Analysis
- max time kernel
79s - max time network
141s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20250217-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
11/03/2025, 04:45
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample250311-fdkhbasxcy
- SHA256 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e
- MD5 498c31b587f16c1263e92a03a8baeb93
- SHA1 8c6edd8e32870a3276d2ed246d2311e05764b42d
- SHA512 f10fe82ba2a995c77737260c6b0407ae59b97d16fecebeaef5a22ae636197b33fcaf0dacabc925167b6f21a764ee19d34636ecb02194ab5a1e2780151b799f92
- SSDEEP 24576:1o7MrTswryb85Fm6lmnr4eKiwMonfJk/WvDHal++UQcOVh9Z:kQ2bcs6cseJwMofqeakQJh9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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darkcloud
C2
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https://api.telegram.org/bot8052153515:AAEy1R0ssCqYRtfr5MLZ5lbcuC9K_RdIieY/sendMessage?chat_id=5022382431
Signatures
- 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.
pid Process 1536 powershell.exe 4288 powershell.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-22591836-1183090055-1220658180-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe - Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1584 set thread context of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language vbc.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2268 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 1536 powershell.exe 1536 powershell.exe 4288 powershell.exe 4288 powershell.exe 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 1536 powershell.exe 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 4288 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1536 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4288 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1428 vbc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1536 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 98 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1536 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 98 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1536 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 98 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 4288 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 100 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 4288 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 100 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 4288 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 100 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 2268 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 102 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 2268 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 102 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 2268 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 102 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 3340 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 104 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 3340 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 104 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 3340 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 104 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105 PID 1584 wrote to memory of 1428 1584 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe 105
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.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:1584 -
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\be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1536
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xIjdSSf.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4288
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xIjdSSf" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp676F.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2268
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"2⤵PID:3340
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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:1428
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
- MD5 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
- SHA1 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
- SHA512 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 9e1ac11e444011d07d9039bcf558ff1f9450df190068756c9c5dc3d68c3d283c
- MD5 5f16ef4fa29a2caab389592cb72f4cb1
- SHA1 5ea10dd4392455d3561a61fe5552ea74bd9291d0
- SHA512 7a0ffc253a439496b34bbec1b1d9809e772447a79d864e50c2c351c815f0940fc46a71ae25d57d3ddfa1ee1b8f0cb54dfd5f67a8268f8a64b28dca2bc379536e
- SSDEEP 384:4sf+BG9i+Psp1NbD1dSkcOo9o2T7K6seYLME/h03SoZCfYSg0jEDkeQ0gdItkKhD:Vf/s7tvZUo2T7NgrKSlWKEDjCq3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_iukqfkla.qth.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp676F.tmp
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 54d5ce4d55f636187a9bb975e9ec9c17746e641a54db1c797b276d49b1f5a63a
- MD5 7a62a3a3713e1c6e60983a15a1617bee
- SHA1 75abf607a80d906f1ff645905de5e84dfae04bb2
- SHA512 963d11f9b524f68f647cfd2327faec9b30bb637d7e321f896647cc74a0d92b5f220654eb1ffc41214352aae1b5a6e3eddfcaa8bb2dec11a74824f06dfbc097bc
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512