General

  • Target
    Ghosty Spoofer.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260714-yqrfhafs5w
  • SHA256 998f273ce2d99264ca3a640802d9a415bdefd1687ff461f08348a50baa652edb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      Ghosty Spoofer.exe
    • Size 5.5MB
    • SHA256 998f273ce2d99264ca3a640802d9a415bdefd1687ff461f08348a50baa652edb
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation

      Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks