darkcomet | 5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01

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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2060	mcsft.exe
3696	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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\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 2060 set thread context of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88

UPX packed file 29 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3472-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C9000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b88-16.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2060-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C9000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3472-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C9000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2060-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007C9000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-57-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3696-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-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	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
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

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	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: 33	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: 34	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: 35	3696	mcsft.exe
Token: 36	3696	mcsft.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe
2060	mcsft.exe
3696	mcsft.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 4036	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	83
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 4036	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	83
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 4036	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	83
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 4756	4036	cmd.exe	86
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 4756	4036	cmd.exe	86
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 4756	4036	cmd.exe	86
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 2060	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	87
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 2060	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	87
PID 3472 wrote to memory of 2060	3472	5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe	87
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 3696	2060	mcsft.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5eb8d1a7895ced50087c63c9df44b5a81c83387d933cd8fa75878ac913f73a01.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3472
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oNlkd.bat" "
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4036
- - 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:4756
- 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:2060
- - 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:3696

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