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
Checks computer location settings
ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software
Loads dropped DLL
UPX packed file
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-03-08 11:45
Signatures
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-08 11:45
Reported
2025-03-08 11:47
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
140s
Max time network
122s
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 1892 set thread context of 2176 | 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 |
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\schtasks.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\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\tmp82A7.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 |
Files
memory/1892-0-0x0000000073EAE000-0x0000000073EAF000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-1-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000014A8000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-2-0x0000000073EA0000-0x000000007458E000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-3-0x0000000000500000-0x000000000051E000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-4-0x0000000073EAE000-0x0000000073EAF000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-5-0x0000000073EA0000-0x000000007458E000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-6-0x0000000000980000-0x0000000000A24000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp82A7.tmp
| MD5 | 2b1d1eddf1a9304e97c756c8b73a1c9e |
| SHA1 | ca5c8836bbd2fba4f527e6d20c434fc29617c00f |
| SHA256 | c2b5e0525bd45226710291a44e563807009104e27d390923389338e3a0c7bbbe |
| SHA512 | d6f5e2b6bf752745bfbb528f0005ee9c9c58842c895eb6021cc6b41ce9e802762f2505033f62613e1b7aba53c802bd0b2e667afbb4ccac20098ffb4c63847734 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 5d8e69d8287d2cb548703dbb75e5af5f |
| SHA1 | 839150245a2696d2c8ab105355d80673953bf62c |
| SHA256 | 80d7db5fff8aab0b3aa12872bebba25015450d3bc8dd980a136090d935aed31e |
| SHA512 | 70818912d52ad558b07b3cf992355e533379f1646375f53aa2fd9e7a421acfd091dabc9dab9a922c976cb012ae6bbb1e70bab50e0f053a9ba3f5e515c1e0873a |
memory/2176-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-27-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/1892-32-0x0000000073EA0000-0x000000007458E000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\VORHPBAB-Admin\vbsqlite3.dll
| MD5 | 073a17b6cfb1112c6c838b2fba06a657 |
| SHA1 | a54bb22489eaa8c52eb3e512aee522320530b0be |
| SHA256 | dcfcd16fbf0511d3f2b3792e5493fa22d7291e4bb2efbfa5ade5002a04fc2cab |
| SHA512 | 5bc8307350bd8ba09fa9eedddc62f1dba65db62eb09ae64e0adff4dfad0937dbec5b621f294f5980bf77033faac3bfe200945c0280606915ee9a82d34a003b9e |
memory/2176-39-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000749A9000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-08 11:45
Reported
2025-03-08 11:47
Platform
win10v2004-20250217-en
Max time kernel
94s
Max time network
139s
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 1512 set thread context of 4452 | 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\tmp50DA.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 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| 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/1512-0-0x000000007536E000-0x000000007536F000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-1-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000001088000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-2-0x0000000006100000-0x00000000066A4000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-3-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005AE2000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-5-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-4-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005B1A000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-6-0x0000000007400000-0x000000000741E000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-7-0x000000007536E000-0x000000007536F000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-8-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-9-0x0000000005490000-0x0000000005534000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-10-0x000000000D030000-0x000000000D0CC000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-11-0x00000000052C0000-0x00000000052F6000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-12-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-14-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005FE8000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-13-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-15-0x00000000058A0000-0x00000000058C2000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-18-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-17-0x00000000061E0000-0x0000000006246000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_xf5tqeps.rp3.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/3140-16-0x0000000006170000-0x00000000061D6000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-24-0x0000000006250000-0x00000000065A4000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-29-0x0000000006860000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-30-0x0000000006B90000-0x0000000006BDC000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-33-0x000000006FEA0000-0x000000006FEEC000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-32-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-31-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A62000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-43-0x0000000006E20000-0x0000000006E3E000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-44-0x0000000007A70000-0x0000000007B13000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-45-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-46-0x00000000081C0000-0x000000000883A000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-47-0x0000000007B80000-0x0000000007B9A000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-48-0x0000000007BF0000-0x0000000007BFA000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-49-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E96000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-50-0x0000000007D80000-0x0000000007D91000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-51-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007DBE000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-52-0x0000000007DC0000-0x0000000007DD4000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-53-0x0000000007EC0000-0x0000000007EDA000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-54-0x0000000007EA0000-0x0000000007EA8000-memory.dmp
memory/3140-57-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-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\tmp50DA.tmp
| MD5 | fbdd739b3e715d83163a8468abfda3bb |
| SHA1 | aba76302657d281009554b1e3453572ec907ddf9 |
| SHA256 | 3f4c4fa29a7f6a7119badd91f599dbe9322abd9b80a36afd8138a6cfc1d5148d |
| SHA512 | 13f3aeab256086903b12dcb56dcf742720ffe5cf1d3bba842a5910b1ed301b8e4f7a290cc8188b5d3995df0b035c04c34e69a47069ceb98843b4bf794d39aead |
memory/4452-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/4452-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-77-0x0000000006270000-0x00000000065C4000-memory.dmp
memory/1512-79-0x0000000075360000-0x0000000075B10000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | e1987df0f288ad7bb745003db74a28ef |
| SHA1 | dbf24f821bc80ae2c48fadbfb1a3a4af791100a9 |
| SHA256 | 89ba0fc9794d88d0e12f858d4fd1dda03b413351120acf1c1b72a79811f68c27 |
| SHA512 | eaaf35575d1d7df88a98761048f63764aa2944d1f4d3bab15216767132af28b492030d1e607760d60a278953c988cbf4955a779298a115a4766b6f578f513a56 |
memory/2264-89-0x0000000006C90000-0x0000000006CDC000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-90-0x0000000075BC0000-0x0000000075C0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-100-0x0000000007960000-0x0000000007A03000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-101-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C41000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-102-0x0000000007C70000-0x0000000007C84000-memory.dmp