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Database Entry



GhostSocks


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8bcf2cabebf87a922bb0615f2e607e527fb98580f142416c9220a32a46b9cf23
SHA3-384 hash: c99e37c8cea3630e1dfc1e3757d2ceab4e2d6c9c0866bf0dfd73e863f5255442fba0741d96dba194dcf29270ce5b1289
SHA1 hash: f43a5f70307c8e63869a40700d45fa3538099608
MD5 hash: 8be9cea089fca9fa25cbf4760115712e
humanhash: east-sink-high-cola
File name:Renewable.exe
Download: download sample
Signature GhostSocks
File size:12'766'208 bytes
First seen:2025-09-30 15:18:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4403c84c64eced2c876a55c2a3b1edde (3 x GhostSocks, 1 x Rhadamanthys)
ssdeep 196608:hrtaUZr5MseX0NJBljEvw2+FoHW954x07hlv1uxB370vUhOSXEyopX7z+l:hrAUZr5ZJuz+FoUM0VZE334v9njNv+l
TLSH T19ED623F1DB95C211E1FA3E7BC9BBB793C02EB8A66932805ED195991D0054A1E7D8333C
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 70e88ef0b28ee870 (1 x GhostSocks)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe GhostSocks

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
8be9cea089fca9fa25cbf4760115712e
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-09-30 02:00:08 UTC
Tags:
golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
malware
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file
Connection attempt to an infection source
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated packed packer_detected tracker
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-09-29T22:39:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-29T22:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
GO Backdoor
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
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)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected GO Backdoor
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Midie
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-29 21:36:49 UTC
AV detection:
16 of 38 (42.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8bcf2cabebf87a922bb0615f2e607e527fb98580f142416c9220a32a46b9cf23
MD5 hash:
8be9cea089fca9fa25cbf4760115712e
SHA1 hash:
f43a5f70307c8e63869a40700d45fa3538099608
SH256 hash:
656608553f1ef18d5abd41b67ceef275124df482a56d2c2b1b042faffa2de8ff
MD5 hash:
f4c743ac325a6e0e7a5450eefbf323b3
SHA1 hash:
b0fb88258cac28a67391e6587dc1b86f5f0d70fb
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
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_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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 8bcf2cabebf87a922bb0615f2e607e527fb98580f142416c9220a32a46b9cf23

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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