Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    05/07/2026, 16:11

General

  • Target
    x8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260705-tm21lsdx9v
  • SHA256 8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad
  • 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 18 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 7 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 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 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 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\x8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • 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
    • System policy modification
    PID:4228
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:7976
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:8088
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6220
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6528
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1832
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r4lPNURAWl.bat"
      2⤵
        PID:8572
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          3⤵
            PID:7164
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              4⤵
                PID:6596
            • C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe
              "C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:8560
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1928
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1652
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.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 "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5516
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1632
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4948
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3352
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4560
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4252
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1308
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4748
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:500
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4520
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1712
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1212
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1096
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1752
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5224
          • C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\smss.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:2820
            • C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe
              "C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe"
              1⤵
                PID:3660
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\en-US\SearchHost.exe"
                1⤵
                  PID:4916
                • C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
                  "C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"
                  1⤵
                    PID:8680
                  • C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe
                    "C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe"
                    1⤵
                      PID:2328
                    • C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe
                      "C:\Windows.old\Idle.exe"
                      1⤵
                        PID:5276

                      Network

                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                            Downloads

                            __PSScriptPolicyTest_kdh3oni2.b4s.ps1

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kdh3oni2.b4s.ps1
                            • Size 60B
                            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            r4lPNURAWl.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r4lPNURAWl.bat
                            • Size 194B
                            • SHA256 ba0bed04f498261cf11a35533c0051cf6154142ff99071f236ad95adf8ec66c7
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            wininit.exe

                            • Path C:\Windows.old\wininit.exe
                            • Size 2.0MB
                            • SHA256 8761bff2d5dbb1078d33c0646c357d6f491be24d3bbf00cb3a27681d87a6e1ad
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            memory/1832-15932-0x0000000003250000-0x0000000003286000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1832-20548-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000005AB2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1832-20861-0x00000000061C0000-0x0000000006226000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1832-20975-0x00000000068E0000-0x000000000692C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1832-20963-0x0000000006440000-0x000000000679B000-memory.dmp

                            memory/2936-20973-0x0000000005520000-0x000000000553E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-42-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5251-0x0000000008790000-0x0000000008798000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-6-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-13-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-18-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-79-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-130-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-117-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-104-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-132-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-129-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-126-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-124-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-122-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-120-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-118-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-114-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-112-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-110-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-108-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-106-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-102-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-100-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-98-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-96-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-94-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-92-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-90-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-88-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-86-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-84-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-82-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-76-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-74-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-70-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-62-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-60-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-58-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-56-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-54-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-52-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-50-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-80-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-72-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-68-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-66-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-64-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-48-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-44-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-4-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-40-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-39-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005546000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-36-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-20-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-28-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-26-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-24-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-23-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-34-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-16-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-15-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-10-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-8-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-46-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-7-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-30-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-1771-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-1770-0x00000000740D2000-0x00000000740D3000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5229-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5230-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004DCC000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5231-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004E30000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5233-0x0000000006610000-0x0000000006620000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5235-0x0000000006660000-0x0000000006668000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5236-0x0000000006670000-0x0000000006682000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5234-0x0000000006620000-0x0000000006636000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5232-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E48000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5237-0x00000000066B0000-0x00000000066B8000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5238-0x0000000006B20000-0x0000000006B30000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5239-0x0000000006B70000-0x0000000006C02000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5240-0x0000000006B30000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5241-0x0000000006B40000-0x0000000006B48000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5242-0x0000000006C10000-0x0000000006C1C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5243-0x0000000006C20000-0x0000000006C28000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5245-0x0000000006C40000-0x0000000006C52000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5246-0x0000000007E50000-0x000000000837C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5247-0x0000000008390000-0x000000000839C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5248-0x00000000083B0000-0x00000000083BC000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5249-0x00000000083C0000-0x00000000083CC000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5250-0x00000000083E0000-0x00000000083EC000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5252-0x00000000087B0000-0x00000000087BA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5253-0x00000000087C0000-0x00000000087CE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5255-0x00000000087E0000-0x00000000087E8000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5256-0x00000000087F0000-0x00000000087FA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5254-0x00000000087A0000-0x00000000087A8000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5257-0x0000000008800000-0x000000000880C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-32-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005541000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5258-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-5260-0x0000000008840000-0x00000000088A6000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-3-0x0000000005810000-0x0000000005DCA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-2-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-7299-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-8020-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-20972-0x00000000740C0000-0x000000007487C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-1-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005808000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4228-0-0x00000000740D2000-0x00000000740D3000-memory.dmp

                            memory/6220-16200-0x00000000052D0000-0x000000000591A000-memory.dmp