Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    11s
  • max time network
    13s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/11/2026, 01:08

General

  • Target
    PhantasmNewUi.exe
  • Size 1.3MB
  • Sample261109-bhnnbabe75
  • SHA256 e8632510a0192891e134e584890046be7b4832e4932fd816f28e72d9455effab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DarkSideRAT

    DarkSideRAT is a remote access trojan.

  • Detects DarkSideRAT 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PhantasmNewUi.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PhantasmNewUi.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3328
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      /c start C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1794186667332.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2224
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1794186667332.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1794186667332.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3476
        • C:\Windows\System32\IESettingSync.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\IESettingSync.exe"
          4⤵
            PID:344

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
          • Size 808B
          • SHA256 3dd5ea8a14eb665ba6057d424f94e5e83757ffaab456578dbf038af04053b19e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
          • Size 192B
          • SHA256 573f7f4bb7eb132678d715f5b6facc26d1b7fb8c17435c0c66b218a29ffc4658
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Retev[1].htm

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\LM36AMZP\Retev[1].htm
          • Size 56KB
          • SHA256 c5479d3935762ad5280b2fa5f0fd7bb6395eaeea74fb79d2bfc695770b8d374c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/344-40-0x000002160E600000-0x000002160ED19000-memory.dmp

          memory/344-41-0x000002160ED20000-0x000002160ED21000-memory.dmp

          memory/344-47-0x000002160E600000-0x000002160ED19000-memory.dmp

          memory/344-53-0x000002160E600000-0x000002160ED19000-memory.dmp

          memory/344-56-0x000002160E600000-0x000002160ED19000-memory.dmp

          memory/3328-0-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140046000-memory.dmp

          memory/3328-22-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140046000-memory.dmp