General

  • Target
    2026-08-23_0a9b05da0568792c8c5de28e8efcd823_amadey_elex_glassworm_karagany_njrat_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop
  • Size 220KB
  • Sample260824-v8hdrsxtbz
  • SHA256 5748b46714e260c4c961c5cae19d4d82c16527b1e2cb1854d79f01ea0a830810
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    AESPassword

  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/0dvVdMMJ

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    svchost.exe

  • main_folder

    AppData

  • pin_spread

    true

  • sub_folder

    \update\

  • usb_spread

    true

Extracted

Family
  • arrowrat

Botnet
  • 9GZTCE

C2
  • 178.218.144.95:42977

Mutex
  • KVKGT2

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/0dvVdMMJ

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    false

  • pin_spread

    false

  • usb_spread

    false

Targets

    • Target
      2026-08-23_0a9b05da0568792c8c5de28e8efcd823_amadey_elex_glassworm_karagany_njrat_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop
    • Size 220KB
    • SHA256 5748b46714e260c4c961c5cae19d4d82c16527b1e2cb1854d79f01ea0a830810
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: ArrowRat

      Remote access tool with various capabilities first seen in late 2021.

    • Family: LimeRAT

      Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines written in .NET.

    • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers

    • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

      Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

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

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks