Analysis

  • max time kernel
    135s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • 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 10 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\0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ad44166db3cebf7d7e20e6e5cd49037ecef554aed4180ca8d9f946b8c432562.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:3696
    • 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:692
    • 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:3068
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xQkCOnXBVqKmW" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC786.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4356
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2936

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

    SHA1

    8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

    SHA256

    92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

    SHA512

    4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    18KB

    MD5

    2b65c244b432ab544445d0668d541448

    SHA1

    d1c9c58c068f97d9e8579d92836ffe4440af6a7b

    SHA256

    f82d9366afcc7c7694a92cef8d5f55d2b3ed93a7cd6a7d46bececd1db186e195

    SHA512

    6990b41e36a85db1b555c6e450a943d191587e4c7aaeed3ede930d314a1e0cb524718477f680b449c8441b5d58a7e30736d0e2c3df4ebd246253beffd60813da

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nribgnye.3g5.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC786.tmp

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    c4277bc6af354eb5cd5752d5a5aab232

    SHA1

    ba902aa94c6993574a11808ceafb8812a97e1084

    SHA256

    84e2d998d6f20fa777ab059e4fcf71be8360bf7c2cf0c8e0724c7cccc60df342

    SHA512

    7a0f2b0e6a1deb55857d4c5c423ff0ebac7e11b0b4cacf2e874e863b5165452fe9de6691509ed8d39c865e0f4f03bb47891f795fcfd994486d0995533524959e

  • memory/692-16-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/692-21-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005056000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/692-100-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/692-85-0x0000000007800000-0x0000000007E7A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/692-93-0x00000000074D0000-0x00000000074D8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/692-92-0x00000000074F0000-0x000000000750A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/692-91-0x00000000073F0000-0x0000000007404000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/692-15-0x00000000048C0000-0x00000000048F6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/692-90-0x00000000073E0000-0x00000000073EE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/692-17-0x00000000050A0000-0x00000000056C8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/692-18-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/692-75-0x0000000075270000-0x00000000752BC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/692-20-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004EF2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/692-61-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F4C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/692-22-0x0000000005740000-0x00000000057A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/692-60-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005E8E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/692-25-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005C04000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.3MB

  • memory/692-87-0x0000000007220000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/692-26-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2936-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/2936-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/3068-23-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3068-41-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3068-24-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3068-86-0x00000000078F0000-0x000000000790A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/3068-88-0x0000000007B70000-0x0000000007C06000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/3068-63-0x0000000075270000-0x00000000752BC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/3068-62-0x0000000007580000-0x00000000075B2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/3068-74-0x00000000075C0000-0x0000000007663000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    652KB

  • memory/3068-89-0x0000000007AF0000-0x0000000007B01000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/3068-73-0x0000000007540000-0x000000000755E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3068-99-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3696-4-0x0000000005920000-0x00000000059BC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/3696-59-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3696-5-0x0000000005810000-0x000000000581A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/3696-3-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005912000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/3696-0-0x00000000749CE000-0x00000000749CF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/3696-10-0x0000000006B40000-0x0000000006BFC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    752KB

  • memory/3696-9-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3696-8-0x00000000749CE000-0x00000000749CF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/3696-2-0x0000000005D90000-0x0000000006334000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/3696-1-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000E04000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/3696-7-0x0000000005AD0000-0x0000000005AE8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/3696-6-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB