Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 08:45

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_b7c3e67a36ea8137d1287116e0691185_cobalt-strike_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.0MB
  • Sample260808-kn2a2acl2t
  • SHA256 f456c559d94b307018aeb77df835559d2c01e86b28a2f136b8de6146f9e331cc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 7 IoCs
  • Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 7 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 1 IoCs
  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 7 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 7 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables manipulated with Fody 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 9 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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.

  • UPX packed file 9 IoCs

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

  • Costura .NET executable packer 1 IoCs

    Costura packer aka Costura Fody, is an add-in for the .NET framework that embeds all external dependency .dll files as resources inside main executable.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_b7c3e67a36ea8137d1287116e0691185_cobalt-strike_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_b7c3e67a36ea8137d1287116e0691185_cobalt-strike_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:644
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3852
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4656
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4336
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe" -restart
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2564

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Service2.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Service2.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7fada0f81b63e1ecb265e9620ace8f5f0d40773626081849f5d98e668bc4e594
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_onqx1hix.lih.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_onqx1hix.lih.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        RAMTheme.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\RAMTheme.ini
        • Size 314B
        • SHA256 563eb35fd613f4298cd4dceff67652a13ba516a6244d9407c5709323c4ca4bb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Service1.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service1.exe
        • Size 3.4MB
        • SHA256 c964a9c1f74420abb9006a3b2e3738729517eab0c112f8e7f34864878b18fcbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Service2.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 be9ddcdedf8c36c64e6b0a32d2686b74a112913c54217ccaa46675bfd1dc82f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Service2.exe.config

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\Service2.exe.config
        • Size 6KB
        • SHA256 2b6d99db8369b0ff6372737d89d1c9e4101815b4168a3852c7b513f2897e7f3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        log4.config

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\houg\downloads\log4.config
        • Size 936B
        • SHA256 e4b10630d9ec2af508de31752fbbc6816c7426c40a3e57f0a085ce7f42c77bd5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2564-101-0x000000000C560000-0x000000000C57A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-88-0x000000000BC00000-0x000000000BC0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-102-0x000000000C6D0000-0x000000000C6D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-100-0x000000000C470000-0x000000000C564000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-99-0x000000000C300000-0x000000000C322000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-98-0x000000000C0F0000-0x000000000C1A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-96-0x000000000C020000-0x000000000C078000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-106-0x000000000D270000-0x000000000D282000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-89-0x000000000BC10000-0x000000000BCB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-84-0x0000000005FC0000-0x0000000006034000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-85-0x0000000006070000-0x000000000607A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-105-0x000000000D240000-0x000000000D24A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2564-87-0x000000000B6F0000-0x000000000B72A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3852-39-0x000001B01EFE0000-0x000001B01F002000-memory.dmp

        memory/3852-30-0x000001B01E4F0000-0x000001B01E500000-memory.dmp

        memory/3852-31-0x000001B01E4F0000-0x000001B01E500000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-69-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000006454000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-68-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000E8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-71-0x00000000059A0000-0x0000000005A32000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-73-0x0000000005930000-0x000000000594E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-72-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005926000-memory.dmp

        memory/4336-70-0x0000000005880000-0x00000000058C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-95-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-103-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-57-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-275-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-301-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-303-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-305-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4656-307-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000115F000-memory.dmp