Analysis

  • max time kernel
    95s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30-01-2025 03:52

General

  • Target

    fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    383cad8eb4744a1be8c2b17c74b97b0a

  • SHA1

    23ccdd08ba293d56ac66b682b57585a85e1742a1

  • SHA256

    fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b

  • SHA512

    713896072fd43a6566c895ff96f47fb13442864004e1977a79632818537fdf42401fe0659b2ffe21cdf30a097c5d1576b8856046629822cede88f5f77c0a275d

  • SSDEEP

    24576:MATnwO965z/roRbcJEV2oLI2gDMwifE+O3jV5kF9BrK:XuaKEEgTBr

Score
10/10

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 12 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 12 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 6 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\fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2228
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7wq2rIMbk4.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4992
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:3544
        • C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2104
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254bf" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1480
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4484
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254bf" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2068
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\Registry.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4068
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1280
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1220
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3296
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1800
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2156

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7wq2rIMbk4.bat

      Filesize

      191B

      MD5

      680e67975d0bbbffef32b4d7fb5c4b82

      SHA1

      d3e79b226e0944c94ca4d0cec02d635134cae970

      SHA256

      1748449c87a73f613eb37a3c23dcd833ba6f0fdb374efafd8229954ee45fdfc9

      SHA512

      c980eac0d1fed06429db1ebf5cc495174ca20432a2b727b3f879b86bf16ecf1d4994010ddf925c9041a6610cb405167ad904c09927f05ad167f7c83f9d05101a

    • C:\Users\Admin\dllhost.exe

      Filesize

      1.2MB

      MD5

      383cad8eb4744a1be8c2b17c74b97b0a

      SHA1

      23ccdd08ba293d56ac66b682b57585a85e1742a1

      SHA256

      fcf5d6647e4d2e13f8083d42fd2f354735453e847d5e5c2f4ae78c78a6b4254b

      SHA512

      713896072fd43a6566c895ff96f47fb13442864004e1977a79632818537fdf42401fe0659b2ffe21cdf30a097c5d1576b8856046629822cede88f5f77c0a275d

    • memory/2104-26-0x00000000017D0000-0x00000000017E2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2228-0-0x00007FFC7EB33000-0x00007FFC7EB35000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/2228-1-0x00000000008A0000-0x00000000009DE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB

    • memory/2228-2-0x00007FFC7EB30000-0x00007FFC7F5F1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2228-3-0x0000000002B80000-0x0000000002B9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2228-4-0x000000001BCB0000-0x000000001BD00000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/2228-5-0x000000001B5D0000-0x000000001B5E6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/2228-6-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A62000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2228-7-0x000000001C230000-0x000000001C758000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/2228-22-0x00007FFC7EB30000-0x00007FFC7F5F1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB