darkcomet | 9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
140s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
18/12/2024, 02:06

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General

Target

9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
Size

574KB
MD5

40954ac79f5cb469a81355564e19b49c
SHA1

61fe293c804fd003f65587a8c88047ee9034da9c
SHA256

9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3
SHA512

21a01cd8e3a80ebcc6a9feaacf19bf1b7296a10de1eb509a76c394b56e1b423557d480b49c9a669f81b1dd09d8e603f6c5b3cf4a406b2525b8a082bddcd2739d
SSDEEP

12288:zCyEHAWAdljmJqkC3xMX85FSR2f9A08NIX+Vjwd4G/3z1ET4m3HdsubY:zFhWAfn22m0eD1GPz8Hdx0

Score

10^/10

darkcomet discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2592	Soundcrd.exe
2156	Soundcrd.exe
560	Soundcrd.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2592	Soundcrd.exe
2592	Soundcrd.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-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Mcrosoftt = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Soundcrd.exe"	reg.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2592 set thread context of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 set thread context of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36

UPX packed file 20 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2156-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/560-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/560-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/560-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/560-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-86-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-90-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-94-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-98-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2156-102-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-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 6 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	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.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	Soundcrd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Soundcrd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Soundcrd.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	560	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: 33	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: 34	2156	Soundcrd.exe
Token: 35	2156	Soundcrd.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
2592	Soundcrd.exe
560	Soundcrd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2820	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	31
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2820	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	31
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2820	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	31
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2820	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	31
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 2976	2820	cmd.exe	33
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 2976	2820	cmd.exe	33
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 2976	2820	cmd.exe	33
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 2976	2820	cmd.exe	33
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2592	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	34
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2592	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	34
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2592	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	34
PID 2648 wrote to memory of 2592	2648	9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe	34
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 2156	2592	Soundcrd.exe	35
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36
PID 2592 wrote to memory of 560	2592	Soundcrd.exe	36

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9400cc468e1e76428cb4d4541872ad27f69c640a78aab60e42ad2802edcd80b3.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2648
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SoNeM.bat" "
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2820
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Mcrosoftt" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe" /f
    3⤵
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2976
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2592
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.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
    PID:2156
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:560

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

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SoNeM.bat

Filesize
139B

MD5
173bcce4810d4901872d0ef4f0bfea4e

SHA1
561b03fdfe68b6419fddf57f32e1aab9a6126a2f

SHA256
10ea37eceabbe80fe9814280b66b957636951dbeeed18a9b4d50a1d24a6f1d1d

SHA512
2401e0a5e3f7bf590a0767449da2249d09717e8c1cb71a7475e81d9615580001cfc38705cd1a5b4edc33f7df043bf195e28e4a5442a32bc879dffc6473bd545e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Soundcrd.exe

Filesize
574KB

MD5
9ae2165f96e3eb2ca6886ef94bb8fb47

SHA1
37ed8853a01fd2fb8af101eb348273c7904e9707

SHA256
b1c6d1cd525e4819327842e947f4b395220fd9c80fb2cb4a787f8a9b89af141c

SHA512
183cd1892c9b5358dcdd78202b7bd24ff23602c8e39ff2dd13eff6580d73c0fe4d08da6e93820021c24d145b1308cefcb94b6ce688ea32940383bef0eccce3bd

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memory/560-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/560-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/560-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/560-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2156-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-98-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-86-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-90-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-94-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

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724KB

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memory/2156-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2156-102-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2592-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2592-53-0x0000000002C40000-0x000000000302A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2592-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2592-63-0x0000000002C40000-0x000000000302A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-75-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003CFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-47-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003CFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-43-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003CFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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memory/2648-44-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003CFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.9MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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