darkcomet | dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964

General

Target

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe
Size

701KB
MD5

43a4fee32be19010f5362c6392012ff0
SHA1

032800acaef48eb6dad5dbd7daf47f15186f0bf2
SHA256

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964
SHA512

26548205df7c038d648c2ff639fa25cd762af3187c46afe7ff5aedd24d129c975be66a7250e4dde85a131c80806b02c1ed37fd05faba3e12180cacebff73116c
SSDEEP

12288:U3hC5WptkkSS7lvfKjSRimWEms0gZcOo8lzeKHk41JI4KuMlLoce:bApGkSKhKOR3U0Zch8lzBE41JI4DMR

Score

10^/10

darkcomet discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3456	svchost.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Essentials = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MsMpEng.exe"	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5020 set thread context of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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

Processes:

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 25 IoCs

Processes:

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exesvchost.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3456	svchost.exe
Token: 33	3456	svchost.exe
Token: 34	3456	svchost.exe
Token: 35	3456	svchost.exe
Token: 36	3456	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3456	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes:

dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86
PID 5020 wrote to memory of 3456	5020	dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbb565ece62394c8c288037a7d1e214ff83c2f55103e9ddc2b4f79c7e0264964N.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5020
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3456

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

Filesize
34KB

MD5
e118330b4629b12368d91b9df6488be0

SHA1
ce90218c7e3b90df2a3409ec253048bb6472c2fd

SHA256
3a0f2936b8c45e8ba3458d69d7859a63844469e698652e15fb56639d32f40cc9

SHA512
ac91c04cb20223dbaaf594440cb778dff36e857921be427c8528ba4c6cdb3e8bf8e71e1ae8af7bde9c04ff5b97b379231625bc1a2b66aba2f98cd340cd8a94b0

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memory/3456-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-15-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3456-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/3456-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
700KB

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memory/5020-2-0x0000000074C60000-0x0000000075211000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/5020-1-0x0000000074C60000-0x0000000075211000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/5020-0-0x0000000074C62000-0x0000000074C63000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5020-14-0x0000000074C60000-0x0000000075211000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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