Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    09-01-2025 01:00

General

  • Target

    9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    08e95dabb86201eeb98188769e4fcd62

  • SHA1

    40a819d79a67c7be05f9c0c45ee7558ec58971f9

  • SHA256

    9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7

  • SHA512

    7d9b35d175f4a0c90a48c44930e7f8260e4a16821b4c778bc5fcb1d5a220d29d29520f7b1809918eb5e03dfd16a6dfcfac3fcbfd4cebabcdd38776c5508cf722

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tE9E3RrEdapg6gnUcKnbXq5Qck:UbA30E9ldapLpkQl

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 39 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 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 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\9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9bf9efa06f63a21c9893e1acfa2ae7838ab3bdcb7d768ef6304756845395bfb7.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\w1FXjdRze6k4uvStmhH3M.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1972
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\1uTBfrpLb993XlgcpIpPee79uOtZ.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1848
        • C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.exe
          "C:\PortcomAgentwinbroker\Runtimemonitor.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:2776
          • C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\de-DE\Idle.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\de-DE\Idle.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1664
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2712
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2892
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2788
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2796
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2724
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1520
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2600
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2636
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2216
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\de-DE\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2308
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\de-DE\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:772
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\de-DE\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1804
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2812
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1580
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\en-US\services.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1496
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\en-US\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2808
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\en-US\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:480
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2576
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:984
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1548
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Documentation\1033\License Agreements\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1160
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Documentation\1033\License Agreements\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1768
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Documentation\1033\License Agreements\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2768
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\FAX\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2320
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\FAX\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\FAX\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1072
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\de-DE\cmd.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1404
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\de-DE\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2160
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\de-DE\cmd.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 "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:840
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2336
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1608
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2252
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:288
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\cmd.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2932
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2296
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1376

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

  • memory/1664-46-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A86000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    856KB

  • memory/2776-13-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000C56000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    856KB