Analysis Overview
SHA256
94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software
Loads dropped DLL
Checks computer location settings
UPX packed file
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-03-07 14:07
Signatures
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-07 14:07
Reported
2025-03-07 14:10
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
140s
Max time network
130s
Command Line
Signatures
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2104 set thread context of 1664 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe |
UPX packed file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe"
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\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ECmmsbHOaKPh.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ECmmsbHOaKPh" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEFEA.tmp"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | nfs.sa.com | udp |
| US | 209.74.88.50:443 | nfs.sa.com | tcp |
Files
memory/2104-0-0x00000000747FE000-0x00000000747FF000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-1-0x0000000000200000-0x00000000002D8000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-2-0x00000000747F0000-0x0000000074EDE000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-3-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000055E000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-4-0x00000000747FE000-0x00000000747FF000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-5-0x00000000747F0000-0x0000000074EDE000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-6-0x00000000002E0000-0x0000000000384000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 2a136fb1ecdb29de634ca8624386a2e7 |
| SHA1 | fe7b8f9a4a045ca7c902953547bb74d034614295 |
| SHA256 | 2b8c64cc9a010708511b0acb1c619423c68c73db3fef51573eeb98de03631839 |
| SHA512 | d2fbe1185d3033f00635f82e514c5524f115fd4987359915385d7ae0b984e3deb0a2aa69162c221ca0b5beff2d352e9cf508617523de66f71111530dec2de7fd |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\6T0HKHK74MJNNZGFLYPR.temp
| MD5 | b93666bd9787c5c904a7bd148f4ea1ec |
| SHA1 | cd0abd1d79116baf5f461f9a06ae46dcbef44005 |
| SHA256 | 56afbfc40e756f134bfe16cc067a0f679123f939e3e4bc02d215159a0ba1766b |
| SHA512 | 41e28a79981e951f1e85509849983f874163eb19a3122a387b1cbf72052b82674780280434c2a6a7bb7a7bfa08c795de1fa4269b7b7ae886222375f42684dbaa |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEFEA.tmp
| MD5 | 56e284f9dda9c559d4d4e836436d54d7 |
| SHA1 | 6f2289aac930bb0613fd981c03672893d90ae1c5 |
| SHA256 | 1e52bf65d5445ff3824ca0f7b1cde4679d9e716a6c42f6238de147827afd2c9e |
| SHA512 | 0870c066c714fd85374f697052b95d5b19d914a3cd9ca8b212f542412f1746981669bc348b8de74ae859c4589d258a6304177d2f043101de3d136f596a756d26 |
memory/1664-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-27-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2104-31-0x00000000747F0000-0x0000000074EDE000-memory.dmp
memory/1664-39-0x0000000074EF0000-0x0000000074F59000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\ZQABOPWE-Admin\vbsqlite3.dll
| MD5 | 073a17b6cfb1112c6c838b2fba06a657 |
| SHA1 | a54bb22489eaa8c52eb3e512aee522320530b0be |
| SHA256 | dcfcd16fbf0511d3f2b3792e5493fa22d7291e4bb2efbfa5ade5002a04fc2cab |
| SHA512 | 5bc8307350bd8ba09fa9eedddc62f1dba65db62eb09ae64e0adff4dfad0937dbec5b621f294f5980bf77033faac3bfe200945c0280606915ee9a82d34a003b9e |
memory/1664-41-0x0000000074EF0000-0x0000000074F59000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-07 14:07
Reported
2025-03-07 14:10
Platform
win10v2004-20250217-en
Max time kernel
92s
Max time network
132s
Command Line
Signatures
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1161330783-2912525651-1278508834-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2904 set thread context of 1784 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe"
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\94213c6a04939eca937ffffb3f938a7dfc297cc20cd7d02d5a8a06b69d56dc79.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ECmmsbHOaKPh.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ECmmsbHOaKPh" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp360F.tmp"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | nfs.sa.com | udp |
| US | 209.74.88.50:443 | nfs.sa.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
Files
memory/2904-0-0x000000007534E000-0x000000007534F000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-1-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000001C8000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-2-0x0000000005250000-0x00000000057F4000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-3-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000004C22000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-4-0x0000000004C60000-0x0000000004C6A000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-5-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-6-0x0000000006510000-0x000000000652E000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-7-0x000000007534E000-0x000000007534F000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-8-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-9-0x0000000002480000-0x0000000002524000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-10-0x000000000C160000-0x000000000C1FC000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-11-0x00000000047F0000-0x0000000004826000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-12-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-13-0x0000000004F90000-0x00000000055B8000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-14-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-15-0x0000000004D00000-0x0000000004D22000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-17-0x0000000005670000-0x00000000056D6000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-16-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F86000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_eh1ecemv.v2t.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/1052-27-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-28-0x00000000057E0000-0x0000000005B34000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-29-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000005DDE000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-30-0x0000000006350000-0x000000000639C000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-33-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-32-0x000000006FE80000-0x000000006FECC000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-43-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006DBE000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-31-0x00000000063A0000-0x00000000063D2000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-44-0x0000000006DC0000-0x0000000006E63000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-45-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-46-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-48-0x0000000007100000-0x000000000711A000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-47-0x0000000007740000-0x0000000007DBA000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-49-0x0000000007170000-0x000000000717A000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-50-0x0000000007380000-0x0000000007416000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-51-0x0000000007300000-0x0000000007311000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-52-0x0000000007330000-0x000000000733E000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-53-0x0000000007340000-0x0000000007354000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-54-0x0000000007440000-0x000000000745A000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-55-0x0000000007420000-0x0000000007428000-memory.dmp
memory/1052-58-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f |
| SHA1 | 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c |
| SHA256 | 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a |
| SHA512 | 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp360F.tmp
| MD5 | fbdd739b3e715d83163a8468abfda3bb |
| SHA1 | aba76302657d281009554b1e3453572ec907ddf9 |
| SHA256 | 3f4c4fa29a7f6a7119badd91f599dbe9322abd9b80a36afd8138a6cfc1d5148d |
| SHA512 | 13f3aeab256086903b12dcb56dcf742720ffe5cf1d3bba842a5910b1ed301b8e4f7a290cc8188b5d3995df0b035c04c34e69a47069ceb98843b4bf794d39aead |
memory/1784-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | aa31514522ec5c0cb8c101feb3f77d56 |
| SHA1 | dc90c00a85574fbe59e660a2b1367832aefa1feb |
| SHA256 | 5f4459935b56fe7afc6aa48641e44c0e3ad38403e9be5bf2a91b8542481670f7 |
| SHA512 | 6b3ac5968ef03eed4bb450996af3c9890524297be5b04dbb77b19b128e0efdec17bd167f94e0161b65807fc4e0c4b87a6a8571d0fb1aa9adc6b658453286aae1 |
memory/1784-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2904-78-0x0000000075340000-0x0000000075AF0000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-83-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005CBC000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-90-0x00000000719F0000-0x0000000071A3C000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-100-0x0000000006E10000-0x0000000006EB3000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-101-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007171000-memory.dmp
memory/3384-102-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000071B4000-memory.dmp