Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/10/2026, 16:35

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.ekkk.exe
  • Size 1.3MB
  • Sample261006-t3vapsay8v
  • SHA256 c74571ca793ca97223ecc7f7a01dc803524c445b4327f40518e8b27df986aec0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Gh0strat

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

  • Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • VMProtect packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.ekkk.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.ekkk.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4412
    • C:\WINDOWS\hx.exe
      C:\WINDOWS\hx.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3756
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ts.dat
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\/ts.dat
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4660
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x0000000000000500 0x0000000000000508
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3588
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k imgsvc
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:696
  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k imgsvc
    1⤵
      PID:796

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          3050200.dll

          • Path C:\3050200.dll
          • Size 116KB
          • SHA256 24ee789f5c3d8f5826666b4c421e2f10db412c5bc5df6e4dddb68270528b99bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          errorPageStrings[2]

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\S4MXVBLB\errorPageStrings[2]
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 a1270e90cea31b46432ec44731bf4400d22b38eb2855326bf934fe8f1b169a4f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          httpErrorPagesScripts[1]

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\U8AUWZTD\httpErrorPagesScripts[1]
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 54c0a29d0f6fba274ceec1e1cc8933c5ef35ebf7d9854fb325f66fa3b162ca8c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ts.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ts.dat
          • Size 10.0MB
          • SHA256 dd041400139ca840fa7f372b05f109824abb150df42b1fe0eaba24296aa3e77c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          hx.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\hx.exe
          • Size 656KB
          • SHA256 568c29114309205e7bf5465f7d8ea7953701ce03989c140475bf0291780c99c1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          NT_Path.jpg

          • Path \??\c:\NT_Path.jpg
          • Size 55B
          • SHA256 5fd257d938e935b19f88c5db4fd6e8753bd4ffa1672e8ead0abd4202c153aff4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          vhhqiejjh.pic

          • Path \??\c:\program files (x86)\qefn\vhhqiejjh.pic
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 0bd64c0900558ba1a9c10ddad641ed953adb6093020bad46d0b0c86315924b5a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3756-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000FB5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000FB5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000FB5000-memory.dmp