Analysis

  • max time kernel
    104s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250610-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250610-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    19/06/2025, 07:00

General

  • Target
    HSBC_Payment_slip_for Inv pendiente-0023.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample250619-hs3csaar2x
  • SHA256 d24f280b413e7e170bdc29ba7bfaa7a3d221e582204c331803a9fbba64ff7d13
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DarkCloud

    An information stealer written in Visual Basic.

  • Darkcloud family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 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.

  • Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.

  • 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 4 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC_Payment_slip_for Inv pendiente-0023.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC_Payment_slip_for Inv pendiente-0023.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2212
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmYCDy.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\tmYCDy" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp98F4.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5448
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC_Payment_slip_for Inv pendiente-0023.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HSBC_Payment_slip_for Inv pendiente-0023.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5520

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ljip2cvz.p5r.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ljip2cvz.p5r.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmp98F4.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp98F4.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ff9b4dcc3a89dca9020a42520fd9abecc6ecb181f97d1713eb0a977f6e601be1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1404-71-0x0000000007080000-0x0000000007091000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-34-0x0000000005410000-0x0000000005432000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-73-0x00000000070C0000-0x00000000070D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-72-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070BE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-54-0x0000000006110000-0x0000000006142000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-70-0x0000000007100000-0x0000000007196000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-69-0x0000000006EF0000-0x0000000006EFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-68-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006E9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-67-0x0000000007500000-0x0000000007B7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-15-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002286000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-75-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000071A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-17-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-74-0x00000000071C0000-0x00000000071DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-66-0x0000000006DD0000-0x0000000006E73000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-18-0x0000000004CC0000-0x00000000052E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-20-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-65-0x0000000006150000-0x000000000616E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-78-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-55-0x000000006FEC0000-0x000000006FF0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-36-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005586000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-35-0x00000000054B0000-0x0000000005516000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-19-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-41-0x0000000005590000-0x00000000058E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-52-0x0000000005B50000-0x0000000005B6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1404-53-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-10-0x0000000006180000-0x0000000006252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-7-0x00000000053E0000-0x00000000053F4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-1-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-2-0x00000000054B0000-0x0000000005A54000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-0-0x000000007447E000-0x000000007447F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-9-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-8-0x000000007447E000-0x000000007447F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-30-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-5-0x00000000051A0000-0x000000000523C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-6-0x0000000074470000-0x0000000074C20000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-4-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000004E8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2212-3-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F92000-memory.dmp

        memory/5520-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp

        memory/5520-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp

        memory/5520-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp