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Database Entry


DarkGate


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e
SHA3-384 hash: 189c336fc8b5403f71107dedaa6ba502e2566163908380c17eb21ffbab84a47861c9de34ea130404e6cea90323ef0e2a
SHA1 hash: 5b461cdbc2bb3cf2fd7c935d6756ab240a5467b8
MD5 hash: 38bd09f9bdeedac444fc3ec95302f606
humanhash: football-fish-oklahoma-michigan
File name:AQYQ.pdf.lnk
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Signature DarkGate
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File size:1'896 bytes
First seen:2023-09-21 06:13:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Shortcut (lnk) lnk
MIME type:application/octet-stream
ssdeep 24:8aGEWJCn+Oma8RA8Pe4+/hX6TWfQ0DB0fi85M:8aGK+TwrJZ0w
TLSH T1BD41892976DD4728D3F20A37ACB66320C8A7BC56D676470E0290A88C6948740ACB5F31
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:178-36-247-73 94-228-169-123 DarkGate lnk

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
244
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.27118.LnkHeur.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.26471.PshHeur.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilLNK.HTTPDottedQuadPolicykill.20220908.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilLNK.CerealKiller.808fa09e.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Clean
File Type:
LNK File
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e/results/dashboard
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd evasive lolbin masquerade ping
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/650bdf2b49c6a4ce497d012e/reports/3d61644a-8f11-4c4a-9b42-03ae43810c54/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan.WinLNK.Agent
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e
Result
Threat name:
DarkGate
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1312040
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Found malware configuration
Found URL in windows shortcut file (LNK)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential malicious VBS script found (suspicious strings)
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks
Uses ping.exe to sleep
Windows shortcut file (LNK) contains suspicious command line arguments
Windows shortcut file (LNK) starts blacklisted processes
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected DarkGate
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1312040 Sample: AQYQ.pdf.lnk Startdate: 21/09/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 68 178.236.247.73 PRANET-ASRU Russian Federation 2->68 82 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->82 84 Found malware configuration 2->84 86 Windows shortcut file (LNK) starts blacklisted processes 2->86 88 9 other signatures 2->88 11 cmd.exe 1 2->11         started        14 Autoit3.exe 1 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 92 Uses ping.exe to sleep 11->92 94 Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks 11->94 16 cscript.exe 2 11->16         started        20 curl.exe 2 11->20         started        22 conhost.exe 1 11->22         started        26 2 other processes 11->26 96 Windows shortcut file (LNK) starts blacklisted processes 14->96 98 Writes to foreign memory regions 14->98 100 Allocates memory in foreign processes 14->100 102 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 14->102 24 cmd.exe 1 14->24         started        process6 dnsIp7 62 94.228.169.123, 2351, 49709, 49710 SSERVICE-ASRU Russian Federation 16->62 78 Windows shortcut file (LNK) starts blacklisted processes 16->78 28 cmd.exe 3 16->28         started        64 178.236.247.7, 49708, 80 PRANET-ASRU Russian Federation 20->64 80 Potential malicious VBS script found (suspicious strings) 20->80 signatures8 process9 file10 56 C:\gcmw\gcmw.exe, PE32+ 28->56 dropped 31 Autoit3.exe 1 9 28->31         started        35 gcmw.exe 2 28->35         started        37 conhost.exe 28->37         started        39 gcmw.exe 2 28->39         started        process11 file12 58 C:\temp\AutoIt3.exe, PE32 31->58 dropped 70 Windows shortcut file (LNK) starts blacklisted processes 31->70 72 Writes to foreign memory regions 31->72 74 Allocates memory in foreign processes 31->74 76 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 31->76 41 GPbvkHzvVxjkKSSP.exe 4 31->41 injected 45 cmd.exe 1 31->45         started        47 cmd.exe 2 31->47         started        60 C:\gcmw\Autoit3.exe, PE32 35->60 dropped signatures13 process14 file15 54 C:\ProgramData\kgfhfad\Autoit3.exe, PE32 41->54 dropped 90 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 41->90 49 PING.EXE 1 45->49         started        52 conhost.exe 45->52         started        signatures16 process17 dnsIp18 66 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 49->66
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e/
Threat name:
Shortcut.Trojan.DarkGateLNK
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-09-21 06:14:04 UTC
File Type:
Binary
AV detection:
10 of 22 (45.45%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=i7lxbilpgjhrrlzzy4zp7ptmbcjrac72qbuswe6jhhfr2e6o7sha._file
Result
Malware family:
darkgate
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:darkgate stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/230921-gzbyqsfg85/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Runs ping.exe
Script User-Agent
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
DarkGate
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://94.228.169.123|http://178.236.247.73
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Download_in_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies download artefacts in shortcut (LNK) files.
Rule name:Execution_in_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies execution artefacts in shortcut (LNK) files.
Rule name:EXE_in_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies executable artefacts in shortcut (LNK) files.
Rule name:LNK_sospechosos
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Author:Germán Fernández
Description:Detecta archivos .lnk sospechosos
Rule name:Long_RelativePath_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies shortcut (LNK) file with a long relative path. Might be used in an attempt to hide the path.
Rule name:PDF_in_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Adobe Acrobat artefacts in shortcut (LNK) files.
Rule name:Script_in_LNK
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies scripting artefacts in shortcut (LNK) files.
Rule name:SUSP_LNK_CMD
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Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:Detects the reference to cmd.exe inside an lnk file, which is suspicious

File information

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Malspam

DarkGate

Shortcut (lnk) lnk 47d770a16f324f18af39c732ffbe6c0893100bfa80692b13c939cb1d13cefc8e

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Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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