darkgate | a279ff2f21dd7f7d250976b60a261dc9a1b7c8ad4c87126cd74a0a84a8a1b121

Analysis

max time kernel
20s
max time network
23s
platform
windows10-ltsc 2021_x64
resource
win10ltsc2021-20250113-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20250113-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc 2021-x64system
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22-01-2025 20:55

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General

Target

Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe
Size

4.1MB
MD5

849e4475405de2f405ec0c987c796791
SHA1

ad67cda4c294705ecd45b5e1f14d49b32deb7a1a
SHA256

4fe8bbc88d7a8cc0eec24bd74951f1f00b5127e3899ae53de8dabd6ff417e6db
SHA512

e4232435e69dd6aaa2b81a3fcbfadaeb2b98093d35cdff088e41c38a6d4a8e26082262b62be7ec2e16cb50252afcdf0ca17d7ded914c4cace77ad0c730744324
SSDEEP

49152:nR/KpmZubPf2S8W2ILeWl+C1pvjWy5Snd0eigXNJDLrkThL5X4GmxfUP0FKKsvje:R/jtYLP1Yy5E0eD2vPmuPBZugKdH

Score

10^/10

darkgate user1 discovery execution stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

user1

155.138.149.77

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
sDcGdADE
minimum_disk
100
minimum_ram
4096
ping_interval
6
rootkit
false
startup_persistence
true
username
user1

Signatures

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

Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4208-15-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000057B5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral1/memory/4208-19-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000057B5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4208	Autoit3.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

pid	Process
4208	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	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	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).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 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4208	Autoit3.exe
4208	Autoit3.exe
1928	WMIC.exe
1928	WMIC.exe
1928	WMIC.exe
1928	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 42 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	1928	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	1928	WMIC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 4208	1968	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	82
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 4208	1968	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	82
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 4208	1968	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	82
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3172	4208	Autoit3.exe	83
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3172	4208	Autoit3.exe	83
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3172	4208	Autoit3.exe	83
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 1928	3172	cmd.exe	85
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 1928	3172	cmd.exe	85
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 1928	3172	cmd.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1968
- \??\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:4208
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\edefhbd\kebdgka
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3172
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1928

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\edefhbd\kebdgka

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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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
584KB

MD5
b94c5e38bbf4b6ef11e0442ce58c3131

SHA1
00b5a444bc5e52f7dd9753383317eb2497ec4b38

SHA256
037e15b09413722b48802e6268848d0698b9ed468cd447b40e31efa5cdb3c313

SHA512
546c148fafd8298f79bf0b02c707ab88f5e15b099903ed725d11df6345f2a73121bb385e5e094a8ef2a165284a760c104cd03b25804cc55b11a6f22b64a90914

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memory/1968-1-0x0000000004500000-0x0000000006319000-memory.dmp

Filesize
30.1MB

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memory/1968-6-0x00000000026E0000-0x00000000044F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
30.1MB

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memory/1968-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000081E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.1MB

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memory/4208-14-0x00000000017F0000-0x0000000001BF0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/4208-15-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000057B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4208-19-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000057B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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