Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/10/2026, 05:14
General
- Target jaffacakes118_68416db3970a80c3a15336c8c9e343ad1f8fb1b65be618596d527973fa3cf15b.exe
- Size 660KB
- Sample261002-fxeq6sxemb
- SHA256 68416db3970a80c3a15336c8c9e343ad1f8fb1b65be618596d527973fa3cf15b
Malware Config
Extracted
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darkcomet
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Guest16_min
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elirangabbay.no-ip.biz:1604
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DCMIN_MUTEX-HR1M4BB
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InstallPath
DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe
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gencode
07mf16M6XDHh
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install
true
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offline_keylogger
true
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persistence
false
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reg_key
DarkComet RAT
Signatures
- Family: Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- 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.
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_68416db3970a80c3a15336c8c9e343ad1f8fb1b65be618596d527973fa3cf15b.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_68416db3970a80c3a15336c8c9e343ad1f8fb1b65be618596d527973fa3cf15b.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\Documents\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Users\Admin\Documents\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exeC:\Users\Admin\Documents\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
IMDCSC.exe
memory/1176-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/1176-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-27-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-0-0x00000000023B0000-0x00000000023B1000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-1-0x00000000004A1000-0x00000000004A2000-memory.dmp
memory/4828-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B5000-memory.dmp