Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    104s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250502-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250502-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    22/05/2025, 09:28

General

  • Target
    SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample250522-lfhpds1mt7
  • SHA256 63b75ca07d4c9bccc01f641a0521139b30fbda1ce268a8db0b98d03c751a0bab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcloud

Credentials
  • Protocol

    ftp

  • Host

    ftp.ercolina-usa.com

  • Port

    21

  • Password

    2O8qHYJ9=K]V

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.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1388
    • 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\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vdpLuPYzP.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5684
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\vdpLuPYzP" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp99A0.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4108
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5004
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.14879.2918.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4856

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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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 e39062a62c3c7617feeeff95ea8a0be51104a0d36f46e44eea22556fda74d8d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 21d38dde358ddeda7b14109878e47a4b90304b1578ade48425a36b314f817605
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ybwn54bp.zd2.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ybwn54bp.zd2.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmp99A0.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp99A0.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 28788af6acc3c70ef6ad524791fd942167864431b251b10ed2357bc30a2b3cf6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1388-8-0x0000000074E8E000-0x0000000074E8F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-5-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-6-0x00000000050C0000-0x00000000050CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-7-0x0000000006B00000-0x0000000006B16000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-4-0x0000000005160000-0x00000000054B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-9-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-10-0x0000000007E20000-0x0000000007EE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-11-0x000000000A630000-0x000000000A6CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-49-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-0-0x0000000074E8E000-0x0000000074E8F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-3-0x0000000004F50000-0x0000000004FE2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-2-0x0000000005500000-0x0000000005AA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-1-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-30-0x0000000005950000-0x00000000059B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-50-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000005E5E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-29-0x0000000005870000-0x00000000058D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-79-0x00000000073E0000-0x00000000073F5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-18-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000057CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-19-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-92-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-17-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-89-0x00000000074D0000-0x00000000074D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-25-0x00000000057D0000-0x00000000057F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-16-0x0000000002680000-0x00000000026B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-20-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-51-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000005F2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-52-0x0000000007000000-0x0000000007034000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-62-0x0000000007040000-0x000000000705E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-53-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-63-0x0000000007060000-0x0000000007104000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-64-0x00000000077E0000-0x0000000007E5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-65-0x0000000007190000-0x00000000071AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-80-0x00000000074E0000-0x00000000074FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-75-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000721A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-76-0x0000000007420000-0x00000000074B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-77-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-78-0x00000000073D0000-0x00000000073DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4856-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp

          memory/4856-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp

          memory/5684-66-0x0000000075710000-0x000000007575C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5684-43-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/5684-34-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/5684-21-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp

          memory/5684-96-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075631000-memory.dmp