darkcomet | 5e4c596fc043671c97a3dd9b8c52e577df180ccfcb43c6b4832b866fd4bc25d8

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Size

550KB
MD5

93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1
SHA1

046cae802afe26f8b52ad5c26bf7b585b7fed288
SHA256

5e4c596fc043671c97a3dd9b8c52e577df180ccfcb43c6b4832b866fd4bc25d8
SHA512

7689b950d1fc92fe79913cbd97f8dae5c8c09feb9f548cb5712a1b9e73ab8dd59a22337f9f29cc45f7910ee7e19086714e2c0ad5bc31578e7fe4c70241ed0de2
SSDEEP

12288:5HUJ4HzMCu3TZHXsHPvGuFNosu1FV9Za9WbSOAp69w:50JuRujtChos0SPp6a

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 defense_evasion discovery rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

C2

86.120.144.30:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-CU201X0

Attributes

gencode
E4J3J=HuBX8S
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
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 firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 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_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.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_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1488793075-819845221-1497111674-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Windows security modification 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_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2924 set thread context of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31

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	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: 33	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: 34	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Token: 35	2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2160	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31
PID 2924 wrote to memory of 2160	2924	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe	31

System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion\Explorern	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CurrentVersion\Explorern\NoControlPanel = "1"	JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2924
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_93869c018a3ede86220ff1f99340b5e1.exe"
  2⤵
  - Modifies firewall policy service
  - Modifies security service
  - Windows security bypass
  - Disables RegEdit via registry modification
  - Checks BIOS information in registry
  - Windows security modification
  - 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
  - System policy modification
  PID:2160

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

3

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

1

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

3

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2160-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-9-0x00000000002F0000-0x00000000002F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2160-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2160-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
868KB

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memory/2924-2-0x0000000074C40000-0x00000000751EB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2924-1-0x0000000074C40000-0x00000000751EB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2924-0-0x0000000074C41000-0x0000000074C42000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2924-5-0x0000000074C40000-0x00000000751EB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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