General

  • Target

    2654ec9fe7ccee977306d6edd42e76cc5540210dcf1364f8de82b6c1760168ca

  • Size

    283KB

  • Sample

    201108-38sn7fss12

  • MD5

    8907e1d0d4a40c8e246f53531fd91038

  • SHA1

    9c2f5d929f53057e67f1ba925f230127dfaeae07

  • SHA256

    2654ec9fe7ccee977306d6edd42e76cc5540210dcf1364f8de82b6c1760168ca

  • SHA512

    db671efde25adbe37553565ff965228dc3f3b4b899cc4e990f22028ba4758a57a53e15c53464614860ec676068b728a2566bd73be0c021d3f91e12b416aea2b7

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      2654ec9fe7ccee977306d6edd42e76cc5540210dcf1364f8de82b6c1760168ca

    • Size

      283KB

    • MD5

      8907e1d0d4a40c8e246f53531fd91038

    • SHA1

      9c2f5d929f53057e67f1ba925f230127dfaeae07

    • SHA256

      2654ec9fe7ccee977306d6edd42e76cc5540210dcf1364f8de82b6c1760168ca

    • SHA512

      db671efde25adbe37553565ff965228dc3f3b4b899cc4e990f22028ba4758a57a53e15c53464614860ec676068b728a2566bd73be0c021d3f91e12b416aea2b7

    • Darkcomet

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

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • Modifies firewall policy service

    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Sets file to hidden

      Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

    • UPX packed file

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

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1
T1004

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Hidden Files and Directories

2
T1158

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Hidden Files and Directories

2
T1158

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks