gh0strat | 865c7b2aa95585cb10ab3f78cdb418487f07264b4fefd529cfe2e3be75862352

General

Target
2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
Size 11.0MB
Sample260703-bd3axaes7k
SHA256 865c7b2aa95585cb10ab3f78cdb418487f07264b4fefd529cfe2e3be75862352
MD5 de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe
SHA1 685af4b0923ccae54a79f933f2eaebba1d069432
SHA512 bab44a7161677bdb6391571e4b0c002933a7ab891b5b6e7413fee4f5f68623fadf9b4cc15a8f92a30a784b7e80e0474bf3fab3ecd055fb8c7715611e215855cf
SSDEEP 196608:dZ9U857kSfg2iH2cQ8w9ctWzjwfcwFGJlCCw9+rUIZ8aI:ZU857kt72cKnwEvJl5IaUIZ8n
TLSH
T168C6125A65C648EAD6431A34C892EB387271DDBB89D34D1F57F4B90F2F3DA448D2802E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery gh0strat persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c5e1-6.dat	family_gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\svchcst\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240693000.bat"	look2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5528	look2.exe
4388	svchcst.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
5528	look2.exe
4596	svchost.exe
4388	svchcst.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240693000.bat	look2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	look2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe	svchost.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchcst.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	look2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5820	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
5820	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5820	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
5820	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5820 wrote to memory of 5528	5820	2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe	89
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 4388	4596	svchost.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_de85d39af0e44eccffa15f421fc8fefe_coinminer_elex_emotet_icedid_njrat_remcos_rhadamanthys.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5820
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\look2.exe
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5528

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:6364

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4596
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\svchcst.exe "c:\windows\system32\240693000.bat",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4388

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:3148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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HD_X.dat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat
Size 1.3MB
SHA256 d0d2cdbf6881ae1ef88b7958a0750047ab92fdf385aca2d056247bf8658e1ea2
MD5 cc096cdacafdf9747b565a74154692dc
SHA1 d2d9b99c17a39f2dca325b4714a99d9ecd3210d5
SHA512 2583c714ab608cdd9d8941d62c8edb5c0bba2899e78481c78f115769977895c0391ecbe6426c5e2d9089918170e0e7cdf79b788e9ec31084851542ace52c6c00
SSDEEP 24576:MYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRln7yzZ:MYREXSVMDi3i
TLSH
T19A557B92799188F2CA441B30C8E6E771C4769FB85BD3894F93D9FE6F3932940923512E
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look2.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
Size 337KB
SHA256 86492ebf2d6f471a5ee92977318d099b3ea86175b5b7ae522237ae01d07a4857
MD5 2f3b6f16e33e28ad75f3fdaef2567807
SHA1 85e907340faf1edfc9210db85a04abd43d21b741
SHA512 db17e99e2df918cfc9ccbe934adfe73f0777ce1ce9f28b57a4b24ecd821efe2e0b976a634853247b77b16627d2bb3af4ba20306059d1d25ef38ffada7da3e3a4
SSDEEP 6144:8IXwWcHnNmZEvB7csAPRZyfQjCfA3lMXm4Y+5bFnWBFopJOU:8IXwDNmZEvJcscRZzjCI1O5W
TLSH
T1B474BF137FE4C8B6C59351324EE25F7AA1F6FE902E224A4333956F0CDD32691963A316
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240693000.bat

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240693000.bat
Size 51KB
SHA256 2bbcb9f4eeb08c9701aed05bd87185bfeb32b1a6ca0f02be9e2a723f00ceedf0
MD5 87bd186f6011ddff482b3d271a9c5813
SHA1 79e575319eb5c75265c1b69b58dc9bd03e251c4e
SHA512 0838eeaa72a8ad15f5aa4bd23bb5f213b2b815e24561db21e99c967e892b79bc8632ea98e7d1361fe6c37050eccd39b60a398521ab40695e6a667bbecb9602ba
SSDEEP 1536:1WmqoiBMNbMWtYNif/n9S91BF3frnoLMJYH5:1dWubF3n9S91BF3fboAJYH5
TLSH
T142333A02EE8D88F5F145177038AA33B6953ABDE036996A931F53DDA5C87B370F12D242
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svchcst.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
Size 51KB
SHA256 ce6bb7eddc83762c708d4a41709ae00371dbdc09b2a380f28fa60b1edf917473
MD5 2e068ce2770fde8d1af4cb114b98df1f
SHA1 b6f9c2775babb025b22f915c3047aa627d07c312
SHA512 998d695eb56375e63df7db16740b89deb2cf630ccbead8bcf84a921ec6f4a4f9aef2755b703f7190f332b2008ebcc949363bcf8f392d7d07246c255b5073ed35
SSDEEP 1536:6G9yoVEpHP29I3fbcJboSUge5N+CnC/maz9Rh:8pv2mbcJboce58wvOR
TLSH
T137336C236A0A49B3DFE231780A9D7232526DD862075541F7A61057EAFD243E2EE743CF
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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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