Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20251015-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    16/10/2025, 00:07

General

  • Target
    INV 10074TXT08620.PNG.exe
  • Size 938KB
  • Sample251016-aehr8aft6f
  • SHA256 614c73e3ef511dbd9960d6f2a412f62ce2d752e9e6ad426c2351eee8552861ff
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcloud

Version
  • 3.2

Attributes

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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV 10074TXT08620.PNG.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV 10074TXT08620.PNG.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3552
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3776
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\OwcGPpsddmswY" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD428.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4416
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV 10074TXT08620.PNG.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INV 10074TXT08620.PNG.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:6072
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:720
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\OwcGPpsddmswY" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1A1B.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3372
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3568

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 f877732ec97f1b0467fb07f88824b7ffc6667a6580dd83ed144551c41137421c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_br1wtwcq.vzk.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_br1wtwcq.vzk.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpD428.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD428.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ff0cc60d85ebb788e63bad556707fa88ee91161e5d32e049cbba5a90fd981b35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        LoginData

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\DBS\LoginData
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 ce41f2a3255df2099ae8eea9364bd28c6fd6a56c8ca3290bd274944d16d9e6bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        WebData

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\DBS\WebData
        • Size 228KB
        • SHA256 257947aba31142bab41ca56915c2ef843c2a156c527dee5d1a07e1224e380aed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        OwcGPpsddmswY.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OwcGPpsddmswY.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 614c73e3ef511dbd9960d6f2a412f62ce2d752e9e6ad426c2351eee8552861ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/720-100-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-89-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005B17000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-91-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-101-0x0000000007310000-0x0000000007325000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-92-0x0000000071A90000-0x0000000071ADC000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-99-0x0000000006FF0000-0x0000000007094000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-6-0x0000000005390000-0x00000000053A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-0-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-8-0x0000000008B30000-0x0000000008BCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-5-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005524000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-7-0x0000000006480000-0x000000000653E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-4-0x00000000050F0000-0x00000000050FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-3-0x0000000005390000-0x00000000053A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-2-0x0000000005120000-0x00000000051B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-1-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005C76000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-43-0x0000000005F50000-0x0000000005F9C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-62-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-41-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005DA7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-46-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006534000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-47-0x0000000070260000-0x00000000702AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-54-0x0000000007110000-0x000000000712E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-55-0x0000000007130000-0x00000000071D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-56-0x00000000078B0000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-57-0x0000000007260000-0x000000000727A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-58-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-59-0x00000000074F0000-0x0000000007586000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-60-0x0000000007470000-0x0000000007481000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-61-0x00000000074A0000-0x00000000074AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-42-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F3E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-63-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-64-0x00000000075A0000-0x00000000075A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-13-0x0000000004A90000-0x0000000004AC6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-26-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A46000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-25-0x0000000005970000-0x00000000059D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-24-0x0000000005070000-0x0000000005092000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-14-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-19-0x00000000052C0000-0x00000000058EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3776-15-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/6072-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/6072-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp

        memory/6072-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp