darkcomet | 864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
118s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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07/01/2025, 17:26

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General

Target

864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Size

658KB
MD5

21d3a84240f99db2ccf70a6aa22dfdc5
SHA1

5b0f7c85444d3b388568a9f172211855adea14d7
SHA256

864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d
SHA512

d89a13804a38e09b65eb62ecaf8d4b37e0e404d5da9a34628e6490360c0b7d8f5e36c6ec005987e8540e7fc8aec340b607972c371bdcf3d2f36dcd98e946a80a
SSDEEP

12288:S9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/hi:+Z1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EB0

Score

10^/10

darkcomet latentbot asylum discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Asylum

asylumisbaws.zapto.org:1604

Mutex

DCMIN_MUTEX-LZBRHSY

Attributes

InstallPath
DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe
gencode
1upUuGNeNha7
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
DarkComet RAT

Extracted

Family

latentbot

asylumisbaws.zapto.org

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
Darkcomet family
darkcomet
LatentBot
Modular trojan written in Delphi which has been in-the-wild since 2013.
trojan latentbot
Latentbot family
latentbot

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\DCSCMIN\\IMDCSC.exe"	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2904	IMDCSC.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\DarkComet RAT = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\DCSCMIN\\IMDCSC.exe"	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.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	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 48 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: 33	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: 34	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: 35	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: 36	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 33	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 34	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 35	2904	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 36	2904	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2904	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2296 wrote to memory of 2904	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe	82
PID 2296 wrote to memory of 2904	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe	82
PID 2296 wrote to memory of 2904	2296	864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2296
- C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2904

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

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

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\Desktop\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe

Filesize
658KB

MD5
21d3a84240f99db2ccf70a6aa22dfdc5

SHA1
5b0f7c85444d3b388568a9f172211855adea14d7

SHA256
864ee6a5eb1720e3f99cf33ad0253c21f911602300927b561c6cc871a913249d

SHA512
d89a13804a38e09b65eb62ecaf8d4b37e0e404d5da9a34628e6490360c0b7d8f5e36c6ec005987e8540e7fc8aec340b607972c371bdcf3d2f36dcd98e946a80a

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memory/2296-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2296-0-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002501000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2904-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-15-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002181000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2904-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-12-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002181000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2904-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2904-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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