Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 02:41

General

  • Target
    d2c5366b14d49eb262250ae1e7656d121b42ff1b32bc59d2bb82ffc0698095ce.exe
  • Size 16.7MB
  • Sample260702-c6lpasbs9x
  • SHA256 d2c5366b14d49eb262250ae1e7656d121b42ff1b32bc59d2bb82ffc0698095ce
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • ghostsocks

C2
  • https://147.45.197.92:443

  • https://194.28.225.230:443

  • https://94.228.161.88:443

Signatures

  • Family: GhostSocks

    GhostSocks is a proxy malware written in Golang.

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d2c5366b14d49eb262250ae1e7656d121b42ff1b32bc59d2bb82ffc0698095ce.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d2c5366b14d49eb262250ae1e7656d121b42ff1b32bc59d2bb82ffc0698095ce.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
      "reg.exe" ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /f
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry key
      PID:2460
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
      "reg.exe" ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v SyncCoordinator /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\WorkspaceCache\workspace_svc.exe /f
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry key
      PID:124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /Query /TN WorkspaceMaintenance
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3500
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /Create /F /SC DAILY /ST 11:33 /TN WorkspaceMaintenance /TR C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ContentStore\bg_runner.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1088
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\WorkspaceCache\workspace_svc.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\WorkspaceCache\workspace_svc.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1716
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ContentStore\bg_runner.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ContentStore\bg_runner.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4992

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        workspace_svc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\WorkspaceCache\workspace_svc.exe
        • Size 16.7MB
        • SHA256 d2c5366b14d49eb262250ae1e7656d121b42ff1b32bc59d2bb82ffc0698095ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        config

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\config
        • Size 662B
        • SHA256 f22c316d3b40ba2d9b2d43232ab8bf0b02ea3a8004ce572117702145479c1117
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1716-21-0x0000000005CF0000-0x000000000629C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-13-0x0000000005CF0000-0x000000000629C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-20-0x0000000005CF0000-0x000000000629C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-19-0x0000000005CF0000-0x000000000629C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5620-7-0x0000000005AE0000-0x000000000608C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5620-8-0x0000000005AE0000-0x000000000608C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5620-6-0x0000000005AE0000-0x000000000608C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5620-0-0x0000000005AE0000-0x000000000608C000-memory.dmp