Analysis

  • max time kernel
    117s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    19-01-2025 14:52

General

  • Target

    Proverka by Hiki.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    c421510c6a46fcf9b10c90672df57670

  • SHA1

    8bd03e0a5c08e1bdce3c89c5cff0c251010f6371

  • SHA256

    c15015876eb1710d01b4b3e624c08018c8d5c01d005b9a483be5edb17aaa709e

  • SHA512

    713bef3c610971b6b3d61ed492b93376fb2932acc328857d5558bdea519f6bebd386ed67744daa3a5d7f0ce635d9dcfb65930b902e6058855c721d165df16b11

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tk1HW292457Vudtb6tphnwTlD7jL79usS68sRclBkfKWVedo:UbA30k12w5Dbh+lu08LIKWH

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 42 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 11 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 42 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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\Proverka by Hiki.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Proverka by Hiki.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2096
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\chainReviewref\fxtCoJy7Ht1xOV11B7I3VXilRXeh8.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2528
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\chainReviewref\IyoGT.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2124
        • C:\chainReviewref\reviewhost.exe
          "C:\chainReviewref\reviewhost.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:832
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GHQJi4SeM3.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1860
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:268
              • C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\reviewhost.exe
                "C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\reviewhost.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2248
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2736
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2644
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5\Desktop\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2756
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "reviewhostr" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\reviewhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1500
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "reviewhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\reviewhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "reviewhostr" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\reviewhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2692
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2632
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1856
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\ja-JP\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2688
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\ja-JP\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1208
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\ja-JP\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1404
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1400
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2144
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2848
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1988
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\sppsvc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1308
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2980
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2956
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2440
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.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 "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2076
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Installer\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2244
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Installer\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Installer\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1360
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0019-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\cmd.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0019-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3064
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0019-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:872
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1592
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:568
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:496
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:468
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1664
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1816
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2512
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2304
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\chainReviewref\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1724
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\chainReviewref\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2128
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\chainReviewref\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2468

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GHQJi4SeM3.bat

      Filesize

      228B

      MD5

      ece41ac1d5fde3ed8745d166cd8e2020

      SHA1

      6ca39e45d16c1f8b3df83cbd3eb207a2b8489199

      SHA256

      850f37488d049c4d1ff0bc4840f8667996a608eaf51c785ad36889968b5eb59d

      SHA512

      2404587fe733384d201d51134a285807f04252e7ae8689d511f32a073e559e60ecf94a3f24473fcb65b0b882fa1a33646b9661d7f95d02fccf8d871cb48d1683

    • C:\chainReviewref\IyoGT.bat

      Filesize

      34B

      MD5

      4cc5fe1e5caad477deaceb9ed2b5e7ab

      SHA1

      f893e423a3f0553f988fdbfa656e3da8dd207d13

      SHA256

      e0d987d0bf0342aafb7e849e08c5daa8520ad923876d78ec20a5404261c36903

      SHA512

      a3d455651c8f37ca4aee0f5e17e80ff109a6a1938c6632abdf72b0e0d0ee7a7a94d489f5da5b57a6882a194ec66eb9fa806c5601afd3f8bbdc59dc42d32e3e2b

    • C:\chainReviewref\fxtCoJy7Ht1xOV11B7I3VXilRXeh8.vbe

      Filesize

      196B

      MD5

      370ae5881ecdd2299a584eabca37cc6b

      SHA1

      411cbb2408957887c482e34e675fb6aa57ebc76e

      SHA256

      2f4965ecc489b5e6ab84a464781a6bd63ae869d1169a1667ab97a93abf5d9219

      SHA512

      baaa3406d40348b99b3967ef4683662a67b37462aa130ea730b458eccb3db9439beebe2d487cffd76e0ab2ceac6488fa76227912636eb5694d74300b75f08b07

    • \chainReviewref\reviewhost.exe

      Filesize

      1.2MB

      MD5

      3d9c2b0bbc617376e0a731da91f3d932

      SHA1

      9264fd8caf8f0371f94877905b18df988e573b1f

      SHA256

      4bbb48e394b53a7e9756fcb17908abc2752fe1c928280995f3f8b6edb981c8c4

      SHA512

      e4e47ad63857d9ea5a2b8129d7a5be289bc08607e37ac7c8c1f0dc2e1fdfede44ec584fed13041dd367ca976c8f47025c8f27a860c84adf86c934c3d6720be11

    • memory/832-13-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000BC2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB

    • memory/832-14-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/832-15-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/832-16-0x0000000000140000-0x000000000014C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2248-52-0x0000000001000000-0x0000000001132000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB