Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/07/2026, 15:25

General

  • Target
    Discord rat.exe
  • Size 87KB
  • Sample260721-strmsaygng
  • SHA256 f1526ef4d09a43bbec188de0517dff4c4c8c0b23715e98e7a34da2794018e46c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Discord RAT

    A RAT written in C# using Discord as a C2.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Discord rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Discord rat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4128
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1708
    • C:\Windows\System32\temp.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\temp.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4300
      • C:\Windows\msedge.exe
        "C:\Windows\msedge.exe"
        3⤵
        • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4684
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Windows\System32\temp.exe'; $Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'UpdateSvc' -Action $Action -Trigger $Trigger -User $env:USERNAME -RunLevel Highest -Force"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2304

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_5gh11kev.syc.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5gh11kev.syc.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        temp.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\temp.exe
        • Size 13.7MB
        • SHA256 b0d5900cbc073b71878fcb0c1d9377e13b759876a0689205ac55c274e245b127
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msedge.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\msedge.exe
        • Size 12.1MB
        • SHA256 0fd0e8111e241e89c41c08ebce27650b90d1b95163d874892acea105299562f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1708-18-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-15-0x00000269184E0000-0x00000269184FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-8-0x000002697F220000-0x000002697F242000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-21-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-20-0x00000269184D9000-0x00000269184DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-17-0x000002697D9C0000-0x000002697D9CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-16-0x0000026918500000-0x00000269185B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-47-0x000001E2F3A50000-0x000001E2F3A6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-22-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-33-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-1-0x00007FFEB989F000-0x00007FFEB98A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-11-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-10-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-7-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-4-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-30-0x0000025A73120000-0x0000025A732E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-32-0x0000025A73820000-0x0000025A73D48000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-12-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-34-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-35-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-3-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-9-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-2-0x00007FFEB9710000-0x00007FFEBA0B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-0-0x0000025A58640000-0x0000025A5865A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4684-41-0x00007FF75EBF0000-0x00007FF75F1E0000-memory.dmp