DarkWatchman — Malware Profile
DarkWatchman is a lightweight JavaScript-based remote access tool (RAT) that avoids file operations; it was first observed in November 2021.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (34)
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1010 Application Window Discovery
- T1012 Query Registry
- T1027.004 Compile After Delivery
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation
- T1027.011 Fileless Storage
- T1027.015 Compression
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1036 Masquerading
- T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation
- T1053.005 Scheduled Task
- T1056.001 Keylogging
- T1059.001 PowerShell
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell
- T1059.007 JavaScript
- T1070 Indicator Removal
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1112 Modify Registry
- T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1129 Shared Modules
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1217 Browser Information Discovery
- T1490 Inhibit System Recovery
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
- T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms
- T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography
- T1614 System Location Discovery