Analysis Overview
SHA256
2896d43819e9b8b9f376018561a2105d1ecd3dfc26042370e89916ee217c3996
Threat Level: Known bad
The file JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Darkcomet family
Darkcomet
Checks BIOS information in registry
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Checks processor information in registry
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-02-28 19:45
Signatures
Darkcomet family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-02-28 19:45
Reported
2025-02-28 19:48
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
128s
Command Line
Signatures
Darkcomet
Darkcomet family
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2336 set thread context of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2696 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
Files
memory/2336-0-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C1000-memory.dmp
memory/2336-2-0x00000000024D0000-0x00000000024D2000-memory.dmp
memory/1904-3-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1904-4-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008D1000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DESERT.JPG
| MD5 | ba45c8f60456a672e003a875e469d0eb |
| SHA1 | 30420d1a9afb2bcb60335812569af4435a59ce17 |
| SHA256 | 010f60d2927a35d0235490136ef9f4953b7ee453073794bcaf153d20a64544ea |
| SHA512 | 5d661a7855bc2cf0678aa7e0c4713d0f7f68c1b72bf14660ccee48e8994dbaa6431c81d81184bdbac6e0ee9bd38df06937255f1da277007d77603829465feca1 |
memory/2696-10-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-8-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-6-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2336-12-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-13-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-14-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-11-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-15-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-16-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/1904-17-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008D1000-memory.dmp
memory/2696-18-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-02-28 19:45
Reported
2025-02-28 19:48
Platform
win10v2004-20250217-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
154s
Command Line
Signatures
Darkcomet
Darkcomet family
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1388 set thread context of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
| PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2788 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_341d254329cf99d1251c66f2bae87c71.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| GB | 2.18.66.179:443 | www.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | softwareone.no-ip.info | udp |
Files
memory/1388-0-0x00000000021F0000-0x00000000021F1000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-2-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-4-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-5-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-6-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-9-0x0000000002AB0000-0x0000000002AB1000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-8-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-7-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-3-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-10-0x0000000013140000-0x00000000132DF000-memory.dmp