211716a6b883f9c2b1404c039

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memory/1840-2-0x00000000027D0000-0x000000000294C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/1840-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/1840-10-0x00000000027D0000-0x000000000294C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/1840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2288-14-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000003335000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2288-13-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2288-26-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000003335000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2636-40-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-29-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-35-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-36-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-38-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-39-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2780-37-0x0000000002000000-0x00000000027A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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