darkcomet | 8423a3e01e4aae1a0e97a300e5761acaf5cce69c6c699e4c66c4766ec889afa3

General

Target

96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

603KB
MD5

96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb
SHA1

3df2efa1760b489ffd4d87c035829ee6fc1494ef
SHA256

8423a3e01e4aae1a0e97a300e5761acaf5cce69c6c699e4c66c4766ec889afa3
SHA512

4a20b840946fb97a8eb9a64287e5df6dbb98f8688ed81575da040e682d61c60ae9a8907dae200441aa431b45e0cc31b5f2d2f2964b2a42fa683a33bb01cd32c0
SSDEEP

12288:mNdxlPSzIeuLvUeB285FVEQpljNciL9+MkIsfDtHuUTpYxHMG:mNdx3LvpjFOISiMI0tt4HMG

Score

10^/10

darkcomet gspike discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

gspike

C2

neo285.no-ip.org:200

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-XVT3ZME

Attributes

gencode
GuaxUHMQoViE
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2780	vbc.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059

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-1-5-21-3063565911-2056067323-3330884624-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HostProcess = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\HostProcess\\96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe"	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1152 set thread context of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

UPX packed file 25 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2780-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2780-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp	upx

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 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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2780	vbc.exe
Token: 33	2780	vbc.exe
Token: 34	2780	vbc.exe
Token: 35	2780	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2780	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 1152 wrote to memory of 2780	1152	96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\96f22769ad18a62a9aa16e275ae76ceb_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1152
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2780

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

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 Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
34aa912defa18c2c129f1e09d75c1d7e

SHA1
9c3046324657505a30ecd9b1fdb46c05bde7d470

SHA256
6df94b7fa33f1b87142adc39b3db0613fc520d9e7a5fd6a5301dd7f51f8d0386

SHA512
d1ea9368f5d7166180612fd763c87afb647d088498887961f5e7fb0a10f4a808bd5928e8a3666d70ff794093c51ecca8816f75dd47652fd4eb23dce7f9aa1f98

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memory/1152-22-0x0000000074060000-0x000000007460B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1152-1-0x0000000074060000-0x000000007460B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1152-2-0x0000000074060000-0x000000007460B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1152-0-0x0000000074061000-0x0000000074062000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2780-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-29-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000281000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2780-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2780-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-23-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000281000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2780-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2780-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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