General

  • Target

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755(DCRat).zip

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • Sample

    230324-w28staaf6s

  • MD5

    65c73c59b9a7d0cc7365d155370477a3

  • SHA1

    bc840bb02b11a108f3d3a2dd45c44a7b6c0e0f91

  • SHA256

    2f0cdc7d4ba53c01c835c4f1dfd15d7bd86f96ed767a279cb9c8529b44cd4931

  • SHA512

    7f249085e437b3bbc09f626fca4be72f1f029d1c73d82e26e9deb8f720ac2d8ac4a05ad009868c87d0ae5ba7d11dc9a8f66664edb36a412c5a6f7c02deecde7c

  • SSDEEP

    49152:L66Ez19qIhCEQT9QSVIOrWd+83ZxyDl+YnaJxfC0C7x8QUVbwIhpU:LwXqJEuVuDbyDAKa760YuQUp4

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe

    • Size

      2.4MB

    • MD5

      0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

    • SHA1

      8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

    • SHA256

      3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

    • SHA512

      7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

    • SSDEEP

      49152:bkcwlRFUh2b69Cs9MR3uh+tytRY1aLXYqIiiJd2EHt:bkdlRI3ceI1azYqWj

    • DcRat

      DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

    • Process spawned unexpected child process

      This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

    • UAC bypass

    • DCRat payload

      Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Tasks