darkcomet | 5b2affa188704510f48eaed61522632ff7d95fd462b1e508ee02538e9d6a3a17

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
147s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
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General

Target
76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 696KB
Sample240727-csjmsatfmf
SHA256 5b2affa188704510f48eaed61522632ff7d95fd462b1e508ee02538e9d6a3a17
MD5 76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887
SHA1 ffc4773dbd5c23e9c99b121ade322b160a76c737
SHA512 993fc6a5f7e931320441e63203b4d4c7efafbac213cbf37af4bc003799c143171f6009b73647232235053f258771f8a68a9e586d76256efcb39e6a5483d30123
SSDEEP 12288:IrcZkHbetlOj86SSHw9J7Yxn1mElPqHGogo8ghowmE+KGucp/lQmXHeAmu7Os:IrcYbefv3SHsQmEnogo8ghrm/p/lQmXp
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

darkcomet latentbot hf discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

192.168.0.2:100
surfingforus.zapto.org:100

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-B4DJA70

Attributes

InstallPath
MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
gencode
ShXk49WH4tyF
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
MicroUpdate

Extracted

Family

latentbot

surfingforus.zapto.org

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
LatentBot
Modular trojan written in Delphi which has been in-the-wild since 2013.
trojan latentbot

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5116	msdcsc.exe
4884	msdcsc.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 212 set thread context of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 5116 set thread context of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msdcsc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msdcsc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	notepad.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 34	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 35	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 36	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: 33	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: 34	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: 35	4884	msdcsc.exe
Token: 36	4884	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
5116	msdcsc.exe
4884	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 53 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 212 wrote to memory of 4336	212	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4336 wrote to memory of 5116	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4336 wrote to memory of 5116	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 4336 wrote to memory of 5116	4336	76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4884	5116	msdcsc.exe	87
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88
PID 4884 wrote to memory of 4464	4884	msdcsc.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:212
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887_JaffaCakes118.exe
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4336
- - C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5116
  - - C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4884
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
        
        notepad
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:4464

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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msdcsc.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
Size 696KB
SHA256 5b2affa188704510f48eaed61522632ff7d95fd462b1e508ee02538e9d6a3a17
MD5 76b27fb0cf68b6bd9e32547856fca887
SHA1 ffc4773dbd5c23e9c99b121ade322b160a76c737
SHA512 993fc6a5f7e931320441e63203b4d4c7efafbac213cbf37af4bc003799c143171f6009b73647232235053f258771f8a68a9e586d76256efcb39e6a5483d30123
SSDEEP 12288:IrcZkHbetlOj86SSHw9J7Yxn1mElPqHGogo8ghowmE+KGucp/lQmXHeAmu7Os:IrcYbefv3SHsQmEnogo8ghrm/p/lQmXp
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memory/4336-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4336-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4336-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4336-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4336-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4464-27-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4884-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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