Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/04/2026, 09:45

General

  • Target
    0fd6d35a85513c2e86a0a94ace158b7a.exe
  • Size 8.0MB
  • Sample260411-lrfdeaex5w
  • SHA256 7e1ddc85e590fb78e99330fb3ae333777794de8013c5436bb7b1bb4b2d3dd54d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 13 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 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.

  • 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 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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\0fd6d35a85513c2e86a0a94ace158b7a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0fd6d35a85513c2e86a0a94ace158b7a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5472
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Expandera.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Expandera.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\expandera.exe\TZhyvvqK6MCcP9VF8.vbe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2404
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\expandera.exe\XtwTCyITlVr4MO.bat" "
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2124
          • C:\expandera.exe\expandera.exe
            "C:\expandera.exe\expandera.exe"
            5⤵
            • 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:880
            • C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\Application\sppsvc.exe
              "C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\Application\sppsvc.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:5204
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2676
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3880
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5492
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\sihost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3064
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5960
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:876
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3148
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1056
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1824
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5580
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1508
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4776
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2528
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4080
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\services.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4696
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4712
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\expandera.exe\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3832
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5276
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2196
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5952
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5256
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.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 "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2952
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\SearchHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4252
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1656
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2796
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\fonts\wininit.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\fonts\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3848
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\fonts\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5508
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\Application\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4284
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\Application\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1820
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\Application\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3240
  • C:\expandera.exe\Idle.exe
    "C:\expandera.exe\Idle.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4240
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\SearchHost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:6124
  • C:\expandera.exe\RuntimeBroker.exe
    "C:\expandera.exe\RuntimeBroker.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5576
  • C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe
    "C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:796
  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\fonts\wininit.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\fonts\wininit.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4468
  • C:\expandera.exe\sihost.exe
    "C:\expandera.exe\sihost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1500
  • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe
    "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1124
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\fontdrvhost.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\fontdrvhost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4188
  • C:\expandera.exe\services.exe
    "C:\expandera.exe\services.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:700
  • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe
    "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4040

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        dllhost.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\dllhost.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 5d8af3c7519874ed42a0d74ee559ae30d9cc6930aef213079347e2b47092c210
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Expandera.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Expandera.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 3abcda97d77efca436ad4b41d12740ebd93adc5fbeecc913514b2768cc3a0109
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TZhyvvqK6MCcP9VF8.vbe

        • Path C:\expandera.exe\TZhyvvqK6MCcP9VF8.vbe
        • Size 215B
        • SHA256 79ff39811a1f2094bc433dc6848e81784db4f30efe559ebaf2efada98cf3ccc2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        XtwTCyITlVr4MO.bat

        • Path C:\expandera.exe\XtwTCyITlVr4MO.bat
        • Size 43B
        • SHA256 9bbde6f001761ce148ec58771e90e881a1197425133e56d228177c0966799d7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        expandera.exe

        • Path C:\expandera.exe\expandera.exe
        • Size 827KB
        • SHA256 cb1e0758c7c113ca123d42c38bf7e0f8aba0c0afa9bb61d57fd90a5610ff1bfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/700-94-0x000000001B7F0000-0x000000001B7FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/796-91-0x0000000001550000-0x000000000155C000-memory.dmp

        memory/880-26-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000001066000-memory.dmp

        memory/880-62-0x0000000003200000-0x000000000320C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1124-96-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1500-92-0x000000001C9A0000-0x000000001C9AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2404-22-0x00000000032E0000-0x000000000332A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4040-100-0x0000000001270000-0x000000000127C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4188-98-0x0000000002E90000-0x0000000002E9C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4240-82-0x000000001AE50000-0x000000001AE5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4468-88-0x00000000015F0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5108-19-0x0000000002860000-0x00000000028AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5204-101-0x0000000001360000-0x000000000136C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5204-106-0x0000000001360000-0x000000000136C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-1-0x0000000001A60000-0x0000000001A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-0-0x0000000000FC0000-0x00000000010A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-10-0x0000000001A30000-0x0000000001A3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5576-86-0x000000001D500000-0x000000001D50C000-memory.dmp

        memory/6124-84-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EEC000-memory.dmp