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DarkGate - Autoit3.EXE File Creation By Uncommon Process
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Splunk
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DarkGate - Autoit3.EXE File Creation By Uncommon Process
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: DarkGate - Autoit3.EXE File Creation By Uncommon Process
id: 1a433e1d-03d2-47a6-8063-ece992cf4e73
status: test
description: |
Detects the usage of curl.exe, KeyScramblerLogon, or other non-standard/suspicious processes used to create Autoit3.exe.
This activity has been associated with DarkGate malware, which uses Autoit3.exe to execute shellcode that performs
process injection and connects to the DarkGate command-and-control server. Curl, KeyScramblerLogon, and these other
processes consitute non-standard and suspicious ways to retrieve the Autoit3 executable.
references:
- https://github.security.telekom.com/2023/08/darkgate-loader.html
- https://www.kroll.com/en/insights/publications/cyber/microsoft-teams-used-as-initial-access-for-darkgate-malware
- https://github.com/pr0xylife/DarkGate/tree/main
author: Micah Babinski
date: 2023-10-15
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.execution
- attack.t1105
- attack.t1059
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: file_event
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith:
- '\Autoit3.exe'
- '\curl.exe'
- '\ExtExport.exe'
- '\KeyScramblerLogon.exe'
- '\wmprph.exe'
TargetFilename|endswith: '\Autoit3.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules-emerging-threats/2023/Malware/DarkGate/file_event_win_malware_darkgate_autoit3_binary_creation.yml