Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    46s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 19:16

General

  • Target

    37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f.exe

  • Size

    690KB

  • MD5

    4f2ac7edd1bda1c4e4d629b42ce590ef

  • SHA1

    8eb7ad9073f82112d2327b85dc47813666dda5a6

  • SHA256

    37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f

  • SHA512

    f22625988d8d284a5212e458a2593950c3e3f8a6667bee246e4be281e2a057d9b642085ad9afb7f9cd647eb4360c214b4de71fc09e6821ab4985a10888e12d55

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Darkcomet

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

  • Modifies firewall policy service 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Sets file to hidden 1 TTPs

    Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies firewall policy service
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:748
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f.exe" +s +h
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
        attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\37e0c72ff5d602968aa7c84e60d0690111f99c30cea4aa36381a990ac870c29f.exe" +s +h
        3⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:2032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1876
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
        attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
        3⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:2028
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies firewall policy service
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
        notepad
        3⤵
          PID:1984

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Persistence

    Modify Existing Service

    1
    T1031

    Hidden Files and Directories

    2
    T1158

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Hidden Files and Directories

    2
    T1158

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    1
    T1082

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    Downloads

    • memory/748-54-0x00000000763E1000-0x00000000763E3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1876-56-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1936-55-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1984-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2028-57-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2032-58-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp