Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/04/2026, 14:34

General

  • Target
    xb73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260426-rxea7agw3x
  • SHA256 b73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DcRat

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 15 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 7 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 30 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 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\xb73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xb73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:4632
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xb73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1492
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2220
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TJHXkWh8sx.bat"
      2⤵
        PID:6196
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          3⤵
            PID:3236
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              4⤵
                PID:6776
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:6796
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:988
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3056
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.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 "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2120
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4052
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5112
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3336
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2308
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4108
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3560
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:636
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3872
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1256
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4264
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4412
          • C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe
            "C:\Windows\es-ES\Registry.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1272
          • C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\it-IT\explorer.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3848
          • C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4860
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\ja-JP\csrss.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2364
          • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe
            "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:4304

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  TJHXkWh8sx.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TJHXkWh8sx.bat
                  • Size 220B
                  • SHA256 5e83caff65b0a00312883f0efe26211b88f223f9d5315a08e27d60784c9c3772
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_1jt5t4s1.ql0.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1jt5t4s1.ql0.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  winlogon.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\winlogon.exe
                  • Size 2.0MB
                  • SHA256 b73366d948f29f1c051a62a6a1d1f8acfb0426188a890955e12b23683c4e0911
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/1132-31761-0x0000000007670000-0x00000000076A2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1132-8834-0x0000000002F40000-0x0000000002F76000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1132-31859-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007A13000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1132-31827-0x0000000007950000-0x000000000796E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1132-31762-0x0000000071020000-0x000000007106C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1492-31958-0x0000000071020000-0x000000007106C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-31802-0x0000000071020000-0x000000007106C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-32576-0x0000000007390000-0x00000000073AA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-32575-0x00000000079D0000-0x000000000804A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-30121-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005FDC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-30010-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000005EEE000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-8835-0x0000000005130000-0x0000000005758000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2800-15955-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2932-32395-0x0000000071020000-0x000000007106C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2932-15340-0x00000000056A0000-0x0000000005706000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2932-15339-0x0000000005500000-0x0000000005522000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-48-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-6-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-126-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-122-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-120-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-118-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-116-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-114-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-112-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-110-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-108-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-106-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-100-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-98-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-96-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-94-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-92-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-90-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-88-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-87-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-82-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-80-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-78-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-76-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-74-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-72-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-68-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-66-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-64-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-62-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-60-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-58-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-52-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-46-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-44-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-40-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-38-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-36-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-34-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-32-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-50-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-130-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-42-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-30-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-28-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-24-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-22-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-18-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-16-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-12-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-10-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-128-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-26-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-20-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-14-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000054C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-1714-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005210000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-1997-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005210000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-2302-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005210000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5231-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005210000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5232-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A2C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5233-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A90000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5235-0x0000000006430000-0x0000000006440000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5234-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000002AA8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5236-0x0000000006550000-0x0000000006566000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5237-0x00000000068D0000-0x00000000068D8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5238-0x0000000006A20000-0x0000000006A32000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5239-0x00000000068E0000-0x00000000068E8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5240-0x0000000006960000-0x0000000006970000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5241-0x0000000006B40000-0x0000000006BD2000-memory.dmp

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                  memory/4632-5243-0x0000000006970000-0x0000000006978000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5244-0x0000000006990000-0x000000000699C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5245-0x00000000069C0000-0x00000000069C8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5247-0x00000000069D0000-0x00000000069E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4632-5248-0x0000000007BE0000-0x000000000810C000-memory.dmp

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                  memory/4632-1-0x00000000054D0000-0x0000000005788000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5112-31871-0x0000000071020000-0x000000007106C000-memory.dmp