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Database Entry



DarkComet


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ba44e79fa6d4eff102e72b020e38773313169a506fe122299249966c03ff5929
SHA3-384 hash: ba76df90318b0265ff92bbc32ab2c74f2acb671514aa62c6e810bf53d77f12a312e6d134424e8f5f7f1bab9d88652fba
SHA1 hash: df0098c310c380d37bc196e63b5fed540f64779a
MD5 hash: 211a09040d2cb30152089b6510fbb9f1
humanhash: vegan-sad-florida-pasta
File name:ba44e79fa6d4eff102e72b020e38773313169a506fe122299249966c03ff5929
Download: download sample
Signature DarkComet
File size:258'048 bytes
First seen:2020-11-15 23:19:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash a38ad86d74cafc45094a5085e33419e4 (109 x DarkComet, 1 x njrat)
ssdeep 6144:JcNYk1yuwEDBum3qIWnl0pd0EX3Zq2b6wfIDYm0PHQ3:JcWkbgTIWnYnt/IDYhP
Threatray 77 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH 1F442306FA660E09F2F8FC7F2AC257A7958C067BEEBD0052BB51970EF456A16071D309
Reporter seifreed
Tags:DarkComet

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
811
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for the window
Searching for the Windows task manager window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Setting a keyboard event handler
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Forced shutdown of a system process
Enabling autorun
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Deleting of the original file
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
DarkComet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to log keystrokes
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionalty to change the wallpaper
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Deletes itself after installation
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects files into Windows application
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected DarkComet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 317555 Sample: lZ3MtWGtAG Startdate: 16/11/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 31 Found malware configuration 2->31 33 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->33 35 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->35 37 3 other signatures 2->37 7 lZ3MtWGtAG.exe 1 4 2->7         started        11 msdcsc.exe 2->11         started        13 msdcsc.exe 2->13         started        process3 file4 27 C:\Users\user\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe, PE32 7->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\...\msdcsc.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 7->29 dropped 39 Contains functionality to log keystrokes 7->39 41 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 7->41 43 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 7->43 51 6 other signatures 7->51 15 msdcsc.exe 7->15         started        18 notepad.exe 7->18         started        45 Writes to foreign memory regions 11->45 47 Allocates memory in foreign processes 11->47 49 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 11->49 20 iexplore.exe 11->20         started        22 iexplore.exe 13->22         started        signatures5 process6 signatures7 55 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->55 57 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->57 59 Contains functionality to log keystrokes 15->59 65 6 other signatures 15->65 24 iexplore.exe 15->24         started        61 Deletes itself after installation 18->61 63 Injects files into Windows application 22->63 process8 signatures9 53 Injects files into Windows application 24->53
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.DarkComet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-15 23:22:10 UTC
AV detection:
27 of 28 (96.43%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
darkcomet
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:darkcomet persistence rat trojan upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Deletes itself
Loads dropped DLL
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
UPX packed file
Darkcomet
Modifies WinLogon for persistence
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ba44e79fa6d4eff102e72b020e38773313169a506fe122299249966c03ff5929
MD5 hash:
211a09040d2cb30152089b6510fbb9f1
SHA1 hash:
df0098c310c380d37bc196e63b5fed540f64779a
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Intezer_Vaccine_DarkComet
Author:Intezer Labs
Description:Automatic YARA vaccination rule created based on the file's genes
Reference:https://analyze.intezer.com
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Keylog_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Contains Keylog
Rule name:Malware_QA_update
Author:Florian Roth
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:RAT_DarkComet
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>
Description:Detects DarkComet RAT
Reference:http://malwareconfig.com/stats/DarkComet
Rule name:suspicious_packer_section
Author:@j0sm1
Description:The packer/protector section names/keywords
Reference:http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2012/10/14/random-stats-from-1-2m-samples-pe-section-names/
Rule name:win_darkcomet_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

File information


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