Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    117s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    08/03/2025, 02:58

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 3 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:2676
    • 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:1292
    • 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:2740
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xQkCOnXBVqKmW" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD73C.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2796
    • 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:2216

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD73C.tmp

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    d4793250fbfb3579019e2cd4312d7c9e

    SHA1

    a5cb4c074f41814ad9d4e9c4c9ca297622aff90c

    SHA256

    d362f7f0a5cfb6d7e783439fed1e97270432b7afc9d8ff4ed47313b747a9a517

    SHA512

    2d0bf3961efa484b3acb94b78f55fa98bd73f3819bf85854ee6961ca92bc092c4cd271d9b28c17a94ff24f80ed4bfc23fdcc27353a0ec8f1607fec1948f62288

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

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    75e5e8bdd708f1bf74b668048d34a18e

    SHA1

    5737cdb87db7bd09a009ee964ca624ffcc749c7c

    SHA256

    89002baf87f257858b0ebc511fbc86542c680a4d9a12a294905444d72df0589e

    SHA512

    8978601947e2954768a580ecf38a0029fe362df1e65fe27a86b4ba3de872b3f6479d7694f726bd7fc161fadb4e3baa4c88adaa042aa2239cbb5cf2e9811c525c

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

    Filesize

    161KB

    MD5

    073a17b6cfb1112c6c838b2fba06a657

    SHA1

    a54bb22489eaa8c52eb3e512aee522320530b0be

    SHA256

    dcfcd16fbf0511d3f2b3792e5493fa22d7291e4bb2efbfa5ade5002a04fc2cab

    SHA512

    5bc8307350bd8ba09fa9eedddc62f1dba65db62eb09ae64e0adff4dfad0937dbec5b621f294f5980bf77033faac3bfe200945c0280606915ee9a82d34a003b9e

  • memory/2216-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2216-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2216-40-0x0000000074700000-0x0000000074769000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    420KB

  • memory/2216-37-0x0000000074700000-0x0000000074769000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    420KB

  • memory/2216-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2216-26-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2216-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2216-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2676-2-0x0000000074080000-0x000000007476E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2676-0-0x000000007408E000-0x000000007408F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2676-4-0x0000000074080000-0x000000007476E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2676-31-0x0000000074080000-0x000000007476E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2676-1-0x0000000001210000-0x0000000001324000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/2676-3-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000668000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/2676-5-0x0000000004F90000-0x000000000504C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    752KB