DarkComet can open an active screen of the victim’s machine and take control of the mouse and keyboard.3
tool
DarkComet S0334
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 29 January 2019
- Last modified
- 12 May 2026
18
TechniquesTop 25%
10
TacticsTop 6%
3
Threat groupsunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0334
DarkComet has the option to compress its payload using UPX or MPRESS.4
DarkComet has dropped itself onto victim machines with file names such as WinDefender.Exe and winupdate.exe in an apparent attempt to masquerade as a legitimate file.6
DarkComet can list active processes running on the victim’s machine.8
Standing S0334
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques18Top 25%
75th percentile · 75% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics10Top 6%
94th percentile · 94% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Threat groups361% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique39.5medTop 14%
86th percentile · 86% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique5.5med
Detection coverage S0334
1070 distinct rules cover the 18 techniques recorded for this tool. The 1119 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1070 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 696 Sigma · 374 Splunk.
18 covered by at least one rule1070 distinct rules in total
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