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DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52)

DarkGate first emerged in 2018 and has evolved into an initial access and data gathering tool associated with various criminal cyber operations. Written in Delphi and named "DarkGate" by its author, DarkGate is associated with credential theft, cryptomining, cryptotheft, and pre-ransomware actions.(Citation: Ensilo Darkgate 2018) DarkGate use increased significantly starting in 2022 and is under active development by its author, who provides it as a Malware-as-a-Service offering.(Citation: Trellix Darkgate 2023)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Financial Theft - T1657 (851e071f-208d-4c79-adc6-5974c85c78f3) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern 1
Debugger Evasion - T1622 (e4dc8c01-417f-458d-9ee0-bb0617c1b391) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware AutoHotKey & AutoIT - T1059.010 (3a32740a-11b0-4bcf-b0a9-3abd0f6d3cd5) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Unsecured Credentials - T1552 (435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Disk Content Wipe - T1561.001 (fb640c43-aa6b-431e-a961-a279010424ac) Attack Pattern 1
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Application Window Discovery - T1010 (4ae4f953-fe58-4cc8-a327-33257e30a830) Attack Pattern 1
DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Compute Hijacking - T1496.001 (a718a0c8-5768-41a1-9958-a1cc3f995e99) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Rename Legitimate Utilities - T1036.003 (bd5b58a4-a52d-4a29-bc0d-3f1d3968eb6b) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware System Location Discovery - T1614 (c877e33f-1df6-40d6-b1e7-ce70f16f4979) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Inhibit System Recovery - T1490 (f5d8eed6-48a9-4cdf-a3d7-d1ffa99c3d2a) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable - T1574.007 (0c2d00da-7742-49e7-9928-4514e5075d32) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 (10ffac09-e42d-4f56-ab20-db94c67d76ff) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Double File Extension - T1036.007 (11f29a39-0942-4d62-92b6-fe236cf3066e) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware System Shutdown/Reboot - T1529 (ff73aa03-0090-4464-83ac-f89e233c02bc) Attack Pattern 1
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Data Obfuscation - T1001 (ad255bfe-a9e6-4b52-a258-8d3462abe842) Attack Pattern 1
DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Hide Infrastructure - T1665 (eb897572-8979-4242-a089-56f294f4c91d) Attack Pattern DarkGate - S1111 (6f6f67c9-556d-4459-95c2-78d272190e52) Malware 1
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 2
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern AutoHotKey & AutoIT - T1059.010 (3a32740a-11b0-4bcf-b0a9-3abd0f6d3cd5) Attack Pattern 2
Disk Wipe - T1561 (1988cc35-ced8-4dad-b2d1-7628488fa967) Attack Pattern Disk Content Wipe - T1561.001 (fb640c43-aa6b-431e-a961-a279010424ac) Attack Pattern 2
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 2
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern 2
Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3) Attack Pattern Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2) Attack Pattern 2
DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern 2
Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern 2
Compute Hijacking - T1496.001 (a718a0c8-5768-41a1-9958-a1cc3f995e99) Attack Pattern Resource Hijacking - T1496 (cd25c1b4-935c-4f0e-ba8d-552f28bc4783) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern 2
Account Manipulation - T1098 (a10641f4-87b4-45a3-a906-92a149cb2c27) Attack Pattern Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern 2
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Rename Legitimate Utilities - T1036.003 (bd5b58a4-a52d-4a29-bc0d-3f1d3968eb6b) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) Attack Pattern 2
Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable - T1574.007 (0c2d00da-7742-49e7-9928-4514e5075d32) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Double File Extension - T1036.007 (11f29a39-0942-4d62-92b6-fe236cf3066e) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4) Attack Pattern Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 2
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern 2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 2