Extracted

• • Target
    claude-opus-4-8_x64.exe
  • Size 95.5MB
  • SHA256 d06f4ac157e441ccc7090c8cb3e592a3b87ef2ea7e7b4082f8e4b9fb06acaa29
  • MD5 c7005da64f4a24ef902a130f56719202
  • SHA1 3a26bbc8613538d82a72a9041fcf3d069615c95b
  • SHA512 53b595e3f9a876ceb47c3e650e264cf6a64ed71dca67c9a357ecbfe33dde13f9c10191981cae6e9c7f7c997f8363aea59016d048c0249e5cf116b719b9a6d952
  • SSDEEP 1572864:x+HAcnkL9tqUoZz9JZlLDgEyIUeSLAslFsmJVaM4yaw:wgGkmFzzbyIY3lFs8X4J
  • TLSH
    T164282205BB5A5524E09AC47492430A534F3170EB163BE8BF52E960283F9B7F85F3E35A
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

  Score

  10^/10

  backdoordefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionghostsockspersistenceprivilege_escalationspywarestealer

  • Family: GhostSocks

    GhostSocks is a proxy malware written in Golang.

    backdoorghostsocks

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    persistence

  • Enumerates VirtualBox DLL files

  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VirtualBox executables on disk

  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VMWare drivers on disk

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VMWare services registry key.

    defense_evasion

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    defense_evasion

  • Checks BIOS information in registry

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

    spyware

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Checks installed software on the system

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Checks system information in the registry

    System information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

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