Extracted

• • Target
    2026-07-18_c9d63088b5bde4dd67ba6b344b828967_akira_cobalt-strike_glassworm_rusty-stealer_satacom
  • Size 85.3MB
  • SHA256 3e0ae3e42dc5fa2d5eda6c5c8579d1d4d3757c6ef8598195a302ce0e6a9dcee2
  • MD5 c9d63088b5bde4dd67ba6b344b828967
  • SHA1 18f417c5ad10411665e953d2884197fb4dfc3449
  • SHA512 7fea89d8f8ea6245cb7121baadcc1d044097926ee3f51f35e92d0e0b2ac0cd49b4fb71f6b4389975f1e137622a330115ba212f71cf25a533ef2521a1b7ddfb0b
  • SSDEEP 1572864:gekdvEDBGCj8qeuxIttD4dw+EyIUeSLAsoFGh29CelVJKlk54yawrt:geko0erec6tYwByIY3oFGH44J
  • TLSH
    T16A182201BA5A9564D05AC878D2474A934F3270EE063BA4FF51E941243FAB7F09B3E35B
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

  Score

  10^/10

  backdoordefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionghostsockspersistenceprivilege_escalation

  • Family: GhostSocks

    GhostSocks is a proxy malware written in Golang.

    backdoorghostsocks

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    persistence
  • Custom signature

    Detects executables (downlaoders) containing URLs to raw contents of a paste

  • Custom signature

    Detects executables referencing combination of virtualization drivers

  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VMWare drivers on disk

    defense_evasion

  • Looks for VMWare services registry key.

    defense_evasion

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    defense_evasion

  • Checks BIOS information in registry

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Checks installed software on the system

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Checks system information in the registry

    System information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

  behavioral1behavioral2