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Database Entry



DarkCloud


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4fb5ba01653be0268ec6b25fcfe0a87c21c233787a109d449d95ec31f6cdc090
SHA3-384 hash: f9357db57810eb53fa6def46d497cefacb3787af109e170cc55c362142926781120a713250efa19d48de07deb15a267d
SHA1 hash: 2601f03601b6c02c0ecd85c56664ea650e0a157c
MD5 hash: 00a4a51a26ac30c87349c2cc0acbdaf9
humanhash: tango-hot-bulldog-sad
File name:QUOTATION-ETH002341.exe
Download: download sample
Signature DarkCloud
File size:803'328 bytes
First seen:2025-07-14 08:00:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ef471c0edf1877cd5a881a6a8bf647b9 (74 x Formbook, 33 x Loki, 29 x Loda)
ssdeep 24576:Kq5TfcdHj4fmbxF6FmQlw5dW1VukuyX572j:KUTsamcmQlw5auqJq
TLSH T195052262691ACCFEFABB13F5447D3AB16A67BE20D80B154F25CBB28047F4190E467724
TrID 39.1% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
38.3% (.EXE) Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (26569/9/4)
7.2% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon a065646aeec646ec (21 x AgentTesla, 13 x Formbook, 5 x DarkCloud)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:DarkCloud exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
27
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
QUOTATION-ETH002341.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-07-14 08:26:48 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
91.7%
Tags:
autoit virus hype
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
DNS request
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Threat name:
DarkCloud
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_LogicalDisk, often done to detect sandboxes)
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Writes or reads registry keys via WMI
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected DarkCloud
Yara detected Generic Dropper
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PE (Portable Executable) Suspect Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Vigorf
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-13 09:57:01 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
16
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unc_loader_036 darkcloudstealer autoit
Result
Malware family:
darkcloud
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:darkcloud discovery stealer upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4fb5ba01653be0268ec6b25fcfe0a87c21c233787a109d449d95ec31f6cdc090
MD5 hash:
00a4a51a26ac30c87349c2cc0acbdaf9
SHA1 hash:
2601f03601b6c02c0ecd85c56664ea650e0a157c
SH256 hash:
889700a925557377ab40ce7550b7ffc812c52ba75fedcdcb4650f689a85e0445
MD5 hash:
12506a13fdd8ec2717bf7bed792054e9
SHA1 hash:
f004552b03c7a17b5b0b8db47af54dab85529235
Detections:
AutoIT_Compiled
SH256 hash:
2b67dfb7f12549e9162603f4324cfa5fe0c872765449e450512f92b7f3fc0493
MD5 hash:
4d38a863ada7bc4de9f2adc4c260d291
SHA1 hash:
a268da3de7b7132ca9fc774efb372de504ec08f7
Detections:
darkcloudstealer MALWARE_Win_DarkCloud INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_CC_Regex
SH256 hash:
3b75425895af4ae3186b36277553641e37ca1d620ae18d68e40d13351b54de6a
MD5 hash:
94d1531b52774dce52a89e33646d5b1d
SHA1 hash:
29bf887b025b97bd7a9e1e261852ba824234a625
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_CC_Regex
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing credit card regular expressions
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_DarkCloud
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects DarkCloud infostealer
Rule name:ProtectSharewareV11eCompservCMS
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vba
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_DarkCloud_9905abce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_upx_packed
Author:Reedus0
Description:Rule for detecting UPX packed malware

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

DarkCloud

Executable exe 4fb5ba01653be0268ec6b25fcfe0a87c21c233787a109d449d95ec31f6cdc090

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::timeGetTime
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AddAce
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.DLL::LoadLibraryA
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW

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