Analysis

  • max time kernel
    287s
  • max time network
    266s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250211-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250211-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17/02/2025, 12:52

General

  • Target
    Request for Quote.exe
  • Size 938KB
  • Sample250217-p375caypgp
  • SHA256 43170001d99fc7562988be92a4cca19caf875f59d63a15d46b32e33f2262ea54
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcloud

C2
  • https://api.telegram.org/bot7750436831:AAExBaIgEdpzvewyD9nZGswvTgZ9nbP7qJA/sendMessage?chat_id=7895228061

Signatures

  • DarkCloud

    An information stealer written in Visual Basic.

  • Darkcloud family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request for Quote.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request for Quote.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2292
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request for Quote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2348
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IDObfiKcyCG.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IDObfiKcyCG" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1577.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4332
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2872
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI1IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3MzkyODM0MTAiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4Mzc1NTUzNjg2NzAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1Mzk2MjIwMDU3Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:408

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 e189eb4c410851fc31fbae018a430d3eacbec89b4ab52fcfc06d5528da9ec4e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_fkxgizay.phn.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fkxgizay.phn.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmp1577.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1577.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7c0a81fadd0d31c3a3bb2b382e63349a1a37239e745aa19449da57fbd2c4ac44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2268-25-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-31-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000006234000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-78-0x0000000007810000-0x000000000782A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-19-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-37-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-80-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007B26000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-65-0x000000006F6F0000-0x000000006F73C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-92-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-81-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007A21000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-82-0x0000000007A40000-0x0000000007A4E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-85-0x0000000007B30000-0x0000000007B38000-memory.dmp

        memory/2268-79-0x0000000007880000-0x000000000788A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-9-0x0000000006860000-0x0000000006916000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-3-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004D32000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-2-0x0000000005300000-0x00000000058A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-0-0x000000007453E000-0x000000007453F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-10-0x000000000D2C0000-0x000000000D35C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-53-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-1-0x0000000000210000-0x00000000002FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-8-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-7-0x000000007453E000-0x000000007453F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-6-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F3E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-5-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2292-4-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-17-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-83-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007784000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-55-0x000000006F6F0000-0x000000006F73C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-66-0x00000000067C0000-0x00000000067DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-52-0x0000000006740000-0x000000000678C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-54-0x0000000006830000-0x0000000006862000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-76-0x0000000007430000-0x00000000074D3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-77-0x0000000007B70000-0x00000000081EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-15-0x00000000028E0000-0x0000000002916000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-16-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005A78000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-21-0x0000000005360000-0x0000000005382000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-24-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-22-0x0000000005A80000-0x0000000005AE6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-48-0x0000000006200000-0x000000000621E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-84-0x0000000007870000-0x000000000788A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-23-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005C06000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-18-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-91-0x0000000074530000-0x0000000074CE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2872-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2872-36-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046B000-memory.dmp