Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/07/2026, 18:26

General

  • Target
    2026-07-10_0f8e701404da5c35b0a4a2b7c2fd9bbd_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260710-w277aahv7w
  • SHA256 ecba24b50a02a66dce7501417e8619270fc1e545c776675100821e4bc91d156b
  • 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.

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 12 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 5 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.

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

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • 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 12 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\2026-07-10_0f8e701404da5c35b0a4a2b7c2fd9bbd_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_0f8e701404da5c35b0a4a2b7c2fd9bbd_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • System policy modification
    PID:3536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5444
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/$Recycle.Bin/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Documents and Settings/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6376
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/PerfLogs/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1464
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files (x86)/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6248
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6700
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4292
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6796
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6908
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows.old/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2580
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "ctfmonc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\ctfmon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1220
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "ctfmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\ctfmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2396
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "ctfmonc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\ctfmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4724
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\uk-UA\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1128
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\uk-UA\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3196
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\uk-UA\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:832
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4272
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1244
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\SearchHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4648
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4444
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\SearchHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2852
  • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:916
    • C:\Users\Default User\ctfmon.exe
      "C:\Users\Default User\ctfmon.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:4812
      • C:\Windows.old\SearchHost.exe
        "C:\Windows.old\SearchHost.exe"
        1⤵
          PID:4464

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              OfficeClickToRun.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\OfficeClickToRun.exe
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 ecba24b50a02a66dce7501417e8619270fc1e545c776675100821e4bc91d156b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              ctfmon.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Default\ctfmon.exe
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 86278b985fb6aac80d05cc172a15e9e363add4d813c847861c5546e3d327c1c3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/3536-0-0x0000000074C32000-0x0000000074C33000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-1-0x0000000005520000-0x000000000579C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-2-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-3-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005D5A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-4-0x0000000005290000-0x000000000550A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-6-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-30-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-32-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-62-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-132-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-130-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-128-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-126-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-124-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-122-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-120-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-115-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-112-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-110-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-108-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-106-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-102-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-101-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-98-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-96-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-95-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-91-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-88-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-86-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-116-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-118-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-105-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-92-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-84-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-82-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-80-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-78-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-76-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-74-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-72-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-70-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-68-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-67-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-64-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-58-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-57-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-52-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-54-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-49-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-46-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-44-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-42-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-40-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-38-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-36-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-61-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-50-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-34-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-28-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-26-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-24-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-20-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-19-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-10-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-23-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-17-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-14-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-12-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-8-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-7-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005504000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-912-0x0000000074C32000-0x0000000074C33000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-918-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5229-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5230-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004C2C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5231-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C90000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5232-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CA8000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5233-0x00000000064B0000-0x00000000064C0000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5234-0x0000000006510000-0x0000000006526000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5235-0x00000000064F0000-0x00000000064F8000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5236-0x0000000006530000-0x0000000006540000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5237-0x0000000006580000-0x000000000658A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5238-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5239-0x00000000068C0000-0x00000000068D2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5240-0x0000000007C30000-0x000000000815C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5241-0x0000000006950000-0x000000000695C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5242-0x0000000006960000-0x000000000696C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5245-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006A4C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5244-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006A38000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5243-0x0000000006A20000-0x0000000006A2A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5246-0x0000000008460000-0x00000000084F2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5247-0x0000000006A90000-0x0000000006A9C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5250-0x0000000008500000-0x0000000008566000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-5248-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-7245-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3536-7833-0x0000000074C20000-0x00000000753DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4076-11299-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004DC6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4076-13406-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005B9A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4076-17888-0x00000000050E0000-0x0000000005102000-memory.dmp

              memory/4076-18885-0x0000000005C10000-0x0000000005C76000-memory.dmp