General

  • Target

    123.exe

  • Size

    756KB

  • Sample

    230807-x4y7tsad9s

  • MD5

    582e4b5695eb0a820697c02d1f73366d

  • SHA1

    983a481382f49335c74ceff616a7e59253ca7707

  • SHA256

    ddc41b423cac82b9364008f53d63fb544f7a82bd46c248f4cd6be32d2c33b637

  • SHA512

    a9b89b26e1f72f81eb9583e88dca4902afdd997dd9e36ded916e2241b4a75f479a7df0faa678c3bb6825622f7b98f7eddde85fb03a2ac6ce0f759dfb5e4c7dcf

  • SSDEEP

    12288:W9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/heqMd0QZhr:yZ1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EB8D0w

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

C2

opportunity-mandate.gl.at.ply.gg:18976

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-0D8AACQ

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe

  • gencode

    7xscaHGBXpRn

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    false

  • reg_key

    MicroUpdate

Targets

    • Target

      123.exe

    • Size

      756KB

    • MD5

      582e4b5695eb0a820697c02d1f73366d

    • SHA1

      983a481382f49335c74ceff616a7e59253ca7707

    • SHA256

      ddc41b423cac82b9364008f53d63fb544f7a82bd46c248f4cd6be32d2c33b637

    • SHA512

      a9b89b26e1f72f81eb9583e88dca4902afdd997dd9e36ded916e2241b4a75f479a7df0faa678c3bb6825622f7b98f7eddde85fb03a2ac6ce0f759dfb5e4c7dcf

    • SSDEEP

      12288:W9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/heqMd0QZhr:yZ1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EB8D0w

    • Darkcomet

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

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Sets file to hidden

      Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

1
T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

1
T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Hide Artifacts

2
T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

2
T1564.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

Tasks