darkcomet | 468544b3360452725d49c27e4a6026c00c7ed2d7cf4227b820d78b2fd765cdf7

Analysis

max time kernel
14s
max time network
18s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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25/02/2025, 23:16

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Size

762KB
MD5

23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d
SHA1

03a4657be09d447cd6a7ffbd19e6ad7bb72deefe
SHA256

468544b3360452725d49c27e4a6026c00c7ed2d7cf4227b820d78b2fd765cdf7
SHA512

135ee24bad1c9e6241707324a29f1855f94d77f182b7a74535e22b3eaf04fa97a7dfad4b59432397ad9cf17e384a95800b65bca4c5c2cbc65d75d8bac6109d17
SSDEEP

12288:/FLlJnnbWOtz6sVJhvaz1Qc/WdI//vfM4qwrbkniafLo6vUTyl0w/q9jJLGl:N3nbWmJVJFwSddIXvfhqbiaxvRxq9

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 defense_evasion discovery rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

evil1.no-ip.org:999

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-D8DKSMN

Attributes

gencode
l.Sf5L=12f��
install
false
offline_keylogger
false
persistence
false

rc4.plain

Signatures

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

Modifies security service 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\wscsvc\Start = "4"	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\wscsvc\Start = "4"	iexplore.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

defense_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_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	iexplore.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_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_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1056 set thread context of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30

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 3 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	iexplore.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: 33	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: 34	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: 35	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: 33	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: 34	2740	iexplore.exe
Token: 35	2740	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1484	DllHost.exe
1484	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1484	DllHost.exe
1484	DllHost.exe
1484	DllHost.exe
1484	DllHost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 2740	1056	JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_23196ccae16e0d81d91ab0b5f323ed8d.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies security service
- Windows security bypass
- Windows security modification
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1056
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
  2⤵
  - Modifies security service
  - Windows security bypass
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2740

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1484

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

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\LONG LEG PALLET TRUCK.JPG

Filesize
7KB

MD5
39a15ffb3fcf51173723f1a63c060f89

SHA1
02c5bade3b21d8c646f33fd2e520808abde2f4a4

SHA256
2a422d807f22e0b4286f0de79879e61a046e79ecb62e01fbe7fe0fd6e1b1c5e7

SHA512
75679723915d97e25852627ca4d4057ea86b2b63ff8b25f3e91554b8cfcd20384d90cb1e6850170a0266f9aed5dcd59218f46c47d2e39a6d78c5814b0862b76c

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memory/1056-0-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1056-2-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1056-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
816KB

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memory/1484-3-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000162000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1484-4-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1484-9-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2740-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
816KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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