Extracted

• • Target
    2026-07-16_56f3de03811116a8ed4dab0e96d889ca_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_remcos_wannacry
  • Size 7.3MB
  • SHA256 746ca2877002962bc5f1592368f503fbcc6cba0651d66e47fe0a21d0945c974a
  • MD5 56f3de03811116a8ed4dab0e96d889ca
  • SHA1 f078f324cb3c5544c50695ea6db8880972b9e675
  • SHA512 bd1c7859dbca7acfba8b6ffbabf4312bb6b646e423f16e775404621108320f18bc5c4c217dccf75ce1948a8865effb7006bce07207dee2fc63bf1a8a405517ee
  • SSDEEP 98304:0ws2ANnKXOaeOgmhSvP04nsmtk2aXHfzBMyXkx4FL8VdL0hvADfHraUkBqhJonrI:iKXbeO7+TLCzqye4yVdDfLawks
  • TLSH
    T17F76E003B6914432C39225B1DE66D6B25B257E7D0BF2076776B87ECC3B34682FD2121A
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

  Score

  10^/10

  backdoorbootkitdiscoverygh0stratpurplefoxxredpersistenceratrootkittrojanupx

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

    rootkit

  • Family: Gh0strat

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

    ratgh0strat

  • Family: PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

    rootkittrojanpurplefox

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

    backdoorxred

  • Gh0st RAT payload

  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point)

  • Drops file in Drivers directory

  • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

    persistence

  • Sets service image path in registry

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

    persistence

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • UPX packed file

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

    upx
  behavioral1behavioral2