Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    07/03/2025, 14:21

General

  • Target

    0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    c8f970035499e0b5a9f46143861e0966

  • SHA1

    7db7652da457175d3098791a5237e1dd3d7db66b

  • SHA256

    0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562

  • SHA512

    784edd5a9a77a21f508fb0210984d61ffb6bf8ca5738bcb6b0722b9b26726653d684deef1e36da341d494f1454602d87065d028159f7adb16ff7ab8ee9f59d65

  • SSDEEP

    24576:nFj4zNvqBuFnh4BY6IY92VD2KJIMQSyeO7P:nFEeuL4BYKEVZJIMryT7

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcloud

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot8052153515:AAEy1R0ssCqYRtfr5MLZ5lbcuC9K_RdIieY/sendMessage?chat_id=5022382431

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.

  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 2 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2096
    • 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\0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2964
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xQkCOnXBVqKmW.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xQkCOnXBVqKmW" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp19E7.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3016
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp19E7.tmp

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    b3910056ae08f5df266b10f0ea54128d

    SHA1

    147ca93ecd54238154aa48dcc945a1adfb2710ee

    SHA256

    bbb1a05836a06ba18bfe427e7d24968c7a0a6024013ca943b3eec05362b83ae3

    SHA512

    6a5b6df69386a7aa6e7e6ac1caf24cc2262020ec7faf7a315a4360412e59c6d05046d40fceaa8c7146c7d9f8a12eadb636c77b2d30268a75ffa87e69aa41d531

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    249974c0f989b3ffa3e67a3bfa9b1623

    SHA1

    5fb1e56a7dc9369c3e5bd60e14c53c618f407f95

    SHA256

    72fa309e8cd2e9a2271f295c6eed01ee399275fbe0b67eeeb45ddba90d53a751

    SHA512

    d5131519c428ad384af570e27c0fb172ba19104df780e1cb77cf58704fb4c277458f35061d4846fa5dd9b1a979f96ba0f0e4a6c45a1ac8d20b0c09c23200e2c6

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\JXXXDSWS-Admin\vbsqlite3.dll

    Filesize

    161KB

    MD5

    073a17b6cfb1112c6c838b2fba06a657

    SHA1

    a54bb22489eaa8c52eb3e512aee522320530b0be

    SHA256

    dcfcd16fbf0511d3f2b3792e5493fa22d7291e4bb2efbfa5ade5002a04fc2cab

    SHA512

    5bc8307350bd8ba09fa9eedddc62f1dba65db62eb09ae64e0adff4dfad0937dbec5b621f294f5980bf77033faac3bfe200945c0280606915ee9a82d34a003b9e

  • memory/2096-4-0x0000000074CCE000-0x0000000074CCF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2096-33-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2096-5-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2096-6-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005FBC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    752KB

  • memory/2096-3-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A38000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/2096-2-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2096-1-0x0000000001350000-0x0000000001464000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/2096-0-0x0000000074CCE000-0x0000000074CCF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2784-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2784-27-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2784-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2784-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2784-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2784-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2784-39-0x000000006FA80000-0x000000006FAE9000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    420KB