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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241023-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    07/03/2025, 19:02

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666

  • SHA1

    d5b651f75234877814d8efabb6256fbc23c662ed

  • SHA256

    6deff5735317a9b7addf8d9f8d3aeca1de68364e63b69037b2c916bcaee44003

  • SHA512

    b9c4059148ff6ff96b376b69450a5234b4de8684ef41173601c24140da62a2b623f4117f5f483be478c9542be676cd705511d9540689b247cd44215b8c2f7b37

  • SSDEEP

    24576:D6t9iwCQliK/JJDORRrQl9uM1aIcLkNC2brX5qXI8PP:Wt9iwJTDOPsrNcwNbwxP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

enzcrash

C2

whatthe.no-ip.biz:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-F54S21D

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    winupdate.exe

  • gencode

    =fgh�Num+Xi-

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    Windows Updater

rc4.plain

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Attributes
  • gencode

  • install

    false

  • offline_keylogger

    false

  • persistence

    false

rc4.plain

Signatures

  • Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

  • Blackshades family
  • Blackshades payload 8 IoCs
  • Darkcomet

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

  • Darkcomet family
  • HawkEye

    HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.

  • Hawkeye family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 16 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads local data of messenger clients 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored data of messaging applications, which can include saved credentials and account information.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs

    Steal credentials from unsecured files.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 20 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3036
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_58ef8399e896e60b181961292fb6d666.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2336
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Adds policy Run key to start application
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1828
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2900
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2920
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1324
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:1044
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2928
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2176
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1836
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\windowsupdate.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2464
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2988
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout 5 && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2872
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
            timeout 5
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:2860
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2744
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies firewall policy service
          • Modifies security service
          • Windows security bypass
          • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
          • Checks BIOS information in registry
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:2540
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:1688
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1800
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c timeout 5 && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE
              6⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:804
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout 5
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:1900

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chrtmp

    Filesize

    92KB

    MD5

    444dfcb62fb09ad8de699a5d55d95b79

    SHA1

    f1cef14842b4791879318c31aa79d38d01a7290e

    SHA256

    c0a07d63b5dce56a498bdae1c6729182d736f2592151232d8df3ce7162f865a7

    SHA512

    8dc97ff55ae760728afd046a2ec0fe7947ffc59ded6830f0f8aa2ec4cadb063843b3eefabef4e29dbf7986a5caffc003373ad4abee6fcc47f12e51223696999e

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINDOWSUPDATE.EXE

    Filesize

    163KB

    MD5

    24e2f8699579dc971a255076c08e829f

    SHA1

    5b45b15f4993d3112083b73806415d5eb587b9ea

    SHA256

    2a05046af890c5c4daa47277ccf630ac99228709ee489bd5517ba019fd0f5750

    SHA512

    de76329069c601feb874159360a28e3106dca47c05b069cb4c1d25e80a6fe7a44e6fa756a83c9f4d7da0b1f27628e389aaa60e2db7ae29d5e6d47537acce4a84

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WINUPDTR.EXE

    Filesize

    340KB

    MD5

    55642a17d2b2f4a3b0622380cbd7a398

    SHA1

    54a6f1c9d6f207af5dcea9557b420fade8a30f82

    SHA256

    c8bb9bc16ff8cebc7ec50e94c4d6ee1c884c5bbe57c61b5dde520e953845fca0

    SHA512

    83084e5595f4e5e226f4a924100b8f9d9707b15966aa54956a0169b84c1e852b55f82280f8f9014ec78ece6e151078aa51c4ae2e841f23a44b9c060ad24d0948

  • memory/1688-107-0x00000000002D0000-0x0000000000344000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1688-106-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1688-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-126-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/1828-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/2336-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-36-0x00000000037F0000-0x0000000003864000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/2336-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-16-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2336-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2336-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-125-0x0000000003990000-0x0000000003A04000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/2540-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-105-0x0000000003990000-0x0000000003A04000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    464KB

  • memory/2540-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-114-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2540-113-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000536000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-81-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-60-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2744-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-66-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/2744-69-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.2MB