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DarkCloud


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
SHA3-384 hash: f8bd652b121eb9e809038a8905d45078d9d07ce35e4a90a8f34a485f670622a3542c260ca926005c6d44db70f454f691
SHA1 hash: f763ed631795476525fb49829d34ed3d84b89cdd
MD5 hash: d5f64376900220e8f129f022ba3266b3
humanhash: seventeen-double-kentucky-california
File name:QUOTATION.exe
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Signature DarkCloud
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File size:1'451'008 bytes
First seen:2026-02-12 07:04:24 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-12 07:33:19 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'818 x AgentTesla, 19'742 x Formbook, 12'286 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:ZguQ03q2abLX1AISD0Qa3bUr31ESg/4YcAFIuRc6dLmCmU8CgUzqNecVictq:WuN3q2Ey0bUr31Ev4hAFIac6dyCZ8Cg3
TLSH T18965230825ECEE1BC4A817F90572E3708BB01C1D6572C356CEFB9CEB342ABA69554787
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:DarkCloud exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
119
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
RoboSki
Details
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/b1e9b416-32a3-4e16-933a-a4bc162552e5/
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
QUOTATION.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-12 07:06:25 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup darkcloud stealer susp-lnk telegram upx ims-api generic
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/4405a88e-fa7a-49ef-adfc-164d77d31c3e

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
A310Logger
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/53085/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.PWS.Siggen5.31926.19069.7290.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=698d7bb32afa47e5c646368d
Tags:
autorun micro krypt msil
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
Stealing user critical data
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/698d7bb0930564ff3c9bf595/reports/207f13f9-17f0-4483-a365-1561fe0df032/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
IL:Trojan.MSILZilla
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-02-11T13:19:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-13T16:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
VHO:Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.MSIL.Inject.sb Trojan.MSIL.Agent.sb VHO:Trojan.MSIL.Exnet.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stelega.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.DarkCloud.sb Trojan-PSW.TeleBot.HTTP.C&C PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Noon.gen Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.WinLNK.Powecod.e
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
DarkCloud
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/c75c758e-dd1a-40c3-85dc-3dfa7a59f908
Result
Threat name:
DarkCloud
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1868171
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Found malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious powershell command line found
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)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Windows shortcut file (LNK) contains suspicious command line arguments
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected DarkCloud
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1868171 Sample: QUOTATION.exe Startdate: 12/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 api.telegram.org 2->39 43 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->43 45 Found malware configuration 2->45 47 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->47 51 13 other signatures 2->51 8 QUOTATION.exe 7 2->8         started        12 powershell.exe 15 2->12         started        signatures3 49 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 39->49 process4 file5 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vOTbFpSdJixtAW.exe, PE32 8->33 dropped 35 C:\...\vOTbFpSdJixtAW.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->35 dropped 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\QUOTATION.exe.log, ASCII 8->37 dropped 53 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 8->53 55 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->55 14 QUOTATION.exe 42 8->14         started        18 powershell.exe 23 8->18         started        20 vOTbFpSdJixtAW.exe 5 12->20         started        22 conhost.exe 1 12->22         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 41 api.telegram.org 149.154.166.110, 443, 49697, 49705 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 14->41 63 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 14->63 65 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 14->65 67 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 18->67 24 conhost.exe 18->24         started        26 WmiPrvSE.exe 18->26         started        69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 20->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 20->71 73 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 20->73 28 vOTbFpSdJixtAW.exe 20->28         started        31 vOTbFpSdJixtAW.exe 20->31         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 57 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 28->57 59 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 28->59 61 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 28->61
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.DARKCLOUD
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-11 18:36:30 UTC
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=tzhpxaya2yp2fgqyveljszofgh6fi4ru2phnauzkuna7rgmacyqq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
darkcloudstealer
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Similar samples:
error
DarkCloud
Result
Malware family:
darkcloud
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:darkcloud discovery execution spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260212-hwm29scv5c/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
MD5 hash:
d5f64376900220e8f129f022ba3266b3
SHA1 hash:
f763ed631795476525fb49829d34ed3d84b89cdd
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3fd2fb7f-633d-493a-bf42-6a50ba0ac4f2/
SH256 hash:
724245ae3fd7d1632d6e059ad6b79ef92dec9148c6727f9779e8b23800f06260
MD5 hash:
8fb5863356fd4d1d74697aec919b07f4
SHA1 hash:
967caffb512da12ab9dc106004e2ad6b6809538b
Detections:
INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3fd2fb7f-633d-493a-bf42-6a50ba0ac4f2/
Parent samples :
bde515aa510b4c30129ab004d7edaab51539f3170289be077bc2649168ccafa4
24b68cc56ca49a71fe5b439d0c765afe01552472c3793562519984803e8d1db7
479ca9e4974c18451cc33514037e524b1e04aea73d7ea1e2cec19ae5d443bb5d
5531654e84b8a3de3ce10423d12052f06db68e27805f874a1c4142bc27b0a37e
9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621
3c23073583bd33a068be551134983e7958884cb7656a4da03d9cc737b262f1ee
c9a7422e9bda1f8e36f23648857c16fe5332be73c474503b6502eccf4d5ed059
e37c838dc5eaa1b302ffbd8721c6a5f52a068e8f78bbec63b19b950462fe6cf8
fc72b3ca2ae3fb65114b8c60e539aec25d8e0383204e7cda9794e8b66d2a098c
9843f5987f4cc3ecb4dc341853be6549567da44e273162a36841020464cd9258
SH256 hash:
a6e326b4d0e4e97eb300316fffc5bf455115e6a8d85291aee0160d81b9ac6809
MD5 hash:
c12c8ee75d2be066f319b01408c36bf8
SHA1 hash:
aa6f75210f7cffd2435a85b2f745159fcf63ea5a
Detections:
darkcloudstealer
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INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
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INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
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MALWARE_Win_A310Logger
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MALWARE_Win_DarkCloud
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3fd2fb7f-633d-493a-bf42-6a50ba0ac4f2/
SH256 hash:
579dfee5bec096f6ee7c7e71e8e5f28df69c2ce100f3337a4e44124150c1ab59
MD5 hash:
ff02541954d4ae6eaeffa67273bba330
SHA1 hash:
df298d24d70a860f0c3f3f6a70bdd180cd98391b
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3fd2fb7f-633d-493a-bf42-6a50ba0ac4f2/
SH256 hash:
3b75425895af4ae3186b36277553641e37ca1d620ae18d68e40d13351b54de6a
MD5 hash:
94d1531b52774dce52a89e33646d5b1d
SHA1 hash:
29bf887b025b97bd7a9e1e261852ba824234a625
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3fd2fb7f-633d-493a-bf42-6a50ba0ac4f2/
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/9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:NET
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Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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Rule name:pe_imphash
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Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
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Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information

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Malspam

DarkCloud

Executable exe 9e4efb8300d61fa29a18a9169965c531fc547234d3ced0532aa341f899801621

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Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/53085/

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