darkcomet | dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	mcsft.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	mcsft.exe
2076	mcsft.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-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Mcrosoft = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\mcsft.exe"	reg.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2520 set thread context of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87

UPX packed file 29 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C8000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c9b-16.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3480-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C8000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2520-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C8000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2076-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-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 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	reg.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mcsft.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mcsft.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	mcsft.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	mcsft.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	mcsft.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	mcsft.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	mcsft.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: 33	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: 34	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: 35	2076	mcsft.exe
Token: 36	2076	mcsft.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe
2520	mcsft.exe
2076	mcsft.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 636	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	82
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 636	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	82
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 636	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	82
PID 636 wrote to memory of 1044	636	cmd.exe	85
PID 636 wrote to memory of 1044	636	cmd.exe	85
PID 636 wrote to memory of 1044	636	cmd.exe	85
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 2520	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	86
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 2520	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	86
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 2520	3480	dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe	86
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 2076	2520	mcsft.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dac3e5da705c13f9310825a8f3952d4f6c28501ae8732306e21398080b768c6e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3480
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pnMHG.bat" "
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:636
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Mcrosoft" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mcsft.exe" /f
    3⤵
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1044
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mcsft.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mcsft.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2520
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mcsft.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mcsft.exe
    3⤵
    - 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
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2076

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

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

4

System Information Discovery

5

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery