Analysis

  • max time kernel
    95s
  • max time network
    140s
  • 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, 03:03

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 8 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:5000
    • 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:940
    • 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:3252
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xQkCOnXBVqKmW" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE3D.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:980
    • 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:1180

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

    f5807b55a31e9893f9c8da883a7c608e

    SHA1

    1121e037833fd80515a232f424677b186fbe4eef

    SHA256

    c75ab72e3dbb9e3ae93c1f8151607554c195edc178165c8e96f0e674c6aba02b

    SHA512

    93d7685c85679793555aaabe2166de5e61b5ab38e2ef579325c7ee6876d86f41e2d01aeb64260643655d0ae1a9fad507ea78bac96cb0cd04bfcdc81d02700ded

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pvj5iumo.ymv.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE3D.tmp

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    703d97d13527f76dc42e5eb14b8e39c0

    SHA1

    cf9f85cb941a72806194c0c1b1f676eb567d8abd

    SHA256

    23ea2cf01ee9891cd0884b957cfe35876cd26eec6a267692e5ff3e2fd379a139

    SHA512

    4b279ca54cc7c5a2f67f8675a0c5cfd7607ef92c09575d56c9774d42ea06141d5c4ef6cb24e6059bdaf8bd6fa79b375d22ae0e37612d69944616586597237054

  • memory/940-28-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000054C6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/940-26-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005272000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/940-19-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/940-77-0x0000000075600000-0x000000007564C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/940-18-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/940-98-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/940-95-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007868000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/940-92-0x0000000007770000-0x000000000777E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/940-16-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/940-37-0x0000000005C10000-0x0000000005F64000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.3MB

  • memory/940-15-0x0000000002900000-0x0000000002936000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/940-27-0x00000000053F0000-0x0000000005456000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/940-93-0x0000000007780000-0x0000000007794000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/940-17-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005B08000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/1180-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/1180-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/1180-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/1180-103-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    452KB

  • memory/3252-22-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3252-94-0x0000000007AD0000-0x0000000007AEA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/3252-89-0x0000000007800000-0x000000000780A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/3252-29-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3252-21-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3252-91-0x0000000007990000-0x00000000079A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/3252-90-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007AA6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/3252-62-0x0000000006470000-0x000000000648E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3252-63-0x0000000006500000-0x000000000654C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/3252-65-0x0000000075600000-0x000000007564C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/3252-102-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3252-76-0x0000000007630000-0x00000000076D3000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    652KB

  • memory/3252-75-0x00000000073D0000-0x00000000073EE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3252-64-0x00000000073F0000-0x0000000007422000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/3252-87-0x0000000007DD0000-0x000000000844A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/3252-88-0x0000000007790000-0x00000000077AA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/5000-7-0x0000000005940000-0x0000000005958000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/5000-43-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/5000-10-0x0000000006880000-0x000000000693C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    752KB

  • memory/5000-9-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/5000-8-0x0000000074D7E000-0x0000000074D7F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/5000-6-0x0000000005480000-0x000000000548A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/5000-5-0x0000000074D70000-0x0000000075520000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/5000-4-0x0000000005530000-0x00000000055CC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/5000-3-0x0000000005490000-0x0000000005522000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/5000-2-0x00000000059A0000-0x0000000005F44000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/5000-1-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000BA4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/5000-0-0x0000000074D7E000-0x0000000074D7F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB