Analysis
- max time kernel
92s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
18/07/2026, 03:48
General
- Target 2026-07-17_57896514553d0ee146fd3c90c50f94b1_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260718-ec1mgaft6p
- SHA256 e9e468196413a6445655e1dfb2aaae30ad640976f868dd22585d352aa360d6e3
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 2 IoCs
- Process spawned unexpected child process 6 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.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
- SmartAssembly .NET packer 5 IoCs
Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.
- 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 15 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 6 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 15 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_57896514553d0ee146fd3c90c50f94b1_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_57896514553d0ee146fd3c90c50f94b1_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.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
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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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows.old/'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe"C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe"2⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f52e9c09-7021-4c49-969b-9d2c9e13448f.vbs"3⤵
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e9646d48-daf7-42d8-a85c-26c5268ed2e5.vbs"3⤵
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe"C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\sppsvc.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Visual Basic
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
4Replay Monitor
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Downloads
ModuleAnalysisCache
ModuleAnalysisCache
ModuleAnalysisCache
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_dee21qhp.tav.ps1
e9646d48-daf7-42d8-a85c-26c5268ed2e5.vbs
f52e9c09-7021-4c49-969b-9d2c9e13448f.vbs
smss.exe
sppsvc.exe
memory/1392-15812-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1392-8548-0x0000000005460000-0x0000000005496000-memory.dmp
memory/1392-15486-0x0000000006620000-0x000000000697B000-memory.dmp
memory/1648-15809-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1828-15824-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2292-15796-0x0000000006FF0000-0x0000000007010000-memory.dmp
memory/2292-15789-0x0000000006670000-0x000000000668E000-memory.dmp
memory/2292-15790-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006A7C000-memory.dmp
memory/2292-15791-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C66000-memory.dmp
memory/2292-15792-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2848-15805-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007C83000-memory.dmp
memory/2848-15799-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2848-13960-0x00000000063A0000-0x0000000006406000-memory.dmp
memory/2848-13579-0x0000000006280000-0x00000000062A2000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-15806-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2928-15831-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070CA000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-15802-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-15830-0x0000000008450000-0x0000000008ACC000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-15832-0x0000000007E80000-0x0000000007E8A000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-10837-0x0000000005C50000-0x000000000629A000-memory.dmp
memory/4044-15833-0x0000000008080000-0x0000000008116000-memory.dmp
memory/4252-15816-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-98-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5246-0x00000000083E0000-0x00000000083EC000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-84-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-82-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-80-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-78-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-76-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-72-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-70-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-68-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-64-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-62-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-58-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-56-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-54-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-50-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-48-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-44-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-42-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-38-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-30-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-28-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-26-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-24-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-20-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-18-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-12-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-10-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-35-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-36-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-32-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-22-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-7-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-8-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-2104-0x0000000074792000-0x0000000074793000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-2106-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-2442-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5230-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5231-0x0000000002440000-0x000000000245C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5232-0x0000000002470000-0x00000000024C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5233-0x00000000024D0000-0x00000000024D8000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5234-0x0000000006380000-0x0000000006390000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5235-0x0000000006440000-0x0000000006456000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5236-0x00000000063C0000-0x00000000063C8000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5237-0x0000000006460000-0x0000000006470000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5238-0x0000000007A00000-0x0000000007A0A000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5239-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A2C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5240-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A42000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5241-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007F8C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5242-0x0000000007FF0000-0x0000000007FFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5243-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-86-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5245-0x00000000083D0000-0x00000000083D8000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5247-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5244-0x00000000083C0000-0x00000000083CA000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5248-0x0000000008410000-0x00000000084A2000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5249-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000062AC000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5251-0x0000000008660000-0x00000000086C6000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-90-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-92-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-7429-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-94-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-8443-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-0-0x0000000074792000-0x0000000074793000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-100-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-102-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-104-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-106-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-108-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-110-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-114-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-116-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-1-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000055CC000-memory.dmp
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memory/4312-120-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-122-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-124-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-126-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-130-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-132-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-2-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-128-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-15882-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-112-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-4-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-96-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-88-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-74-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-66-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-60-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-52-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-46-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-40-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-14-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-16-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005334000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-3-0x00000000055D0000-0x0000000005B8A000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-6-0x0000000074780000-0x0000000074F3C000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-5-0x00000000050C0000-0x000000000533A000-memory.dmp
memory/4544-15817-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-15827-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/5012-15813-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp
memory/5160-15793-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp