Analysis

  • max time kernel
    55s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/07/2026, 00:45

General

  • Target
    x9351d06e744567d6b806b8480b43c6d4394e3dfc46eaaa29ab59508b836bffda.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260703-a35a5ahs6t
  • SHA256 9351d06e744567d6b806b8480b43c6d4394e3dfc46eaaa29ab59508b836bffda
  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 9 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 12 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 5 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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 9 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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\x9351d06e744567d6b806b8480b43c6d4394e3dfc46eaaa29ab59508b836bffda.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x9351d06e744567d6b806b8480b43c6d4394e3dfc46eaaa29ab59508b836bffda.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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:2056
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:808
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/$Recycle.Bin/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6356
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Documents and Settings/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5572
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/PerfLogs/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6448
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files (x86)/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6492
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6528
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6532
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6556
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6596
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6608
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows.old/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6636
    • C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1064
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4972
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5808
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1504
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystrayS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4276
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystray" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1844
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystrayS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5844
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4540
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1180
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4472
    • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
      "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1672
    • C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4564
    • C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2040
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f922bc2e-23fb-4b92-8cb1-cfa03ad557bd.vbs"
        2⤵
          PID:1636
          • C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\csrss.exe
            3⤵
              PID:1744
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\577032a2-eb59-4f98-b1b3-8f80b5018b85.vbs"
            2⤵
              PID:2652

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                SecurityHealthSystray.exe

                • Path C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
                • Size 1.7MB
                • SHA256 9351d06e744567d6b806b8480b43c6d4394e3dfc46eaaa29ab59508b836bffda
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                ModuleAnalysisCache

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                • Size 63KB
                • SHA256 ed33e938d64184bbf86fc7d54253853d6fc0d013f34d98cf3b2dc65490ea1faf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                577032a2-eb59-4f98-b1b3-8f80b5018b85.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\577032a2-eb59-4f98-b1b3-8f80b5018b85.vbs
                • Size 485B
                • SHA256 17e425556ab8b8b4da125ff5c3d624a2b654d157d1250ce3b86fbd56a51bec2a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_jakp11cj.qbl.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_jakp11cj.qbl.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                f922bc2e-23fb-4b92-8cb1-cfa03ad557bd.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f922bc2e-23fb-4b92-8cb1-cfa03ad557bd.vbs
                • Size 709B
                • SHA256 cb7f58fc9601da3120ba8dd817a7e7517fea3903e13f3ad35811f2749fc3cd93
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                StartMenuExperienceHost.exe

                • Path C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
                • Size 1.7MB
                • SHA256 eb2a12e1c14cbd774130c19a4893be415a93d04b1dc5f100b3c8c92193d4202e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/808-10979-0x0000000003010000-0x0000000003046000-memory.dmp

                memory/808-24432-0x0000000007960000-0x000000000796A000-memory.dmp

                memory/808-23813-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/808-21045-0x00000000064E0000-0x00000000064FE000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-28-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5241-0x0000000006FC0000-0x0000000006FCC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-94-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-126-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-130-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-128-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-132-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-124-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-122-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-120-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-118-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-116-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-114-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-112-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-110-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-108-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-106-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-104-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-102-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-100-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-98-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-96-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-92-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-90-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-88-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-86-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-84-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-83-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-80-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-78-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-74-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-72-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-70-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-68-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-66-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-64-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-62-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-58-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-77-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-60-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-56-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-54-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-52-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-50-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-48-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-46-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-44-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-42-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-40-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-38-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-36-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-35-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-32-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-9-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-26-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-24-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-22-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-20-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-7-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-18-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5234-0x0000000006650000-0x0000000006666000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-12-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-10-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-31-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-1681-0x0000000075032000-0x0000000075033000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-1691-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5229-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5230-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D2C000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5231-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D90000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5232-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DA8000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5233-0x00000000065F0000-0x0000000006600000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-14-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5235-0x0000000006630000-0x0000000006638000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5236-0x0000000006670000-0x0000000006680000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5237-0x00000000066C0000-0x00000000066CA000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5238-0x00000000069F0000-0x00000000069FC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5239-0x0000000006A00000-0x0000000006A12000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5240-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006F5C000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-16-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005574000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5242-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000006FDC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5243-0x0000000007390000-0x000000000739A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5245-0x00000000073B0000-0x00000000073BC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5244-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073A8000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5246-0x00000000073C0000-0x0000000007452000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5248-0x00000000074A0000-0x00000000074AC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5247-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5250-0x00000000074C0000-0x0000000007526000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-6985-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-7742-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-0-0x0000000075032000-0x0000000075033000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-1-0x0000000005590000-0x000000000580C000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-2-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-6-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-3-0x0000000005810000-0x0000000005DCA000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-21590-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-4-0x0000000005300000-0x000000000557A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2056-5-0x0000000075020000-0x00000000757DC000-memory.dmp

                memory/5572-23949-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6356-23842-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-23862-0x0000000006420000-0x00000000064C3000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-23762-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-18160-0x00000000050D0000-0x0000000005136000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-23789-0x00000000063B0000-0x00000000063D0000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-18159-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005012000-memory.dmp

                memory/6404-18932-0x0000000005AD0000-0x0000000005E2B000-memory.dmp

                memory/6448-23807-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6448-24184-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007AFA000-memory.dmp

                memory/6448-24167-0x0000000008140000-0x00000000087BC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6492-23799-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6492-24673-0x0000000007240000-0x00000000072D6000-memory.dmp

                memory/6528-21349-0x0000000006500000-0x000000000654C000-memory.dmp

                memory/6528-23741-0x00000000069C0000-0x00000000069F6000-memory.dmp

                memory/6528-23773-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6532-23800-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6556-23822-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6596-23898-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6596-13782-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005CBA000-memory.dmp

                memory/6608-23907-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp

                memory/6636-23786-0x0000000070EB0000-0x0000000070EFC000-memory.dmp