Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    31-10-2024 20:23

General

  • Target

    {VKK+KODS}/Vkk.exe

  • Size

    164KB

  • MD5

    c417467a71603bf9373d85720947aa53

  • SHA1

    14d819592c4c5a287f8237fbae8afb136a58404d

  • SHA256

    99e670906e0585ff8b380ed79e5c4a299ca46dc7d121f79513c9710c89925a64

  • SHA512

    ae768d8473121ca4ecaa2593dc4425b3ddf7ff712f34749c69dbd3fef1e8dc74207df2e0647a8e430dc7662e8c7a96f4e39abcf88de83d9fb4c402734c47e1e1

  • SSDEEP

    3072:yT62kltl7utrZ8KIw4T3k69nhTaRGAQyeFo:yTwzlP3kwnBAfQVF

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 45 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 13 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 45 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 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\{VKK+KODS}\Vkk.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{VKK+KODS}\Vkk.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2408
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Combrowser\Fcaxb7I9ITZe2hUWU.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2552
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\Combrowser\10l79m1i778n.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2316
        • C:\Combrowser\BridgeMsDll.exe
          "C:\Combrowser\BridgeMsDll.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2096
          • C:\Program Files\Java\lsm.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Java\lsm.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1776
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3004
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2872
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f276ee2-69f6-11ef-8b31-62cb582c238c\WMIADAP.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2916
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAP" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f276ee2-69f6-11ef-8b31-62cb582c238c\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2616
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f276ee2-69f6-11ef-8b31-62cb582c238c\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2656
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\dtplugin\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2172
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\dtplugin\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2648
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\dtplugin\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2416
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2360
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1596
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1824
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0115-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1033\conhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2500
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0115-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1033\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1008
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0115-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1033\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\lsm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1548
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1640
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1884
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:752
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2988
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2828
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2152
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.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 "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2432
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2812
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2140
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\de-DE\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1544
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\de-DE\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:408
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\de-DE\dllhost.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 "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\lsm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2492
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:692
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1300
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2580
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2448
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2472
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\Locales\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\Locales\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:936
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\Locales\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:680
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\lsm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2436
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1480
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2476
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:872

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Combrowser\10l79m1i778n.bat

    Filesize

    31B

    MD5

    e229e6475655dbf48debe39ea7e4c0d0

    SHA1

    835a9dc7bd837e6096df8d97dff90ab88e656a41

    SHA256

    0ef204e2c7f3c6d5ace003c6864db74cc2f085543409a3366af99a5f45823933

    SHA512

    6aa3ae4bf881de134b54ca4e5f813ed380645091a51762046b41d47e56318a3970a5b4158d302fc887e0ccff41304050364acde8fcf0e126721e0eea1bc42b27

  • C:\Combrowser\Fcaxb7I9ITZe2hUWU.vbe

    Filesize

    199B

    MD5

    75cec359961d378447f24b18efadc0c5

    SHA1

    9fec81fc93c8d8b17a4070057ec8e68da824c14d

    SHA256

    cb4216925fc61c39e18644995303fc6b6eedd4154ce6b10a6e42a71db8170101

    SHA512

    1f0f57c0a11485c656c49d8b897e101660775e8cd7c35c2cb302dabc9bd9024bfd173d7a938f733b12d30636715238325ea6fa4955e344822c512ff4ab030597

  • \Combrowser\BridgeMsDll.exe

    Filesize

    315KB

    MD5

    57566762e7d37fdeae9c4740f16f1b75

    SHA1

    e6d5a1055d1064569977dc54f5ba162348e2bebb

    SHA256

    ea420c16fb24ec295eca3c796d735a758bdc00071d233ff73ee841d56b4b004a

    SHA512

    0d94f11242de7f01804e9e35fd5f422be6bcc62a292d900aa708b01c74472e2bee20dfc682786c88dd26d97614d00b2fc5106b7557d4eff090487ca7032f8783

  • memory/1776-50-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001276000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB

  • memory/2096-13-0x0000000001070000-0x00000000010C6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB