Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 06:38

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260816-heaevabf98
  • SHA256 fe1cb0d5ca464606dcf3b9b778ded7421cacc42f0f27b50b5467556242ea2362
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DcRat 22 IoCs

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 21 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
  • 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 21 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 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\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • 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:4920
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee2" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5592
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2552
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee2" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3976
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee2" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:6104
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3704
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee2" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:6068
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3568
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5696
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4396
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4952
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3132
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3576
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5632
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2356
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Family: DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5896
  • C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:2084
    • C:\Windows.old\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows.old\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:4912
      • C:\Users\All Users\lsass.exe
        "C:\Users\All Users\lsass.exe"
        1⤵
          PID:2220
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\dllhost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Family: DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:6112
        • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
          "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
          1⤵
            PID:2928
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows.old\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Family: DcRat
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3232
          • C:\Windows.old\RuntimeBroker.exe
            "C:\Windows.old\RuntimeBroker.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:2892
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows.old\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Family: DcRat
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:6876
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\bcastdvr\wininit.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Family: DcRat
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:9640
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\bcastdvr\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Family: DcRat
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:9184
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\bcastdvr\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Family: DcRat
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:9700

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe

                  • Path C:\Windows.old\2026-08-16_baba77ced3780cd2b00fc4a432a73aac_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
                  • Size 1.7MB
                  • SHA256 fe1cb0d5ca464606dcf3b9b778ded7421cacc42f0f27b50b5467556242ea2362
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/4920-0-0x0000000074DB2000-0x0000000074DB3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-1-0x00000000052F0000-0x000000000556C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-2-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-3-0x0000000005570000-0x0000000005B2A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DAA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-4-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-6-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-26-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-34-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-88-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-120-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-133-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-130-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-128-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-124-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-122-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-127-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-118-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-116-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-114-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-113-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-110-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-108-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-106-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-104-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-102-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-100-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-98-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-96-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-94-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-92-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-91-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-84-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-83-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-78-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-76-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-74-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-73-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-70-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-68-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-64-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-62-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-60-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-58-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-57-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-54-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-87-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-80-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-66-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-52-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-50-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-48-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-46-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-44-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-40-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-38-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-36-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-32-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-30-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-29-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-24-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-22-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-20-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-18-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-16-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-14-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-12-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-8-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-42-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-10-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-7-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005DA4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-1870-0x0000000074DB2000-0x0000000074DB3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-1877-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5229-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5230-0x0000000004B40000-0x0000000004B5C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5231-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004BC0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5232-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004BD8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5233-0x00000000064C0000-0x00000000064D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5234-0x0000000006520000-0x0000000006536000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5235-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006508000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5236-0x0000000006540000-0x0000000006550000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5237-0x0000000006590000-0x000000000659A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5238-0x00000000068C0000-0x00000000068CC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5239-0x00000000068D0000-0x00000000068E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5240-0x0000000008F10000-0x000000000943C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5241-0x0000000006960000-0x000000000696C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5242-0x0000000006970000-0x000000000697C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5245-0x0000000006A50000-0x0000000006A5C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5243-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006A3A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5244-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006A48000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5246-0x0000000009740000-0x00000000097D2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5248-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5247-0x0000000006AA0000-0x0000000006AAC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5250-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006B26000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5255-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-7682-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-8958-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-10567-0x0000000074DA0000-0x000000007555C000-memory.dmp