darkcomet | 227aad47efdb70e05e55129fc1f755f57ef5bccd62ef29371a91979313b9ccdc

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Size

756KB
MD5

644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960
SHA1

7d69bf123b503dd00fb5f6ba352f553fdc5154a0
SHA256

227aad47efdb70e05e55129fc1f755f57ef5bccd62ef29371a91979313b9ccdc
SHA512

5ac45d8d980e22bce9f25e7b708de34c677712c3fe49fa2fd118cf0263449e02061b30986bae0083870be6538c173e1ffc81ab87769504e49ffc5e22807529b9
SSDEEP

12288:u9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/huFIIhIIo:6Z1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EB3

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 discovery evasion rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

C2

127.0.0.1:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-9AZJ7BF

Attributes

gencode
J9uBSGkV1jEC
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

Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "0"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\wscsvc\Start = "4"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs

evasion

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Disables Task Manager via registry modification
evasion

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.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 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	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	notepad.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: 33	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: 34	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: 35	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Token: 36	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82
PID 4512 wrote to memory of 1460	4512	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe	82

System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion\Explorern	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion\Explorern\NoControlPanel = "1"	JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_644b895cc3bc1c8db5d638534b657960.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- Modifies security service
- Windows security bypass
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Windows security modification
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:4512
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
  notepad
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1460

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

3

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

1

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

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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Downloads

memory/1460-1-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4512-0-0x0000000002290000-0x0000000002291000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4512-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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