darkcomet | 6635b6e20c59993ce715ad3b417678a50c29eac1902d25311070b42fedb2be43

System Information Discovery

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

pid process

4524 ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
1712 ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

pid	process
4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winupdater = "C:\\System\\ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe"	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1400 set thread context of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 4524 set thread context of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

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 4 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:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 54 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 34	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 35	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 36	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: 33	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: 33	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: 34	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: 35	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
Token: 36	1712	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 31 IoCs

Processes:

892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exeÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1400 wrote to memory of 3476	1400	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 4524	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 4524	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 4524	3476	892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 1712	4524	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe	ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1400
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\892825d5d30a2594981068fdb52a818e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Drops file in Drivers directory
  - Checks BIOS information in registry
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3476
- - C:\System\ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
    "C:\System\ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4524
  - - C:\System\ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe
      "C:\System\ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä.exe"
      4⤵
      Checks BIOS information in registry
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Checks processor information in registry
      Enumerates system info in registry
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1712

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

4

System Information Discovery

5

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery