Analysis

  • max time kernel
    296s
  • max time network
    313s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    07/07/2024, 15:06

General

  • Target

    QuasarModded.scr

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    a4804946374d70da63b45d48c0de6188

  • SHA1

    a00c5b21387aa3b2fa9eafd8bd3d0159de32454f

  • SHA256

    e5f8616d5ed2e6e1538b238c2ef7d13ee680406899fa14cae2ad54bede356d4a

  • SHA512

    d3e9bff12b39e2d4602e947be84606ffbd7af2bc9b0785721d9caf679163749892b7fa2cc33c76def45b275ce2971fef1a27d0369f857c42dca2dfd666631f5c

  • SSDEEP

    24576:u2G/nvxW3WieCaZtNvoYU367xprsfVwkR4QuYN0wnxvjd:ubA3jGA+ruVwkz6wnxvx

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 33 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.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 33 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 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\QuasarModded.scr
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QuasarModded.scr" /S
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4008
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\bridgewebfontDriver\JPEKY7KdznoNKJ6HgkX9q4NreF.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\bridgewebfontDriver\Gg47yix3Ugv.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5116
        • C:\bridgewebfontDriver\surrogateBrowser.exe
          "C:\bridgewebfontDriver\surrogateBrowser.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2124
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A9cZjy4QhO.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1444
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:3732
              • C:\Users\Public\Pictures\dllhost.exe
                "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\dllhost.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2412
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            4⤵
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:1044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\bridgewebfontDriver\IJ5c76irDFq5p4JLIcG.bat" "
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4708
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /c "echo Loading Windows...."
          3⤵
            PID:3732
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4208,i,13421008738336098502,1902686380018635081,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3940 /prefetch:8
        1⤵
          PID:3756
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\dllhost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4988
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2968
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1316
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4776
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3600
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5096
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\cmd.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3808
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3476
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2456
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\System.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4496
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1148
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3244
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\serviced\wininit.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3116
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\serviced\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4420
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\serviced\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4912
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Cosa\MO\winlogon.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:864
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Cosa\MO\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2520
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Provisioning\Cosa\MO\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:744
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhostw.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3820
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2588
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4572
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\explorer.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4400
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4140
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:224
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "msedgem" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\msedge.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3920
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "msedge" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\msedge.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4100
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "msedgem" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\bridgewebfontDriver\msedge.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4608
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:544
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2592
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1504
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\uk-UA\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1344
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\uk-UA\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4628
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\uk-UA\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1000

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A9cZjy4QhO.bat

          Filesize

          201B

          MD5

          20fc42b0414e9a7fb6713c296f76c9d8

          SHA1

          60f4abbabc5a8267299a68b28ff83a4d6f0529a6

          SHA256

          40b6fa2af2453add3b3870d28a7bfd6210a7cb67fec2d61e9bdfb079ab69a98a

          SHA512

          5fadce53f3330f3527513f879ab77d68b7207b882d7aa1592d6bab388ee9a3e3d634df7a55c6d8f2b32eca4c88615a6731914946ba2a21cbc1fc08fbacf435bf

        • C:\bridgewebfontDriver\Gg47yix3Ugv.bat

          Filesize

          157B

          MD5

          2145812a655fcd7fd26f377cca64e5ac

          SHA1

          12610088154f68594f5416c48cb0542a9d1b7b8d

          SHA256

          fb23c678fc163f761224473afc361013c1fd9d3297a5a99a252d7770b7b46be6

          SHA512

          a93fee719fbc9186c8ad706c05b7abddf40d8ba48aa34d8989c35a6660a4bf8d02273336c96e770bedeefe992041167e7abca2eff21a87da11fe98ff9dc268d0

        • C:\bridgewebfontDriver\IJ5c76irDFq5p4JLIcG.bat

          Filesize

          37B

          MD5

          6cd2aafebcf7db23c74ca6c73a041342

          SHA1

          600fc446485bfd277e415b768766bb9137fbe302

          SHA256

          af30295b156854859a392ca6afcdf01edb5e2df21b31c0787ab9396ddf44cb0e

          SHA512

          eb43e65b3f9296afd5907a95e23a86c2776da0cb7d8bdedb6c3bc30bfd37ec2a78227606d7bf4a3e05bf50248558835c9b2e77a9376b26ae36170a398a8087fa

        • C:\bridgewebfontDriver\JPEKY7KdznoNKJ6HgkX9q4NreF.vbe

          Filesize

          207B

          MD5

          abf61c238f6dd4ecb89a49801a52ce82

          SHA1

          1e61ebb43d17005a986cf3d7d5c93d1ccd9dc0fd

          SHA256

          d4955e52bc64f7bf143f0930a12f45710769c06323cc6ab1742a798b2a4362f3

          SHA512

          142c94171c559b936bd3f880183c7607ed4a9614b84dd6d844b692a4dd36d85a206bc780cd6c5158bc579c1cac75d57289b801b6bd4afe7c8cffb3436585b0d1

        • C:\bridgewebfontDriver\surrogateBrowser.exe

          Filesize

          897KB

          MD5

          9ec0bd3db90819b061753ad50f77741c

          SHA1

          b693c923ccc22944bbc1e8501e05fcc93e88b369

          SHA256

          80fdef187d476f0966a2565f2da801f45772c816f9c6350078a4010c87a26ef5

          SHA512

          93f04bbeeb4df2cca62ca5e1d2888650734e7fc54385a16537c11811085bd9520f770a38984aeeb512f65a8ec48b2285d896072b8400a5624c9c212d02f1bbad

        • memory/2124-17-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010C8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          928KB

        • memory/2124-18-0x00000000032F0000-0x00000000032FE000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          56KB