MALICIOUS — 656a5cf0c4ea3a166c813b24dc4bce8403afb4305504805d654764712caf5a96.exe

MALICIOUS — 656a5cf0c4ea3a166c813b24dc4bce8403afb4305504805d654764712caf5a96.exe is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a malicious verdict (93/100), attributed to the DarkKomet family. 5 of 52 detection engines flagged it, exhibiting 1 ATT&CK technique.

Identification

• SHA-256: 656a5cf0c4ea3a166c813b24dc4bce8403afb4305504805d654764712caf5a96
• SHA-1: 5961d2b84eced872ba81a0a270b0f7a49dddab7b
• MD5: 4eedba281d6273d442925536aa61b3df
• imphash: 0cdadfa1098d845dd3b4cf92625b5f04
• ssdeep: 49152:jnsnpEjbcBVQej31INRx+TSqTdd1HkQo6SAA:DMpUoBhT1aRxcSUZk36SA
• TLSH: T1716423A550A6F382E7B5DE50BC648DBEA053F89874BE28CCA183D5AD33D052FF422055
• Submitted as: 656a5cf0c4ea3a166c813b24dc4bce8403afb4305504805d654764712caf5a96.exe
• File type: pe · Size: 5298176 bytes
• Verdict: malicious (93/100) · Family: DarkKomet

Source: MalwareBazaar · first seen 2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z · SHA-256 verified

Detections (5 of 52 engines)

• ClamAV (daily): Win.Dropper.DarkKomet-9370806-0
• YARA: JPCERT/CC: JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad
• Microsoft Defender: Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt!pz
• Emsisoft (Emergency Kit): Exploit.CVE-2017-0147
• Kaspersky (KVRT): Trojan.Win32.Eb.s

MITRE ATT&CK

• T1071.001

Why this verdict

The malicious score of 93/100 is the fusion of 4 weighted signals:

• ClamAV (daily) flagged Win.Dropper.DarkKomet-9370806-0 (rule Win.Dropper.DarkKomet-9370806-0) - engine signal, weight 0.90, confidence 0.95
• YARA: JPCERT/CC flagged JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad (rule JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70
• Embedded network infrastructure: http://www.iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwff.com - static signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.60
• communicate over HTTP (rule communicate over HTTP) - capa signal, weight 0.30, confidence 0.60

Dynamic analysis

No runtime behaviour was captured for this sample, so the analysis above is static only. That is a limit of this run rather than evidence the sample does nothing.

Embedded URLs

• http://www.iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwff.com
• http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings

Embedded domains

• www.iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwff.com
• schemas.microsoft.com

Embedded IP addresses

• 192.168.56.20

File paths

• C:\%s\%s
• C:\%s\qeriuwjhrf
• d:\Projects\WinRAR\SFX\build\sfxrar32\Release\sfxrar.pdb
• d:\5

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