Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    12/03/2025, 02:36

General

  • Target
    RFQ.exe
  • Size 881KB
  • Sample250312-c3plsatry9
  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 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\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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3648
    • 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:1372
    • 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:1260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wOPQRmK" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF31A.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:976
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1628
      • 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:1328

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_5bu4mf20.3rs.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5bu4mf20.3rs.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmpF31A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF31A.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 25e606ec9dde28a9ab3e91bb58edf585fa675fbe162d73dd22285064f9f7a33d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1260-67-0x00000000758B0000-0x00000000758FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-83-0x0000000006F70000-0x0000000006F84000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-82-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-80-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000007046000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-19-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-85-0x0000000007050000-0x0000000007058000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-23-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-89-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-21-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1328-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

          memory/1328-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-15-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000CB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-79-0x0000000006DC0000-0x0000000006DCA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-16-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-20-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-17-0x0000000004DC0000-0x00000000053E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-88-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-84-0x0000000007090000-0x00000000070AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-31-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D86000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-48-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005884000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-18-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-81-0x0000000006F50000-0x0000000006F61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-77-0x0000000007390000-0x0000000007A0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-78-0x0000000006D50000-0x0000000006D6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-26-0x0000000004C00000-0x0000000004C66000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-24-0x0000000004B60000-0x0000000004B82000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-52-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-53-0x0000000005AB0000-0x0000000005AFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-55-0x00000000758B0000-0x00000000758FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-54-0x0000000006000000-0x0000000006032000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-65-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000005FFE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1372-66-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006CD3000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-9-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-6-0x0000000005480000-0x000000000551C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-7-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005460000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-8-0x000000007500E000-0x000000007500F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-5-0x0000000005190000-0x000000000519A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-49-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-4-0x0000000075000000-0x00000000757B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-3-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000052A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-10-0x0000000006470000-0x000000000652C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-2-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005D64000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-0-0x000000007500E000-0x000000007500F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3648-1-0x0000000000800000-0x00000000008E2000-memory.dmp