darkcomet | 3a5c2142b63d3b4058a083d8a0c8d624b46f492f7c280baeee14bd65656b646b

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
148s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20250410-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250410-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
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17/04/2025, 17:25

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Size

286KB
MD5

ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83
SHA1

60e6a9c21eeb1e80572cb6798c7cc0091489ca46
SHA256

3a5c2142b63d3b4058a083d8a0c8d624b46f492f7c280baeee14bd65656b646b
SHA512

5dc9248f5e80bebe75716e5876e42740a8322eea3dd970094d02df2b3cf1971569947c6a0308a87b13777a2ea68bfdc0d8039136baf0910ca50ad55944f60a87
SSDEEP

3072:q3rAsZQCByAxj0v3VGOcZKepLVIfdpxNqaxKZLoZzDu0Ly7Q9+Rjw4bkZbSpsOoC:lVvvFIdhUd8QxW7zRjrbk+sOYSUQF

Score

10^/10

darkcomet prv1 discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

prv1

hackflor.no-ip.info:1605

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-QRC5UD6

Attributes

InstallPath
Windupdt\winupdate.exe
gencode
wSE7KtRakPrd
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
winupdater

rc4.plain

Signatures

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

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Windupdt\\winupdate.exe"	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 3 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	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3148	winupdate.exe
2996	winupdate.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2211465213-323295031-1970282057-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winupdater = "C:\\Windupdt\\winupdate.exe"	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.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 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	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winupdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winupdate.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 12 IoCs

Processor 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\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	winupdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	winupdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\VendorIdentifier	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	winupdate.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	winupdate.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier	winupdate.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: 33	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: 34	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: 35	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: 36	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: 33	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: 34	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: 35	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: 36	3148	winupdate.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2996	winupdate.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3148	winupdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 6112 wrote to memory of 3148	6112	cmd.exe	80
PID 6112 wrote to memory of 3148	6112	cmd.exe	80
PID 6112 wrote to memory of 3148	6112	cmd.exe	80
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 2996	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe	81
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 2996	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe	81
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 2996	3684	JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Adds Run key to start application
- 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:3684
- C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe
  "C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks BIOS information in registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2996

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6112
- C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe
  C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks BIOS information in registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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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C:\Windupdt\winupdate.exe

Filesize
286KB

MD5
ba7109bab9ec6265539b89142e426d83

SHA1
60e6a9c21eeb1e80572cb6798c7cc0091489ca46

SHA256
3a5c2142b63d3b4058a083d8a0c8d624b46f492f7c280baeee14bd65656b646b

SHA512
5dc9248f5e80bebe75716e5876e42740a8322eea3dd970094d02df2b3cf1971569947c6a0308a87b13777a2ea68bfdc0d8039136baf0910ca50ad55944f60a87

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memory/2996-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/2996-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-9-0x0000000002280000-0x0000000002281000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3148-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-17-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002223000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/3148-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3148-8-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002223000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/3148-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3684-1-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002363000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/3684-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
840KB

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memory/3684-14-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002363000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/3684-2-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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