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Analysis

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

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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General

Target

autoit3.exe
Size

872KB
MD5

c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd
SHA1

2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417
SHA256

237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d
SHA512

195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c
SSDEEP

12288:6pVWeOV7GtINsegA/hMyyzlcqikvAfcN9b2MyZa31twoPTdFxgawV2M01:6T3E53Myyzl0hMf1tr7Caw8M01

Score

10^/10

darkgate drk3 discovery execution persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

drk3

aspava-yachting.com

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
kDWIiPpI
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 11 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2616-3-0x00000000030D0000-0x0000000003425000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-14-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2616-15-0x00000000030D0000-0x0000000003425000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-18-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-25-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-26-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-27-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-24-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-28-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2664-29-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/2740-30-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2616 created 1100	2616	autoit3.exe	19
PID 2740 created 1100	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	19

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-1-5-21-1488793075-819845221-1497111674-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fdaccdd = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\ckfcghe\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\ckfcghe\\gbhdgbh.a3x"	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1488793075-819845221-1497111674-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fdaccdd = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\ckfcghe\\Autoit3.exe\" C:\\ProgramData\\ckfcghe\\gbhdgbh.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
2616	autoit3.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	WMIC.exe
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

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	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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	autoit3.exe
2616	autoit3.exe
2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe
2664	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	2084	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	2084	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2164	2616	autoit3.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2164	2616	autoit3.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2164	2616	autoit3.exe	31
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2164	2616	autoit3.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2084	2164	cmd.exe	33
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2084	2164	cmd.exe	33
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2084	2164	cmd.exe	33
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2084	2164	cmd.exe	33
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2740	2616	autoit3.exe	35
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36
PID 2740 wrote to memory of 2664	2740	GoogleUpdateCore.exe	36

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1100
- 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:2740
- 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:2664

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit3.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit3.exe script.a3x
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2616
- \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\ckfcghe\aefeehh
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2164
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
    wmic ComputerSystem get domain
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2084

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\ckfcghe\aefeehh

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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C:\ProgramData\ckfcghe\edfhdhk

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8eb879862ce6354c48e8a938240b480d

SHA1
ecbcb244091b7b22dc2a5b42aa4ab290271b7a9c

SHA256
5309eb3bbf5ce359a2bdf6316a5c7049cccb893bbed28c60f4e5a7dd7d416e39

SHA512
f9f6715e463bf30f15a4430e6b00428c70fc8cdf67cebdac0e93edfa801e1d8ea589067f83cab2de6375224cdb7b60b68ba396ffe6bfb30f0353f50e1a429f4a

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C:\ProgramData\ckfcghe\gbhdgbh.a3x

Filesize
585KB

MD5
ecee8b8c60cca255f5e35abc3372ed03

SHA1
14b7ea450ac07450748bfd810437c89a1c4eae69

SHA256
c7377cf160039a8fb2bccac03992cb35da9d5c3097c52b4324526b26fe974ded

SHA512
e468130371ec6399fa1f154a9a6408bd86781bad8b5eb6d0edfa1bff520a47d83bf78b557f873cf255b274dfb6bf9ace559856a8bc28af96a59582ff617bbe7a

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bEFdbfK

Filesize
32B

MD5
b189df0bc9da640933f815a383cc22c0

SHA1
241dbcec64bd8d89f1d3c5c6546c0c0a5ac15ce0

SHA256
00e48e30ab7db2987be2f6bf5d17c4f36401fa8026f88415e39a1a9f92c63c71

SHA512
a024e7beb6c23434a63de9af756af3797b7e7bc8e0572a8df5d5e634399feb20ca1b19b4f96cba4c89f9629eed188f649e55b6d46203114b299dc332b00298b8

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C:\temp\hbfbhba

Filesize
4B

MD5
2ad479305c55fb59d91e7be8e6d39c81

SHA1
ad8dbf04202c8d87f6d783567098059330ccd976

SHA256
94861764858efa58b45810c4e8dc048843a324e7673c2e6f569ae4072d308481

SHA512
f970b80fcf861f54716664db6aa0583f83700acba6c598cba56428bc02deca8d9e0aed470f95eaf092b8ef0be75801fcf99096eb6ed1616950612a7497d59a0a

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C:\temp\hbfbhba

Filesize
4B

MD5
669aa3418a02741fa2749627289b1bd0

SHA1
8ffbb00f2f066b2056552aa73c579d8e4410e467

SHA256
ad3e19a94e3e46e0d315bf305463b132f42f6528b878c6bd6de91bf00f1fec2e

SHA512
3979e67eb6291d356fe3b33a64f51ca47b5c395901204f9c724a2fc6c2d35cc1a96601943b9defeba64cd957f7e1a155164ae2390d3af758f98fb29f1c505676

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C:\temp\heahchh

Filesize
4B

MD5
fe9972c0f150fcdbd81b347284af876e

SHA1
20ded953571d7a7cbf3106fbe175e4363a07b528

SHA256
5bde7d8a011553e14f3668fb4747766a406d3098f67a6d1f7719d172c9d36a39

SHA512
36bf17cc3587b4dd2388bb5cc90b6ac985149e06d90977327532452a3cf90217fc0419e747021c8424e5f539249e77be32c8e8473f4d90dd2f78ded549225ef5

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memory/2616-15-0x00000000030D0000-0x0000000003425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2616-2-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/2616-3-0x00000000030D0000-0x0000000003425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2664-29-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-18-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-14-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-25-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-26-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-27-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-24-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-28-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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memory/2740-30-0x00000000022C0000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.6MB

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