Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28/02/2025, 07:00

General

  • Target
    Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe
  • Size 859KB
  • Sample250228-hsqc8avmx2
  • SHA256 3fd6923595469a1f09af8849c1c83e4f5ef06bc109935fdbeac7fffa9183f2a9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcloud

Credentials
  • Protocol

    ftp

  • Host

    ftp.condormalta.com

  • Port

    21

  • Password

    ~N#]]bSO$0-R

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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.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:1840
    • 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\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2196
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KJPfbeZaXlRS.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3916
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\KJPfbeZaXlRS" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC3E7.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2264
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3428
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:4652
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned Product Specifications & Order.xlxs.exe"
          2⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:4356

      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 1KB
            • SHA256 7c65fe71d47e0de69a15b95d1ee4b433c07a1d6f00f37dd32aee3666bb84a915
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 18KB
            • SHA256 082c8e098d1d7fa588f9f1e5da805259733cbce1ed7f032888445a1d4f60bd44
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_jgl4glu0.vwj.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_jgl4glu0.vwj.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            tmpC3E7.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC3E7.tmp
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 682c7efa21ed07b3593bfe4f3f45b95c282da6dedac664d1b311c146aa7f33d8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/1840-4-0x0000000005300000-0x000000000539C000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-5-0x0000000005260000-0x000000000526A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-6-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-7-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007B78000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-8-0x00000000746FE000-0x00000000746FF000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-9-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-10-0x0000000007DA0000-0x0000000007E4A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-49-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-3-0x00000000051B0000-0x0000000005242000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-0-0x00000000746FE000-0x00000000746FF000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-2-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005E54000-memory.dmp

            memory/1840-1-0x0000000000720000-0x00000000007FE000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-15-0x0000000004720000-0x0000000004756000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-28-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005556000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-27-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DF2000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-29-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005676000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-19-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-18-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-17-0x0000000004EC0000-0x00000000054E8000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-64-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2196-16-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-76-0x0000000007A40000-0x0000000007A5E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-78-0x00000000081D0000-0x000000000884A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-20-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-60-0x0000000006860000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-61-0x0000000006900000-0x000000000694C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-39-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-66-0x0000000070CE0000-0x0000000070D2C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-65-0x0000000006E40000-0x0000000006E72000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-90-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-77-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007B03000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-79-0x0000000007B90000-0x0000000007BAA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-45-0x00000000746F0000-0x0000000074EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-80-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C0A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-81-0x0000000007E10000-0x0000000007EA6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-82-0x0000000007D90000-0x0000000007DA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-83-0x0000000007DC0000-0x0000000007DCE000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-84-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-85-0x0000000007ED0000-0x0000000007EEA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-86-0x0000000007EB0000-0x0000000007EB8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3916-40-0x00000000063A0000-0x00000000066F4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4356-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp

            memory/4356-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp