Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01/07/2024, 22:46

General

  • Target
    69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample240701-2qbltsybpm
  • SHA256 69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 12 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 55 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4756
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2116
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2512
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\TextInputHost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Default User\taskhostw.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3708
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\RuntimeBroker.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2704
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3600
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1704
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2564
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3652
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1784
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:932
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3832
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\taskhostw.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1172
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4164
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:868
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5048
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5056

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        csrss.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\csrss.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 69b3e48720cfad7aa56dad615ef3d131f0f17db50c57352ee258619ff659ecc3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 cce65b73cdfe9304bcd5207913e8b60fb69faa20cd3b684f2b0343b755b99438
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_15rkfq0r.5ox.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_15rkfq0r.5ox.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2704-111-0x00000247A5C30000-0x00000247A5C52000-memory.dmp

        memory/3600-176-0x000000001D050000-0x000000001D152000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-6-0x00000000012A0000-0x00000000012A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-19-0x00007FFB52010000-0x00007FFB52AD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-12-0x000000001B710000-0x000000001B71C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-13-0x000000001B720000-0x000000001B72C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-10-0x0000000002D20000-0x0000000002D28000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-8-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D06000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-14-0x000000001B730000-0x000000001B73C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-15-0x000000001BFA0000-0x000000001BFAE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-17-0x000000001BFC0000-0x000000001BFCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-16-0x000000001BFB0000-0x000000001BFB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-18-0x000000001C010000-0x000000001C01C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-9-0x0000000002D10000-0x0000000002D1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-22-0x00007FFB52010000-0x00007FFB52AD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-0-0x00007FFB52013000-0x00007FFB52015000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-7-0x0000000002CE0000-0x0000000002CF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-5-0x000000001BD50000-0x000000001BDA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-163-0x00007FFB52010000-0x00007FFB52AD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-4-0x0000000002CB0000-0x0000000002CCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-3-0x0000000001290000-0x000000000129E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-2-0x00007FFB52010000-0x00007FFB52AD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-1-0x00000000008C0000-0x0000000000A72000-memory.dmp