General

  • Target
    a8afc525e8ae9a9c34f01e2efb7fdab0_NeikiAnalytics
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample240516-gh4mesee7w
  • SHA256 4123eccc2d223d14ab820f328e26e109a0a6fa4a58648122fbc0fa352d242836
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      a8afc525e8ae9a9c34f01e2efb7fdab0_NeikiAnalytics
    • Size 2.9MB
    • SHA256 4123eccc2d223d14ab820f328e26e109a0a6fa4a58648122fbc0fa352d242836
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    • 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.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Tasks