General

  • Target

    86ab6a7f9d86cb1bb3ad5b55d788e785092177db39206f73bb23f6251d3c4baf

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • Sample

    200629-qxzww1x966

  • MD5

    27bfb34bccb3534fb28907887ce2d416

  • SHA1

    735ff286a15378f58adc88eb874602ce40fa9876

  • SHA256

    86ab6a7f9d86cb1bb3ad5b55d788e785092177db39206f73bb23f6251d3c4baf

  • SHA512

    c94302184c872e9d31196020e70ce2234196f94e5c0f8cff035babd40f40a1db05e08bca4efeb7080be8b3985eb8606a3cab82a1e701b73b8a6c685cd1acb3b1

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

GuDy

C2

sysprocess.ddns.net:1605

mila031.ddns.net:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-9JVEVBK

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    chkdsk32.exe

  • gencode

    QAMy2R5hRowG

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    SecurityEssentials

Targets

    • Target

      86ab6a7f9d86cb1bb3ad5b55d788e785092177db39206f73bb23f6251d3c4baf

    • Size

      2.0MB

    • MD5

      27bfb34bccb3534fb28907887ce2d416

    • SHA1

      735ff286a15378f58adc88eb874602ce40fa9876

    • SHA256

      86ab6a7f9d86cb1bb3ad5b55d788e785092177db39206f73bb23f6251d3c4baf

    • SHA512

      c94302184c872e9d31196020e70ce2234196f94e5c0f8cff035babd40f40a1db05e08bca4efeb7080be8b3985eb8606a3cab82a1e701b73b8a6c685cd1acb3b1

    • Darkcomet

      DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Identifies Wine through registry keys

      Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Program crash

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1
T1004

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks