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Database Entry



GhostSocks


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 28 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2d42f44cb857540a05b76c65c8085acb682340470acedd65367fa370a1161ecf
SHA3-384 hash: 09e81b1279e0c3dcef041ef230f2946eabf4efbbca1401832491bdf5a78701acae5f5fe73487ccf6b43808a19a5a42be
SHA1 hash: c525d23aa22e71992ebfa36d6ae11ce07afd41fd
MD5 hash: c75ccc4986d5d5d5ece06920e61b831f
humanhash: iowa-vegan-december-yankee
File name:Renewable.exe
Download: download sample
Signature GhostSocks
File size:21'302'272 bytes
First seen:2025-11-04 15:14:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e7541a1327983db21a39d1e5dd13a082 (1 x GhostSocks)
ssdeep 393216:R7lrVSEpD+8Gf8/VN8voiPGHCC9wjRl7q4jwJ9XQ0iOykKPLJA:JlrVSEpD+8GfoDXwN/qgYykKPV
TLSH T11E2723A0EF955413F1773BB76DAFE6D1C02E7DBF7221810FA284A91D0015616BE8723A
TrID 30.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
18.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
14.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
12.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
5.9% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 71f0968e8ed6e071 (1 x GhostSocks)
Reporter aachum
Tags:dropped-by-LummaStealer exe GhostSocks


Avatar
iamaachum
http://86.54.24.25/Renewable.exe

GhostSocks C2:
https://91.212.166.51:443
https://87.251.87.137:443
https://194.28.225.230:443
https://147.45.197.92:443
https://94.228.161.88:443
https://77.239.120.249:443
https://84.201.4.120:443
https://206.245.157.177:443
https://172.245.112.202:443

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
93
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Renewable.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-11-04 15:16:05 UTC
Tags:
golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
malware
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-04T12:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-05T12:46:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic Trojan.Win32.Agent.xcarhq BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Result
Threat name:
GO Backdoor, GhostSocks
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected GhostSocks
Yara detected GO Backdoor
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Ghostsocks
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-04 15:18:01 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
33
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
ghostsocks
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:ghostsocks backdoor discovery
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
GhostSocks
Ghostsocks family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://91.212.166.51:443
https://87.251.87.137:443
https://194.28.225.230:443
https://147.45.197.92:443
https://94.228.161.88:443
https://77.239.120.249:443
https://84.201.4.120:443
https://206.245.157.177:443
https://172.245.112.202:443
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

GhostSocks

Executable exe 2d42f44cb857540a05b76c65c8085acb682340470acedd65367fa370a1161ecf

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
LummaStealer
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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