General

  • Target

    BootstrapperV1.24.exe

  • Size

    1.4MB

  • Sample

    241006-msq2zazckq

  • MD5

    f930308eca6abad4f340bb4f7497cbe9

  • SHA1

    a785c5b157c4ac9e6355fd4037b5815bd012d3a5

  • SHA256

    18e1d4a98fba8563fe525e6a739811a73e8bb2aeb149bd27185dddcf4e1acf0b

  • SHA512

    2fa502615cc662ac0b0df085f371244fe7566292549fed1f23b0fb830fe3b9cda0cb931c81ae8e9b63818f59ab214a4abd06b2e3829265dd424477d578529e51

  • SSDEEP

    24576:+Z1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EBJp5vgHWjTwAlocaKjyyItHDzZ:eQDgok30srLocaKjGD

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Robox

C2

tm6bqni.localto.net:1511

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-Y4ZY6S9

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe

  • gencode

    zoY9mkixxMwi

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    MicroUpdate

Targets

    • Target

      BootstrapperV1.24.exe

    • Size

      1.4MB

    • MD5

      f930308eca6abad4f340bb4f7497cbe9

    • SHA1

      a785c5b157c4ac9e6355fd4037b5815bd012d3a5

    • SHA256

      18e1d4a98fba8563fe525e6a739811a73e8bb2aeb149bd27185dddcf4e1acf0b

    • SHA512

      2fa502615cc662ac0b0df085f371244fe7566292549fed1f23b0fb830fe3b9cda0cb931c81ae8e9b63818f59ab214a4abd06b2e3829265dd424477d578529e51

    • SSDEEP

      24576:+Z1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EBJp5vgHWjTwAlocaKjyyItHDzZ:eQDgok30srLocaKjGD

    • Darkcomet

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

    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • 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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

      Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Tasks