General

  • Target
    2026-08-23_3483f875b3dc3e5ff116659e39707455_cobalt-strike_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260824-rm5emadg86
  • SHA256 57d9ed21810cb157c16e9e626f7b22bca244014d4d0247d625317e4afc4202f1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Path
  • C:\ProgramData\Readme_Instructions.html

Ransom Note
  • <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html><head><title>infected with ransomware virus</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> </head> <body style="margin: 0.4em; font-size: 14pt;"><p>!!!&nbsp; &nbsp; Your files are encrypted&nbsp; !!!<br><br>*All your files are protected with encryption*<br>*There is no public decryption software.*<br>*All files/documents/software with ".CRYPT" extension is encrypted*<br><br><br>###### Program and private key, What is the price? The price depends on how fast you can pay us.!######<br>1 day : 50 Bitcoin<br>2 day : 60 Bitcoin<br>3 day : 90 Bitcoin<br>4 day : 130 Bitcoin<br> 5 day&nbsp; &nbsp; : permanent data loss !!!!<br><br> ***How to contact our team through tox chat***<br><br>*Download tox chat from<br>*<a href="https://tox.chat/download.html">https://tox.chat/download.html</a><br>*send us friend request to tox chat id <br><br>7D8796EB86CBF29F53F8A8447EABAF310ED898D9DEFF97AE09C1864C2A6B3B14ED8F82AE9B9D<br><br>*Our team is waiting*<br><br>!!!!For immediate decryption!!!<br><br>write to our email:<br><br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><br> *After payment received, we will send private key to your IT department.!!!*<br><br> *Free decryption As a guarantee, you can send us up to 3 free decrypted files before payment.*<br><br>!!! We have downloaded all your files to our servers and will release data if you do not comply.!!!<br>!!! Do not attempt to decrypt your data using third-party software, this will result in permanent data loss.!!!</p></body></html>
Emails
URLs
  • http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"

Targets

    • Target
      2026-08-23_3483f875b3dc3e5ff116659e39707455_cobalt-strike_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver
    • Size 2.0MB
    • SHA256 57d9ed21810cb157c16e9e626f7b22bca244014d4d0247d625317e4afc4202f1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Renames multiple (9239) files with added filename extension

      This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    • Creates a file in the Startup directory

      A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

    • Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager

      Suspicious access to Credentials History.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks