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Database Entry



DarkCloud


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 98b2f6704cd9dbf6372aa6b6f6f5d3c2208509ec2d26b1e177d4cdfc62d34bf5
SHA3-384 hash: 40dff27cd864828bd9a986486be6ed79fe728d3419cbe70809bc92983489950235690fd252f66bcd45e1e74790bcf230
SHA1 hash: f58285db22aa78923c00ac32ff87aebbbab2ae3c
MD5 hash: e6d331ebaccbde81eefe27ffbed9e58f
humanhash: berlin-carbon-bulldog-nitrogen
File name:98b2f6704cd9dbf6372aa6b6f6f5d3c2208509ec2d26b1e177d4cdfc62d34bf5
Download: download sample
Signature DarkCloud
File size:471'040 bytes
First seen:2025-05-09 14:47:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ba3d7ffbd49efe7b52a4b982634a7131 (6 x DarkCloud)
ssdeep 12288:gjYKkJj6GmZUsDFR3Yioxm/Xvr4JQkAuYqDP:WYb6nZNFR3voI/XvXkPYqDP
Threatray 32 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1DDA4283BB651202EF162C5B0DAA16156B8116D3A2649FC7BFBC19F493132483E9F532F
TrID 45.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (82067/2/8)
15.0% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
14.7% (.EXE) Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (26569/9/4)
9.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
5.8% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 1003873d31213f10 (142 x DarkCloud, 132 x GuLoader, 35 x a310Logger)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:DarkCloud exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
340
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
98b2f6704cd9dbf6372aa6b6f6f5d3c2208509ec2d26b1e177d4cdfc62d34bf5
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-05-10 02:33:51 UTC
Tags:
stealer auto-reg evasion darkcloud upx

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
Stealing user critical data
Setting a single autorun event
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
hacktool overlay packed packed visual_basic
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
DarkCloud
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Yara detected DarkCloud
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Infostealer.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-28 14:13:05 UTC
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Adds Run key to start application
Executes dropped EXE
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
stealer darkcloud_stealer darkcloud
YARA:
Windows_Trojan_DarkCloud_9905abce
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
98b2f6704cd9dbf6372aa6b6f6f5d3c2208509ec2d26b1e177d4cdfc62d34bf5
MD5 hash:
e6d331ebaccbde81eefe27ffbed9e58f
SHA1 hash:
f58285db22aa78923c00ac32ff87aebbbab2ae3c
SH256 hash:
3b75425895af4ae3186b36277553641e37ca1d620ae18d68e40d13351b54de6a
MD5 hash:
94d1531b52774dce52a89e33646d5b1d
SHA1 hash:
29bf887b025b97bd7a9e1e261852ba824234a625
Malware family:
DarkCloud
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:Windows_Trojan_DarkCloud_9905abce
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
VB_APILegacy Visual Basic API usedMSVBVM60.DLL::__vbaCopyBytes
MSVBVM60.DLL::__vbaSetSystemError
MSVBVM60.DLL::__vbaExitProc
MSVBVM60.DLL::__vbaObjSetAddref
MSVBVM60.DLL::EVENT_SINK_AddRef
MSVBVM60.DLL::__vbaPrintFile

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