Analysis

  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29-01-2025 04:31

General

  • Target

    a079d0ef7608f8fb08e6e67ebe720cdd.exe

  • Size

    2.7MB

  • MD5

    a079d0ef7608f8fb08e6e67ebe720cdd

  • SHA1

    612e4d36e0c92c850848ff92dc466fb2c956415b

  • SHA256

    647194fc5716bcdebe9b20e13b3f08e7816d13530a15e8d1669f2f25ba628274

  • SHA512

    d2d4aa554c4bc1108dc73ee97dcb17fb66fdb862d64b10c08456fe62be5ff9d9e7b83a76956dbc2ffd855fb3a675d6939ee4416c4ebf2c55f060f7d0db93eb88

  • SSDEEP

    49152:7bA3jfxSks5WqWk9IEJKb9aUgXXNOUnkonLxB5ctECb:7bwsgql9hJfUgX8+vc6i

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 33 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 4 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Detected Nirsoft tools 2 IoCs

    Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 15 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 33 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 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\a079d0ef7608f8fb08e6e67ebe720cdd.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a079d0ef7608f8fb08e6e67ebe720cdd.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2964
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4072
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\MsSession\Ov1RwD.vbe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3292
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\MsSession\K37wJmF1HmUF8ALyjA8MpCp.bat" "
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3556
          • C:\MsSession\hyperComwin.exe
            "C:\MsSession\hyperComwin.exe"
            5⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3736
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\cmd.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\cmd.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:2556
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1912
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4768
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3564
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.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 "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3240
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4612
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:588
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Registry.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2584
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1848
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1764
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1304
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3788
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2544
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\cmd.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3328
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3088
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1828
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\services.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4732
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1368
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3940
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\7.0.16\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3212
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\7.0.16\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4876
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\7.0.16\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3960
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\unsecapp.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1152
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecapp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2428
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:920
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1060
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3152
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4568
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1008
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1528
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:460
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\en-US\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\en-US\RuntimeBroker.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 "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\en-US\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2792

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\MsSession\K37wJmF1HmUF8ALyjA8MpCp.bat

    Filesize

    30B

    MD5

    fa3ead269fc71745ff9e202da56f658e

    SHA1

    5d2662e79f1e992c0c9f72c050cc676df0f3cdde

    SHA256

    1cf1a92d3e3ce17a13d4827deb0cdb9f89a40116905980b547d7f954d59040a7

    SHA512

    9e3c2ea4326648905360005b2aa95fb0e0935dc641b32af56446abf2bd69e9749c92f22e6eab4240da6505ffee6c1c3f5ed4ab6ac945f59fee2835aa2f9ec347

  • C:\MsSession\Ov1RwD.vbe

    Filesize

    209B

    MD5

    f5a3f2ada233639fa06802ff18569f99

    SHA1

    da11e9ad7bda556c74204c32691f3ec5efe8b6a5

    SHA256

    3558ba240c76b6de27cdc3ac9370d6b50774aa2d5d5e3fe6a697e971e832aef9

    SHA512

    ab223924c713a6551ded2a1e86d70533d7c1b8d5155f0d12b3b9e7fbc928ead6c452d3112484a6974b3be94b937a333d2b5f3f8852b0a21793d160689aca3ba9

  • C:\MsSession\hyperComwin.exe

    Filesize

    2.3MB

    MD5

    82fcc473fb802d134540a4d3bc9ddc06

    SHA1

    d879feb817639baeeef685261d8574ab7944f8b2

    SHA256

    f6cf6f23a7d27460b34f9ead8e72584a706ae1e986f3fa3920c51fbd0d6f93d0

    SHA512

    6a67c4b0d98c04c8a86bdd7d3f6f72e1b0f7e3718c58c22a30004ac55c60dc53a36fc764bdee79d8aab981b863c203992abbaaaca788d200c9456ff3d0319cf2

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe

    Filesize

    130KB

    MD5

    f27a284ef9b018cdd2a98a7b78ccdcb3

    SHA1

    67e260b11e6227c18cae8925b4f6899103c607f2

    SHA256

    af86dc3f76d39b67b967a3b714e9e70ed43eec8d3871e9691cb45d84372b53fb

    SHA512

    9a8811f13517748539308a70933b126a3348407f397bf30f903019379f927532c64015853b94acf21bdbc554d638a0265d4394d026e289103db06fe93fe5524b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

    Filesize

    2.6MB

    MD5

    eb81df2c7222c48ef46c781d460c83b9

    SHA1

    c7fe4682e2c1bc5cc55c2913600f8950fe955129

    SHA256

    1594a7f6707f01d3f1688f726af842940fe96fe700f99df23a3d8ec6909e4b13

    SHA512

    6ce26f9d1f1f8f10d8dae13132217ca8aa2d42e98475ee0543f1cdd35f0a06f824f5ef8ab0db03b25c15041560464aa73c545d91d13d6fda72131c7ccc2c7c5b

  • memory/2556-76-0x0000000002E90000-0x0000000002EE6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB

  • memory/2556-77-0x0000000001530000-0x0000000001542000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/2964-1-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000001090000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.8MB

  • memory/2964-2-0x0000000005A30000-0x0000000005ACC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/2964-0-0x00000000747EE000-0x00000000747EF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/3736-35-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000C1E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.3MB

  • memory/3736-38-0x0000000002F80000-0x0000000002F96000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/3736-39-0x000000001B8F0000-0x000000001B946000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB

  • memory/3736-40-0x0000000001690000-0x00000000016A2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/3736-41-0x000000001C800000-0x000000001CD28000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.2MB

  • memory/3736-42-0x0000000002FC0000-0x0000000002FCE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/3736-37-0x0000000002FD0000-0x0000000003020000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/3736-36-0x0000000002F60000-0x0000000002F7C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB