Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
129s - max time network
131s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/07/2026, 11:38
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
GhostyLite.exe
Resource
win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
3 signatures
900 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
GhostyLite.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
3 signatures
900 seconds
Errors
Reason
Machine shutdown
General
- Target GhostyLite.exe
- Size 2.8MB
- Sample260709-nr5dmsav7v
- SHA256 29db0210d424a4cb8adb1102e215a4a74aa29e27c3cc3a934ea8ecad14cfeaac
- MD5 86c1418b4794b9c38b5e115e40f25681
- SHA1 829c237f9debb669595640f699a764b9c5d1382f
- SHA512 00a1b0995f6e779561bee750695e268f28edb2a35b6e4c8a9ea6c48b60536749d69ed13f43026c64b82aa845cd9b955e5aa0c9efc2fda4457589de927a4b9b7d
- SSDEEP 49152:ElKOLVCGr/FMfZmC+uMCAKKVSC+uMhun6Ta:wVlrac7KKPchC
- TLSH T15ED5E145F2A701D8C5A78138872AA31BEB723045073257CF6BE51A567F27EE22B7E311
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
flow ioc 1 raw.githubusercontent.com 2 raw.githubusercontent.com - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "110" LogonUI.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = 99ebff004cc2ff000091f8000078d4000067c000003e9200001a6800f7630c00 LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4290799360" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292114432" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365268" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292114432" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365268" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89" LogonUI.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 3012 GhostyLite.exe 4268 GhostyLite.exe 3488 GhostyLite.exe 3432 LogonUI.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3012
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C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding1⤵PID:812
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4268
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GhostyLite.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3488
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C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a36055 /state1:0x41c64e6d1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3432
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GhostyBootstrapper3\image-cache\a19c331faab57eef.bin
- Size 7KB
- SHA256 d2b44f242275ae1a692dde93b9b27b04a75fee34153ea46e777e48cc4a375c52
- MD5 932c3d236b5a697155cf7201a34f5a8e
- SHA1 ab5d5f798fff6a7688693995376cb30083562b8e
- SHA512 819601b2c10eaeccb7e586672a7eb1dc37e64817358e2ec8ce4dbbc27109ae6c02c968d12aa84644a0382e5a27baf4fb69f1df5107832b756c81ddebed75f724
- SSDEEP 192:wLUiiiiiiiiiiiiiykiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiCiiiiiiiiiiiiiPiiia:w4iiiiiiiiiiiii1iiiiiiiiiiiiioiD
- TLSH T1DDF1283A4C68A51DDBF26CB7F2E8DE9BAD965C81707BEB91F0E5F0560B03BC4110A501
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GhostyBootstrapper3\settings.ini
- Size 96B
- SHA256 6e69828d1c98a16cff28e6c11e43f55173b540a8f19039deb5a4deab2bd0f6a1
- MD5 073c9b27132083a356c6cbcabea90c62
- SHA1 f6b2dd29525b8f95c78daf7cc2dce4c035ea65d6
- SHA512 15a1bcdcf72ad85f7a77eaf0116caef00ef3c837f0ff735e74a1fdaf5c7451f82a6f2990a892c883994fa1a7641048c97bcaacfa8efdb6c9d0a2631c7bd63f1c
- TLSH T196B0122351B9D56B01169823215A404C4050444A6549A324C6A0474D1EB3C0AAAC2503
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GhostyBootstrapper3\text-cache\a66725fa20ee875d.txt
- Size 5B
- SHA256 f0b8c77d978d7b4aebeb1df5a2c0a6aa70393689819dd4060826ab6d36b5ea90
- MD5 c7ba27130f956748671e845893fd6b80
- SHA1 86f389089f8cb6f58aa87561bcf7bec9d700c40b
- SHA512 f2170cb5d554ef10a286c0754d0ef8acac4a47317c98e315ad092261f39935db861719a29ad1e8235806753619c975c1748572a0c49a1ef784088cd31d8d98a5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GhostyBootstrapper3\text-cache\e63a07656ee90cb1.txt
- Size 83B
- SHA256 429a8eda9550225815dfe9775e1ad2a5d071dd828d7da84223d80aed99d76d3c
- MD5 17b882c29544dbdb162e615d648fd458
- SHA1 28819bd1b481dbbc114e9593cdb8bf578f057e3f
- SHA512 06c55d3df2d5026add08b6e318916cafbfbde77759c1e14745a3441403ebb53f1281bbad8bf63acab9f5b5e54f189a9ad5a62e55df392d67170f92832fb7022a
- TLSH T1F7A0245F0331517D4131C557C5C0F33C03334315115FC31D4013C101130450C053F401
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH