Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250502-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250502-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10/05/2025, 11:45

General

  • Target

    2025-05-10_b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe

  • Size

    35.5MB

  • MD5

    b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b

  • SHA1

    ba6a106b6667cfb15a2c3a7761189b7699b5b2a8

  • SHA256

    49b62df7c253628dfd90aba39cdd061c48d0b15eea86eefa4e9f7ca08a6b2afd

  • SHA512

    90d802377cd4e443dfdcd4689dff77832927a8593420c6fa22a0590f24660ea498e7c8dc4796b3d89fce555d13609a5a3ab53accd6f79c6169198fff36c02522

  • SSDEEP

    196608:DsgiEuV5hhv5V57+btH5KUxamErRyhdGJgaMkG8K1HBRM4kqptasktkvzAgb09n:Hk5htX5atH5imEoJhN1HG/wzAu

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

aresloader

C2

http://127.0.0.1:8888

http://127.0.0.1:8080

http://192.168.31.111

Signatures

  • AresLoader

    AresLoader is a loader and downloader written in C++.

  • Aresloader family
  • Manipulates Digital Signatures 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to obtain their binary as valid.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-10_b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-10_b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:776
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh int ipv4 set dynamicport tcp start=10000 num=55000
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2240
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh int ipv6 set dynamicport tcp start=10000 num=55000
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5004
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=SunnyNet
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1624
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=SunnyNet dir=in action=allow program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-10_b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2396
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=SunnyNetOut dir=out action=allow program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-10_b47edbaaafa0e9436b6fe70620b3483b_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3744
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\certutil.exe
      certutil -addstore root C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SunnyNet.crt
      2⤵
      • Manipulates Digital Signatures
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4708

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SunnyNet.crt

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          29b54579baced4daf7153b961d02837d

          SHA1

          534e448e54a7ad827e48c97f631008b7001d5999

          SHA256

          9f42eb74eed9e79de2d2d9862676bcbd1043d74901813d01cb7fd5956bc4b55c

          SHA512

          dee57bad7afdf70c0ff8fd4b8794013b9bc2a4f1e3ccdd2af6b5f9f4c4e3128e2b0c50e2a73e02c86f1bb62a7828d1e80dce69cbf36b6d41762e72f83d64f16d

        • memory/776-3-0x00000000046E0000-0x00000000046E1000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/776-2-0x00000000778D2000-0x00000000778D3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/776-1-0x00000000778D2000-0x00000000778D3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/776-0-0x00000000778D2000-0x00000000778D3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/776-4-0x000000006DFC0000-0x000000007029E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          34.9MB

        • memory/776-9-0x00000000778D2000-0x00000000778D3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/776-8-0x000000006DFC0000-0x000000007029E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          34.9MB

        • memory/776-10-0x00000000046E0000-0x00000000046E1000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB