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Analysis

max time kernel
93s
max time network
95s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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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
behavioral2/memory/4540-15-0x0000000004390000-0x00000000046E5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6
behavioral2/memory/4540-19-0x0000000004390000-0x00000000046E5000-memory.dmp	family_darkgate_v6

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4540	Autoit3.exe
1672	Autoit3.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Using powershell.exe command.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
2208	PowerShell.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

execution

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

pid	Process
4540	Autoit3.exe
1672	Autoit3.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\System32\%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk	PowerShell.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	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).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	Autoit3.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 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	Autoit3.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	Autoit3.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000_Classes\Local Settings	OpenWith.exe

Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs

ransomware

pid	Process
1056	NOTEPAD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4540	Autoit3.exe
4540	Autoit3.exe
2208	PowerShell.exe
2208	PowerShell.exe
1672	Autoit3.exe
1672	Autoit3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 43 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 33	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 34	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 35	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: 36	1628	WMIC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2208	PowerShell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe
1980	OpenWith.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 4540	1200	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	83
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 4540	1200	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	83
PID 1200 wrote to memory of 4540	1200	Notion Setup 4.3.0 (4).exe	83
PID 4540 wrote to memory of 4420	4540	Autoit3.exe	84
PID 4540 wrote to memory of 4420	4540	Autoit3.exe	84
PID 4540 wrote to memory of 4420	4540	Autoit3.exe	84
PID 4420 wrote to memory of 1628	4420	cmd.exe	86
PID 4420 wrote to memory of 1628	4420	cmd.exe	86
PID 4420 wrote to memory of 1628	4420	cmd.exe	86
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1056	1980	OpenWith.exe	113
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 1056	1980	OpenWith.exe	113
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1672	2208	PowerShell.exe	116
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1672	2208	PowerShell.exe	116
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1672	2208	PowerShell.exe	116

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:1200
- \??\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:4540
- - \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c wmic ComputerSystem get domain > C:\ProgramData\aabhgff\hbhchcc
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4420
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
      wmic ComputerSystem get domain
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1628

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:2180

C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1980
- C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
  "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\temp\test\script.a3x
  2⤵
  - Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
  PID:1056

C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe
"PowerShell.exe" -noexit -command Set-Location -literalPath 'C:\temp\test'
1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2208
- C:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe
  "C:\temp\test\Autoit3.exe" .\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
  PID:1672

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

AutoHotKey & AutoIT

T1059.010

PowerShell

T1059.001

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\aabhgff\hbhchcc

Filesize
54B

MD5
c8bbad190eaaa9755c8dfb1573984d81

SHA1
17ad91294403223fde66f687450545a2bad72af5

SHA256
7f136265128b7175fb67024a6ddd7524586b025725a878c07d76a9d8ad3dc2ac

SHA512
05f02cf90969b7b9a2de39eecdf810a1835325e7c83ffe81388c9866c6f79be6cdc8617f606a8fedc6affe6127bede4b143106a90289bbb9bf61d94c648059df

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vnv1pzjt.jc2.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KDbBadK

Filesize
32B

MD5
44a548e0f9d8534374effab0bbe1f3de

SHA1
2b8c99d9325c751f498f8bffcb439bd12918ec38

SHA256
beb36f7aea2a556876c0786656b6c6f32607790bc8434d17f197d5ca0bdbd01d

SHA512
3346aa333890f9dbbd0adeafa4cad41f14f815f94fbe9af33797e90ac9b5bd28cd442c1b321fae5349223ce9845375416504626089c35b3026b251b781fd5b21

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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/1200-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000081E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.1MB

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memory/1200-0-0x00000000045E0000-0x00000000063F9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
30.1MB

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memory/1200-5-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000045D4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
30.1MB

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memory/2208-22-0x0000025FF34E0000-0x0000025FF3502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2208-32-0x0000025FF39C0000-0x0000025FF3A04000-memory.dmp

Filesize
272KB

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memory/2208-33-0x0000025FF3A90000-0x0000025FF3B06000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/2208-35-0x0000025FF3A50000-0x0000025FF3A6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4540-15-0x0000000004390000-0x00000000046E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4540-14-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000013E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.0MB

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memory/4540-19-0x0000000004390000-0x00000000046E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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