Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17-12-2024 05:06

General

  • Target

    dc83dbd12c5a432a6c168982e55d6c7be89dd0bc4b915e3e93e3a97c8af0ab0d.exe

  • Size

    2.2MB

  • MD5

    b5a1474fcb8f7b9809d52546bd304af3

  • SHA1

    8604fe586fa0d03adaa6608169a62c65c837de7d

  • SHA256

    dc83dbd12c5a432a6c168982e55d6c7be89dd0bc4b915e3e93e3a97c8af0ab0d

  • SHA512

    39931300c863c521957dd5d842c0c6e0d66d2b43663136375e21feb26181bd1c9d4494025e0e7a00b80b51405d1e67bfe825787e60c1b99998463b4e3a49a7ee

  • SSDEEP

    49152:IBJVhKLUy2ich2Y+jCRZCH77sVccM50sF/CwsuVoM:y3hKPFch2YHgbucc00OdoM

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 6 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 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\dc83dbd12c5a432a6c168982e55d6c7be89dd0bc4b915e3e93e3a97c8af0ab0d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dc83dbd12c5a432a6c168982e55d6c7be89dd0bc4b915e3e93e3a97c8af0ab0d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Bridgecontainerserver\VBxKsR3W5qREBSxxvIt5VpzoFdFFANtbsRk6NDfKSHeOxN7UsJds5Ck.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Bridgecontainerserver\SlMo.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3784
        • C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe
          "C:\Bridgecontainerserver/BrokerhostNet.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1592
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3988
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2632
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CEiRp81KtC.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1584
            • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              6⤵
                PID:3588
              • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                ping -n 10 localhost
                6⤵
                • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:4620
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4400
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2620
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4980
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1140
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "BrokerhostNetB" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1164
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "BrokerhostNet" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1544
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "BrokerhostNetB" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1812

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Bridgecontainerserver\BrokerhostNet.exe

      Filesize

      1.9MB

      MD5

      0f91548ca49c64d6a8cd3846854f484c

      SHA1

      033c309b683020221ae189c4236a70c0d3ddd568

      SHA256

      a7883947a5f3c0d74f3eac6c2a6da45555298d769f5e3137e10a3ece14e83dfd

      SHA512

      e207b5545ceed034ec22f13e1a36f13656721b2c9cab97f6ec7ba8195f32ddc1673e1334902b2d4fc0ce393baf7f806bedf4a03a26a8ffe79ad17a87cf9a90a2

    • C:\Bridgecontainerserver\SlMo.bat

      Filesize

      89B

      MD5

      20c75fef4553c17d36635750cfb57049

      SHA1

      8489a5998acaa63326bc1a665c38eb71c5d1f426

      SHA256

      0dcef4794868f563d515bbeee69e35dde750411ee9dcaafdef597806c89cabd0

      SHA512

      2819f6585bd3ee7e9f1703c259b97b21dbacde276186a489acfea0c36f377f751845b50ed00a70e029e95f588193cf69f77aeaf2785e67888378b9f2e95ee92a

    • C:\Bridgecontainerserver\VBxKsR3W5qREBSxxvIt5VpzoFdFFANtbsRk6NDfKSHeOxN7UsJds5Ck.vbe

      Filesize

      204B

      MD5

      e52eec5fe59f0e73555c7d43c0035f62

      SHA1

      e6fcc87b7d260c2fcfff89e28e7d45357357520e

      SHA256

      b5712ce1aa870e16ed1464f1ecd627aed7020bb48c61252471cf9ec0b2d38d7f

      SHA512

      325c467e6519fb72238c62abbb7b89d32016a71416d41f148a38e41853928fc9cc84ed6b096784af9b1ad23c3363316d6b4f3464959127dfee1794cc926d40a7

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

      Filesize

      2KB

      MD5

      d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

      SHA1

      31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

      SHA256

      84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

      SHA512

      8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

      Filesize

      944B

      MD5

      6d42b6da621e8df5674e26b799c8e2aa

      SHA1

      ab3ce1327ea1eeedb987ec823d5e0cb146bafa48

      SHA256

      5ab6a1726f425c6d0158f55eb8d81754ddedd51e651aa0a899a29b7a58619c4c

      SHA512

      53faffbda8a835bc1143e894c118c15901a5fd09cfc2224dd2f754c06dc794897315049a579b9a8382d4564f071576045aaaf824019b7139d939152dca38ce29

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CEiRp81KtC.bat

      Filesize

      179B

      MD5

      ca53b943ddd93e40f6818ca986130a51

      SHA1

      d397f93d1ffc2d323aa8a9decff6908275cc33ab

      SHA256

      34c28cf2d42a39bad6db32ea05ee19a23ecc5ab8f343e019a2bea60b699d087c

      SHA512

      ceda3e2252eb2127afce3cfa3acd9b8e557be08a8f5392ea6fba04309aacfd04ea37f68e2658c0c82143fcd703a2424e36a5507b274100b11688ad93d3499f87

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aed05ggw.yw5.ps1

      Filesize

      60B

      MD5

      d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

      SHA1

      6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

      SHA256

      96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

      SHA512

      5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

    • memory/1592-13-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000F76000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.9MB

    • memory/1592-20-0x000000001BBF0000-0x000000001BC08000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/1592-22-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030AE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1592-24-0x000000001BB90000-0x000000001BB9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1592-18-0x000000001BF80000-0x000000001BFD0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/1592-17-0x000000001BBB0000-0x000000001BBCC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/1592-15-0x0000000003090000-0x000000000309E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1592-12-0x00007FFCEC8A3000-0x00007FFCEC8A5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/2632-38-0x00000196222B0000-0x00000196222D2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/2632-59-0x00000196222E0000-0x00000196224FC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.1MB

    • memory/3988-55-0x00000175A27C0000-0x00000175A29DC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.1MB

    • memory/4400-68-0x000000001CC50000-0x000000001CD52000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.0MB