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

General

  • Target
    be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample250311-fdkhbasxcy
  • SHA256 be959c5af412cea0ace74075b381c4a2328160b92cdde26a4dd8739a437be30e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3340
      • 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

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 9e1ac11e444011d07d9039bcf558ff1f9450df190068756c9c5dc3d68c3d283c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_iukqfkla.qth.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_iukqfkla.qth.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmp676F.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp676F.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 54d5ce4d55f636187a9bb975e9ec9c17746e641a54db1c797b276d49b1f5a63a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1428-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

          memory/1428-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-64-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-21-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-88-0x0000000006FE0000-0x0000000006FFA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-87-0x0000000007630000-0x0000000007CAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-75-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006E9E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-76-0x0000000006EB0000-0x0000000006F53000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-92-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000721E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-65-0x000000006FDE0000-0x000000006FE2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-18-0x00000000023B0000-0x00000000023E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-19-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-20-0x0000000004EE0000-0x0000000005508000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-89-0x0000000007050000-0x000000000705A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-22-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-54-0x0000000005D00000-0x0000000005D4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-24-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E32000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-93-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007234000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-26-0x0000000005670000-0x00000000056D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-51-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005CCE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-95-0x0000000007300000-0x0000000007308000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-98-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1536-25-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005576000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-12-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-8-0x0000000006130000-0x00000000065FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-1-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000005D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-63-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-2-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005C54000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-13-0x000000000AC40000-0x000000000ACFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-0-0x0000000074E9E000-0x0000000074E9F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-11-0x0000000074E9E000-0x0000000074E9F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-10-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000005D2E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-3-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000005052000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-9-0x0000000008360000-0x000000000845E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-4-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-7-0x0000000005610000-0x00000000056AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-5-0x0000000005070000-0x000000000507A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1584-6-0x00000000052B0000-0x0000000005604000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-91-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-94-0x0000000007600000-0x000000000761A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-90-0x0000000007540000-0x00000000075D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-38-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-77-0x000000006FDE0000-0x000000006FE2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-23-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-102-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp

          memory/4288-36-0x0000000074E90000-0x0000000075640000-memory.dmp