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Database Entry

DarkComet

Vendor detections: 20

Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e
SHA3-384 hash:	1fb0b83a6c5b61507716dbae3a0977c492fdd356beea2f3d2a894c3cd85bc916b0e08c5135c33e6708a62a163c801fbd
SHA1 hash:	b25b4a0a94984e3ec334763e07e4e2054d5f71d0
MD5 hash:	8f9aeefede63d30a0ffe5149fba087ec
humanhash:	pluto-robin-four-skylark
File name:	Facebook.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	DarkComet Create hunting rule
File size:	775'168 bytes
First seen:	2026-05-14 06:43:32 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	e5b4359a3773764a372173074ae9b6bd (68 x DarkComet, 2 x njrat, 1 x NanoCore)
ssdeep	12288:u9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/hq:6Z1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EBA
Threatray	387 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T1EEF48F31B1908533D86229B98C5BD1E594297D202D347A4B3AF63F4C5B386C7BD1A2EF
TrID	32.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4) 23.0% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2) 15.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 10.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 4.7% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	59cae0e36767e233 (9 x DarkComet, 1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter	Anonymous
Tags:	auto-reg DarkComet delphi email exe RAT spam

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

144

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

DarkComet

Details

DarkComet

a version, an RC4 key, c2 socket address(es), a password, a botnet, and other DarkComet configuration settings

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/bfd2cfd6-fc55-4952-b6d8-86f9d69489f7/

Malware family:

darkcomet

ID:

File name:

Facebook.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-05-14 06:37:14 UTC

Tags:

auto-reg darkcomet rat delphi

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/cecc31fa-247e-45c1-9efe-6c81dabaea43

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

DarkComet

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/65842/

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6a056d9946d6967b3d903bff

Tags:

darkcomet dropper emotet virus

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a window

Creating a file

Launching a service

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Enabling autorun

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm borland_delphi darkcomet darkcomet darkkomet evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger keylogger lolbin packed reconnaissance unsafe virus windows

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a056f4c86e92bda702e7f0a/reports/903c0133-f1f7-4b97-8d4f-981c2b182778/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Backdoor.DarkKomet

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-05-14T03:50:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-05-14T08:04:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Win32.Finlosky.bf Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.diex Trojan-Spy.Win32.Xegumumune.sbc HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.gen Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.xyk Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.eku Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.b Backdoor.DarkKomet.TCP.C&C PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

DarkComet

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/854b5df6-65a0-4358-b10c-3ac9c59ab368

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

5 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/8f9aeefede63d30a0ffe5149fba087ec

Detection:

darkcomet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.DARKCOMET

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e

Threat name:

Win32.Backdoor.DarkComet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-05-14 06:37:28 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

34 of 36 (94.44%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ahssdn66ve5i5oaiqpl3yu255xbkbhxltalst7kg6txgo6iayzha._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

darkcomet

DarkComet

2b0a7d21e0a19d275e1b9a6b357b38e610040e5597753beac81caddc7a262117

DarkComet

2b733276f28e8a547f7e2197e1be209c13718d5371922855264d1a5511ca66a5

DarkComet

5d7f6ab4f324bfaa347af5917a59a9b633f4dd891a96870235c6509fb9e7b5d4

DarkComet

a88cfb093e1297165940818f7bb6e8441fb34462c021c525cba8683b8630e566

DarkComet

c9101aac915418735b74d5120cae0cdef803555d9a8399cf9ee5457d5c790513

DarkComet

e8bf04a96207b70f043bf84c60036abd752e36e1cd042ce9f12e792f079dc8c6

DarkComet

error

DarkComet

+ 377 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Gathering data

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e

MD5 hash:

8f9aeefede63d30a0ffe5149fba087ec

SHA1 hash:

b25b4a0a94984e3ec334763e07e4e2054d5f71d0

Detections:

win_darkcomet_a0

triage_darkcomet_rat

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/2ba4bf81-fcdd-4d2f-bd1b-64cb03f03c50/

Malware family:

DarkComet

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/01e521b7dea9/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

DarkComet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/01e521b7dea93a8eb80883d7bc535dedc2a09eeb981729fd46f4ee677900c64e

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Borland Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	CMD_Ping_Localhost Create hunting rule

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	darkcomet_v1 Create hunting rule
Author:	RandomMalware

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	Intezer_Vaccine_DarkComet Create hunting rule
Author:	Intezer Labs
Description:	Automatic YARA vaccination rule created based on the file's genes
Reference:	https://analyze.intezer.com

Rule name:	Malware_QA_update Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:	VT Research QA

Rule name:	Malware_QA_update_RID2DAD Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:	VT Research QA

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_DarkComet Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects DarkComet

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	RAT_DarkComet Create hunting rule
Author:	Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>
Description:	Detects DarkComet RAT
Reference:	http://malwareconfig.com/stats/DarkComet

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Mustafa Bakhit
Description:	Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_Darkcomet_1df27bcc Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_darkcomet_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator