DarkWatchman can collect files from a compromised host.2
tool
DarkWatchman S0673
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 10 January 2022
- Last modified
- 26 August 2024
DarkWatchman is a lightweight JavaScript-based remote access tool (RAT) that avoids file operations; it was first observed in November 2021.[1]
34
TechniquesTop 5%
11
TacticsTop 2%
0
Threat groupsNone recorded
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0673
DarkWatchman reports window names along with keylogger information to provide application context.3
DarkWatchman can query the Registry to determine if it has already been installed on the system.4
DarkWatchman has used the csc.exe tool to compile a C# executable.5
DarkWatchman has used Base64 to encode PowerShell commands.6
DarkWatchman can store configuration strings, keylogger, and output of components in the Registry.7
Standing S0673
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
Techniques34Top 5%
95th percentile · 95% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics11Top 2%
98th percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Threat groups061% 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 / technique21med50th pct
50th percentile · 50% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique4.5med
Detection coverage S0673
1156 distinct rules cover the 34 techniques recorded for this tool. The 1258 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1156 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 785 Sigma · 371 Splunk.
32 covered by at least one rule2 with no coverage1156 distinct rules in total
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