Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27-11-2022 18:33

General

  • Target

    cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0.exe

  • Size

    485KB

  • MD5

    a026aec96f86b5aa9a5865d1077dae0e

  • SHA1

    cf2e36d388a7f845387a97f3f0c77c77b1c55988

  • SHA256

    cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0

  • SHA512

    c77974434c2f065bcfe6e5bf32e097a0c2d35d05cc0f20e75a421ff9c0a76034f4a72a33ed295c147800f6b937c7f9b4b25dd2ef6d28472b234a0a1ba18a06d0

  • SSDEEP

    12288:xNMAK4dRRmq28Q3v1GxBMsE6dQs4Hc61JX2Upy+:xNn3c/UMsE/cAmS

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Bot

C2

takeit23.chickenkiller.com:6993

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-HEN14M3

Attributes
  • gencode

    9M36A1ngLJGa

  • install

    false

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    false

Signatures

  • Darkcomet

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4676
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /f /v "GoogleUpdate" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinApp\GoogleUpdate.exe.lnk"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /f /v "GoogleUpdate" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WinApp\GoogleUpdate.exe.lnk"
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        PID:4608
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1fc89d06955c1c4974ed8c229c4eecf8bba4ffdbe99be47cdea71378a16d0.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1720

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • memory/1720-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1720-137-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/1720-138-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/1720-139-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/1720-140-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/1720-141-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/4608-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4676-132-0x0000000075310000-0x00000000758C1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.7MB

  • memory/4676-133-0x0000000075310000-0x00000000758C1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.7MB

  • memory/4760-134-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp