darkcomet | 21862f20df507bcece9fdb0e697acefd086a63c0e4fb43016acf01ef72d8d1c1

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
141s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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29/03/2025, 18:40

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Size

662KB
MD5

924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984
SHA1

802fcab3a7296b5300cba4a32a1d5d4fb15e4ebb
SHA256

21862f20df507bcece9fdb0e697acefd086a63c0e4fb43016acf01ef72d8d1c1
SHA512

13ef8d694e10d704d515f6ba3ce3aa9d4578a5951369839a7e64de5605337b40c11e99847ac413e5d6278d47a1b321ca41a75245cf5457eee574e99989ace9b4
SSDEEP

12288:M3OpvNW4a76S/Ddon/m09bbYlIaaMcE2YGhq3vo1RnfAvIESJgoE26yc/Rc:aOA4aWNn/m09fKIaaBEtWq3A1Ov8JgbO

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 defense_evasion discovery rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

pacemaker.no-ip.biz:1258

pacemaker.no-ip.biz:82

192.168.1.101:82

192.168.1.101:1258

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-FGWXJRC

Attributes

gencode
oUu0C51dRXvo
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
password
illuminati
persistence
false

rc4.plain

Signatures

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

Sets file to hidden 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
5392	attrib.exe
344	attrib.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-1-5-21-1062200478-553497403-3857448183-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.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 6 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_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	notepad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	attrib.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	attrib.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: 33	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: 34	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: 35	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
Token: 36	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 316	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	87
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 316	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	87
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 316	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	87
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 1880	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	89
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 1880	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	89
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 1880	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	89
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 5108	2216	JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe	90
PID 316 wrote to memory of 5392	316	cmd.exe	92
PID 316 wrote to memory of 5392	316	cmd.exe	92
PID 316 wrote to memory of 5392	316	cmd.exe	92
PID 1880 wrote to memory of 344	1880	cmd.exe	93
PID 1880 wrote to memory of 344	1880	cmd.exe	93
PID 1880 wrote to memory of 344	1880	cmd.exe	93

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
5392	attrib.exe
344	attrib.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2216
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe" +s +h
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:316
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
    attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_924fbcbd59c17edda2beb2c3cb6b4984.exe" +s +h
    3⤵
    - Sets file to hidden
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:5392
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1880
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
    attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
    3⤵
    - Sets file to hidden
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:344
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
  notepad
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5108

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

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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memory/2216-0-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2216-2-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2216-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/2216-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

Download
memory/5108-1-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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