Analysis

  • max time kernel
    39s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 04:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-30_ca93052c8e45270808d83d15750f07cf_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260831-e3rggsef55
  • SHA256 3c9d2b67550276bf0811167a9335b4a22a33c109f183dc363f2cc56117bb92a7
  • 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.

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 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 4 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 5 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 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\2026-08-30_ca93052c8e45270808d83d15750f07cf_drokbk_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_ca93052c8e45270808d83d15750f07cf_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
    • System policy modification
    PID:1200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/$Recycle.Bin/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:3152
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Documents and Settings/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/PerfLogs/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6652
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files (x86)/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6388
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4284
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:3364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:7164
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5512
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows.old/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:6456
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\upfc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4700
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4508
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\Containers\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3920
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5204
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4280
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Oracle\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4124
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Oracle\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4732
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Oracle\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2108
  • C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe
    "C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:6104
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5136
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3324
    • C:\Windows\Containers\upfc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Containers\upfc.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:4252
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4796
      • C:\Users\All Users\Oracle\OfficeClickToRun.exe
        "C:\Users\All Users\Oracle\OfficeClickToRun.exe"
        1⤵
          PID:3864
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\smss.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5992
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1120
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:6192
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystrayS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1328
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystray" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:7044
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SecurityHealthSystrayS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4716
        • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
          "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SecurityHealthSystray.exe"
          1⤵
            PID:6764
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\smss.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\smss.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:1148

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  Q41sxvcbvc.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q41sxvcbvc.bat
                  • Size 211B
                  • SHA256 3bc3dc83b9d4837aa7e2d5dc06df85ddb767522683a7f37bd2af1c9867f7ff4a
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_xqhxlfe4.00r.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_xqhxlfe4.00r.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  csrss.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Default\csrss.exe
                  • Size 1.7MB
                  • SHA256 3c9d2b67550276bf0811167a9335b4a22a33c109f183dc363f2cc56117bb92a7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/1200-0-0x0000000074E72000-0x0000000074E73000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-1-0x00000000053C0000-0x000000000563C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-2-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-3-0x0000000005640000-0x0000000005BFA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-4-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053BA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-11-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-6-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-9-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-19-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-18-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-25-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-37-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-46-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-58-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-84-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-108-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-130-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-132-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-128-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-126-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-124-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-122-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-120-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-118-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-116-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-114-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-112-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-110-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-106-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-104-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-102-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-100-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-98-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-96-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-94-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-92-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-90-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-88-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-86-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-82-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-80-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-78-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-76-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-74-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-72-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-70-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-68-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-66-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-64-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-62-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-60-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-56-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-55-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-52-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-50-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-49-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-44-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-42-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-40-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-38-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-34-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-31-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-29-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-28-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-24-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-21-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-15-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-14-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-32-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-7-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000053B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-2096-0x0000000074E72000-0x0000000074E73000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-2101-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5229-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5230-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A2C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5231-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A90000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5232-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000002AA8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5233-0x00000000064C0000-0x00000000064D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5234-0x0000000006520000-0x0000000006536000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5235-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006508000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5236-0x0000000006540000-0x0000000006550000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5237-0x0000000006590000-0x000000000659A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5238-0x00000000068C0000-0x00000000068CC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5239-0x00000000068D0000-0x00000000068E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5240-0x0000000007C40000-0x000000000816C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5241-0x0000000006960000-0x000000000696C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5242-0x0000000006970000-0x000000000697C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5245-0x0000000006A60000-0x0000000006A6C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5244-0x0000000006A50000-0x0000000006A58000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5243-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006A4A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5246-0x0000000008470000-0x0000000008502000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5247-0x0000000006A80000-0x0000000006A8C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5250-0x0000000008660000-0x00000000086C6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-5248-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-6943-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1200-7500-0x0000000074E60000-0x000000007561C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3364-21022-0x0000000002740000-0x0000000002776000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4072-21933-0x0000000004F60000-0x00000000055AA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/6652-25161-0x00000000061F0000-0x0000000006212000-memory.dmp

                  memory/6652-25527-0x0000000006410000-0x0000000006476000-memory.dmp

                  memory/6652-25934-0x00000000064F0000-0x000000000684B000-memory.dmp