Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    139s
  • 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, 14:32

General

  • Target
    RFQ.exe
  • Size 881KB
  • Sample250311-rwbtnsvpt9
  • SHA256 aa653ad0d107b2d7ab98d4ede0eef147b73fbd7eb2f522f0bf608f833daebe34
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcloud

C2
  • https://api.telegram.org/bot7725030292:AAFHYtQUWDdOhIko2DIqyexjh4XvUaOA1Fs/sendMessage?chat_id=6732456666

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.

  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:828
    • 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\RFQ.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4884
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wOPQRmK.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4808
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wOPQRmK" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCA26.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:720
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3124

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 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 1a29572356f69f83ecd843a2b47d409d9621c1344eb3969804d11bdb448ea825
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_sxqiktaa.4lm.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_sxqiktaa.4lm.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpCA26.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCA26.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 1bb465483384bcda3c74259311ad1aab0875bebede232c48eca888359fd37591
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/828-7-0x0000000005C00000-0x0000000005C10000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-4-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-6-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005CCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-45-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-8-0x000000007468E000-0x000000007468F000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-9-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-10-0x0000000006D40000-0x0000000006DFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-5-0x0000000005950000-0x000000000595A000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-0-0x000000007468E000-0x000000007468F000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-2-0x0000000005F40000-0x00000000064E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-1-0x0000000000E80000-0x0000000000F62000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-3-0x0000000005990000-0x0000000005A22000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-21-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-80-0x00000000072B0000-0x00000000072BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-78-0x0000000007880000-0x0000000007EFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-29-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-68-0x0000000006F00000-0x0000000006FA3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-84-0x0000000007480000-0x0000000007494000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-23-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-92-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-55-0x0000000006E90000-0x0000000006EC2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-66-0x0000000006ED0000-0x0000000006EEE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4808-56-0x000000006F3D0000-0x000000006F41C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-16-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-44-0x0000000006890000-0x00000000068DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-41-0x0000000006310000-0x000000000632E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-31-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000006064000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-67-0x000000006F3D0000-0x000000006F41C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-22-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005322000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-79-0x0000000007650000-0x000000000766A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-24-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005586000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-81-0x00000000078D0000-0x0000000007966000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-82-0x0000000007850000-0x0000000007861000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-83-0x0000000007880000-0x000000000788E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-25-0x0000000005CA0000-0x0000000005D06000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-85-0x0000000007990000-0x00000000079AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-86-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007978000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-19-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-18-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-93-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-17-0x00000000055C0000-0x0000000005BE8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-15-0x0000000002990000-0x00000000029C6000-memory.dmp