Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    08-01-2025 02:59

General

  • Target

    9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    08e95dabb86201eeb98188769e4fcd62

  • SHA1

    40a819d79a67c7be05f9c0c45ee7558ec58971f9

  • SHA256

    9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7

  • SHA512

    7d9b35d175f4a0c90a48c44930e7f8260e4a16821b4c778bc5fcb1d5a220d29d29520f7b1809918eb5e03dfd16a6dfcfac3fcbfd4cebabcdd38776c5508cf722

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tE9E3RrEdapg6gnUcKnbXq5Qck:UbA30E9ldapLpkQl

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 33 IoCs

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 30 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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.

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 30 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 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\9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1960
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\w1FXjdRze6k4uvStmhH3M.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2152
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\1uTBfrpLb993XlgcpIpPee79uOtZ.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1528
        • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe
          "C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • DcRat
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4556
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tdnSJsnH3X.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3484
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:2292
              • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe
                "C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe"
                6⤵
                • Checks computer location settings
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Drops file in Program Files directory
                • Modifies registry class
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3456
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vok8NPYc2E.bat"
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4048
                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                    8⤵
                      PID:1364
                    • C:\Users\Default User\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
                      "C:\Users\Default User\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe"
                      8⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:2044
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3420
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3100
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:244
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\InputMethod\SHARED\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4672
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\InputMethod\SHARED\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4916
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\InputMethod\SHARED\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1000
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5092
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1764
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2940
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Recent\unsecapp.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1952
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecapp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Recent\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2484
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Recent\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4136
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4456
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1920
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4296
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgentW" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1212
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgent" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2952
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgentW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1456
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.0\explorer.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3268
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.0\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1824
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.0\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3440
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MoUsoCoreWorkerM" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4596
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MoUsoCoreWorker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3280
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MoUsoCoreWorkerM" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2424
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.2\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3336
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.2\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:816
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\8.0.2\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2332
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstallerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3580
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstaller" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:460
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstallerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3116

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\1uTBfrpLb993XlgcpIpPee79uOtZ.bat

        Filesize

        45B

        MD5

        045087efd61d5ab94d918bfd3946a335

        SHA1

        3aff3cfa40d70469614e4228d91a606c83ea7919

        SHA256

        e482a83af3f1dfc25dc04f86b454e21d1107cc9cf5cd18c172c3e3f3b9a3b022

        SHA512

        047d93b004fe7ee1448eb274ee640d104aac06c00d5ea2acdd56b78581d610e93a702e9098d33c985cae2758b3cc502331747fa0979a075aa5c39a30f7910d49

      • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe

        Filesize

        828KB

        MD5

        2effcbfe83a6e643d620bd7221b8d4cc

        SHA1

        37ba35e898bc1135c3be15127d1baf95ea311029

        SHA256

        4618a1f497b813ef1f58a9a256bbd0f418c70ec7340ce9e0a51e343d21095b40

        SHA512

        0dcc2febdf5ad2c5f5bda5680bde51b23ea5d5ea38bdc6bc8dda0d2f0a0ae9c4a619b9a7aabd024da9c45f4df594766d400abd4df07ee30fc4a2869da77d6999

      • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\w1FXjdRze6k4uvStmhH3M.vbe

        Filesize

        226B

        MD5

        965fe1cee13f15bd288f9f8d603a2769

        SHA1

        18ca01b1ee9a9b524ca5aaa1b750c38a1303f7c1

        SHA256

        b6ff2be9587c1e05b35823470a835d0dea7850ff2ed98e57722489db44033a8b

        SHA512

        364a403217a76567c96632741c3f0473a09af1185acff65926aafee1655df5d9f6161f2799d57f6d432e7f87a0ac592cd6ad7f6424c89eac12f793b27d4e9d72

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

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        7f3c0ae41f0d9ae10a8985a2c327b8fb

        SHA1

        d58622bf6b5071beacf3b35bb505bde2000983e3

        SHA256

        519fceae4d0dd4d09edd1b81bcdfa8aeab4b59eee77a4cd4b6295ce8e591a900

        SHA512

        8a8fd17eef071f86e672cba0d8fc2cfed6118aff816100b9d7c06eb96443c04c04bc5692259c8d7ecb1563e877921939c61726605af4f969e3f586f0913ed125

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tdnSJsnH3X.bat

        Filesize

        208B

        MD5

        abde6c0ee7293f6776b9b738d1245a50

        SHA1

        5016f1b4c72e06bae8bddc73823085672da2e5d3

        SHA256

        8ed224d9f1599159161fc74e8c1b850852b620f54162e893eca1a0e0fccbcbc2

        SHA512

        49ebb985c5f804177bbc64bf4913ea8e399515d57e9455e6febc7f67919e72de356d07b65bd3dfe86cfecb362096d5e3489deececea56f33ab9d6bf511435fda

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vok8NPYc2E.bat

        Filesize

        206B

        MD5

        a4f7d26ef9a007eb22fa17c24623d750

        SHA1

        0a147f20210c86e18a0a634d6c0d6178a616b6f8

        SHA256

        6656a76fdde19373cc866d24972b41e4895f9fe882f69e37832bdf9dc2adfbcb

        SHA512

        0974f7cd11d3133c6d58729d0175064e91b825cc6abcad29288ac821a3e9a57516ad9711b52c57104f6c46224de13e277f878644c39ab0c28a011a53bfd874a5

      • memory/4556-12-0x00007FFFABBE3000-0x00007FFFABBE5000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/4556-13-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000236000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        856KB