General

  • Target

    rat.exe

  • Size

    1.6MB

  • Sample

    250111-hg428ssjel

  • MD5

    3d8e2b72bd850e6d45114d61462b9f33

  • SHA1

    c78aa9851c20a26ee2dc8a91b90f8edcdb46dc77

  • SHA256

    6c6d5ba17c53f8eb5c280fc6945f4c4254dee1cdb8600f3a70dfdc64d67f4ec5

  • SHA512

    0b57f0522e37f44bbb0c54387a7622da5282be555799148de7d6a2f1ca29ec9b5477a00169d9a1e7a678fc2d22802fdaddae7e66a1b12ab8d807b0cd0d6bb484

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0t0ioe8kK14eZeOBQE2iT5tH9DieCUHcOTz21ABA:UbA300irKJUbs9D3CeP6A2

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      rat.exe

    • Size

      1.6MB

    • MD5

      3d8e2b72bd850e6d45114d61462b9f33

    • SHA1

      c78aa9851c20a26ee2dc8a91b90f8edcdb46dc77

    • SHA256

      6c6d5ba17c53f8eb5c280fc6945f4c4254dee1cdb8600f3a70dfdc64d67f4ec5

    • SHA512

      0b57f0522e37f44bbb0c54387a7622da5282be555799148de7d6a2f1ca29ec9b5477a00169d9a1e7a678fc2d22802fdaddae7e66a1b12ab8d807b0cd0d6bb484

    • SSDEEP

      24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0t0ioe8kK14eZeOBQE2iT5tH9DieCUHcOTz21ABA:UbA300irKJUbs9D3CeP6A2

    • DcRat

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

    • Dcrat family

    • Process spawned unexpected child process

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

    • DCRat payload

      Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Tasks