General

  • Target

    ccc9396f0e4b7501d5a1e964ed76ce38cb933447ad1836956ecb56460cab9d63

  • Size

    693KB

  • Sample

    221002-pe9y2aeef6

  • MD5

    6de7cd0ab88ab2804c3406df023bb3a0

  • SHA1

    edf82e682f3eed25b22755ae52226131d9ccaf66

  • SHA256

    ccc9396f0e4b7501d5a1e964ed76ce38cb933447ad1836956ecb56460cab9d63

  • SHA512

    2ac5d42ed2ba3282881e2df8afc59043793baad6499eea5fc7dc3ce4e650e986d8833a7eee541b29c74794edaff7ce1ae4630be6c95303687f5714055d0d5368

  • SSDEEP

    12288:BZ8nw7Aaw+qphbSZmoTeBrp8pLKHxA/qnGIVuett6C63qGWKPMto3bybWBTBn/r:BZ8wEaL0oyBVSgJnGIVjGWFKbvn/r

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

HackEd

C2

net0.noip.me:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-TEWLSPF

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    Microsoft\windows\explorer.exe

  • gencode

    J5KZ635fLizV

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    Microsoft Windows

Targets

    • Target

      ccc9396f0e4b7501d5a1e964ed76ce38cb933447ad1836956ecb56460cab9d63

    • Size

      693KB

    • MD5

      6de7cd0ab88ab2804c3406df023bb3a0

    • SHA1

      edf82e682f3eed25b22755ae52226131d9ccaf66

    • SHA256

      ccc9396f0e4b7501d5a1e964ed76ce38cb933447ad1836956ecb56460cab9d63

    • SHA512

      2ac5d42ed2ba3282881e2df8afc59043793baad6499eea5fc7dc3ce4e650e986d8833a7eee541b29c74794edaff7ce1ae4630be6c95303687f5714055d0d5368

    • SSDEEP

      12288:BZ8nw7Aaw+qphbSZmoTeBrp8pLKHxA/qnGIVuett6C63qGWKPMto3bybWBTBn/r:BZ8wEaL0oyBVSgJnGIVjGWFKbvn/r

    • Darkcomet

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

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • Modifies security service

    • Windows security bypass

    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Sets file to hidden

      Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Deletes itself

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Windows security modification

    • 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

6
T1112

Disabling Security Tools

2
T1089

Hidden Files and Directories

2
T1158

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks