Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/07/2026, 23:32

General

  • Target
    642200c3a5bcaeff3ee23a05b6097b24dd70761d3fbab23a913be1aec2a5fcc6.exe
  • Size 3.9MB
  • Sample260719-3jsgfags2n
  • SHA256 642200c3a5bcaeff3ee23a05b6097b24dd70761d3fbab23a913be1aec2a5fcc6
  • 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.

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • .NET Reactor proctector 1 IoCs

    Detects an executable protected by an unregistered version of Eziriz's .NET Reactor.

  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\642200c3a5bcaeff3ee23a05b6097b24dd70761d3fbab23a913be1aec2a5fcc6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\642200c3a5bcaeff3ee23a05b6097b24dd70761d3fbab23a913be1aec2a5fcc6.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4360
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\UqoZHbhEckaiMIzFLs.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4448
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\6QEI0YsV4YvzIPCyYOBEJq1qpc6cWKV2MENYjrP8PMM.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5044
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:4772
        • C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\bridgePortCrtMonitor.exe
          "C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon/bridgePortCrtMonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1516
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\H2L38gwmQt.bat"
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:6096
            • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              6⤵
                PID:2168
              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                6⤵
                  PID:1892
                • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                  "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                  6⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Modifies registry class
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3680
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AntDRUzUoe.bat"
                    7⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2564
                    • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                      chcp 65001
                      8⤵
                        PID:4924
                      • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                        ping -n 10 localhost
                        8⤵
                        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                        • Runs ping.exe
                        PID:4316
                      • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                        "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                        8⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Modifies registry class
                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:5452
                        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MYvr7swJ3g.bat"
                          9⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:760
                          • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                            chcp 65001
                            10⤵
                              PID:4520
                            • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                              ping -n 10 localhost
                              10⤵
                              • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                              • Runs ping.exe
                              PID:2412
                            • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                              "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                              10⤵
                              • Executes dropped EXE
                              • Modifies registry class
                              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:620
                              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HhxybCDMPZ.bat"
                                11⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                PID:3808
                                • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                  chcp 65001
                                  12⤵
                                    PID:3896
                                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                    12⤵
                                      PID:1716
                                    • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                                      "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                                      12⤵
                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                      • Modifies registry class
                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                      PID:5840
                                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8EsK2bkKJG.bat"
                                        13⤵
                                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                        PID:3144
                                        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                          chcp 65001
                                          14⤵
                                            PID:1648
                                          • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                            w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                            14⤵
                                              PID:3532
                                            • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                                              "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                                              14⤵
                                              • Executes dropped EXE
                                              • Modifies registry class
                                              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                              PID:3928
                                              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZLKnXXaim4.bat"
                                                15⤵
                                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                PID:4304
                                                • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                  chcp 65001
                                                  16⤵
                                                    PID:5620
                                                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                                    16⤵
                                                      PID:1764
                                                    • C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe
                                                      "C:\Users\Default User\SearchHost.exe"
                                                      16⤵
                                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                      PID:1480

                      Network

                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                            Downloads

                            8EsK2bkKJG.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8EsK2bkKJG.bat
                            • Size 212B
                            • SHA256 66bfd386163107e4ae1531384a189a49bd72fb10de31c6ed126fc3e957297bed
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            AntDRUzUoe.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AntDRUzUoe.bat
                            • Size 164B
                            • SHA256 042598b3daef38cc8fba6a166d8808769c987e9e3a9d278588ba3f8fbdb40025
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            H2L38gwmQt.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\H2L38gwmQt.bat
                            • Size 212B
                            • SHA256 460d321adbfb0b1c877e190d9e951a192ebc657c31893b9e6440edb3a7706dd0
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            HhxybCDMPZ.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HhxybCDMPZ.bat
                            • Size 212B
                            • SHA256 2330a05bdbc6e2b32ebe75b902b4d36d29ca164bb2852c33839504ceb5208a86
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            MYvr7swJ3g.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MYvr7swJ3g.bat
                            • Size 164B
                            • SHA256 15f53ee2ba7563de0c793198ceec7bcfb19df347ac1d23bb5d3f6781a5965a23
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            ZLKnXXaim4.bat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZLKnXXaim4.bat
                            • Size 212B
                            • SHA256 b26b3be5a4b66922f3d7608db8690b1e93ff68ba8c9fbfa4ea34adf0687a477e
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            6QEI0YsV4YvzIPCyYOBEJq1qpc6cWKV2MENYjrP8PMM.bat

                            • Path C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\6QEI0YsV4YvzIPCyYOBEJq1qpc6cWKV2MENYjrP8PMM.bat
                            • Size 203B
                            • SHA256 52ee93749a043dacdb33731f4856e368f66307e2a30c88d7d7f2efcfd055d2e3
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            UqoZHbhEckaiMIzFLs.vbe

                            • Path C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\UqoZHbhEckaiMIzFLs.vbe
                            • Size 249B
                            • SHA256 b782193856a05296b3ce070d1a67fdd16a41de1c9d26b8cb97223942bf8773ad
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            bridgePortCrtMonitor.exe

                            • Path C:\blockdrivermonitornetcommon\bridgePortCrtMonitor.exe
                            • Size 3.6MB
                            • SHA256 bebe47f03bc12f42e79b004f7beeb75e5cb6e1fd7b957d3b48dff0660f93529a
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            memory/1516-29-0x000000001B610000-0x000000001B622000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-33-0x000000001B5E0000-0x000000001B5F0000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-22-0x000000001B4E0000-0x000000001B4F0000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-23-0x000000001B4F0000-0x000000001B500000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-24-0x000000001B520000-0x000000001B52E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-25-0x000000001B580000-0x000000001B58E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-26-0x000000001B5B0000-0x000000001B5C2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-27-0x000000001B590000-0x000000001B5A0000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-28-0x000000001B5F0000-0x000000001B606000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-20-0x000000001B3F0000-0x000000001B400000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-30-0x000000001BB60000-0x000000001C088000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-31-0x000000001B5A0000-0x000000001B5AE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-32-0x000000001B5D0000-0x000000001B5E0000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-21-0x000000001B500000-0x000000001B518000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-34-0x000000001B690000-0x000000001B6EA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-35-0x000000001B630000-0x000000001B63E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-36-0x000000001B640000-0x000000001B650000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-37-0x000000001B650000-0x000000001B65E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-38-0x000000001B6F0000-0x000000001B708000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-39-0x000000001B660000-0x000000001B66C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-40-0x000000001B760000-0x000000001B7AE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-19-0x000000001B530000-0x000000001B580000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-18-0x00000000026F0000-0x000000000270C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-17-0x000000001B480000-0x000000001B49C000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-16-0x00000000026E0000-0x00000000026EE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-15-0x000000001B450000-0x000000001B476000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1516-14-0x00000000001B0000-0x000000000054C000-memory.dmp