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Database Entry



Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs 1 YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a5a8a35bc7f082b6107a1b19ecd0b78d4467b4159689ef6d1030be7d1ba19c6c
SHA3-384 hash: abb43d7ccbac6995cd5b42fa5af5bdc50b73640c50abca5cdff574c9f6cb3db6759c5842da45fcf3ded130eb04fd2527
SHA1 hash: 97ffd2556a700a57db0b897a9b682743c966310d
MD5 hash: eaec1c0efcff93c03945a2bf5a2fafbe
humanhash: winner-jupiter-carbon-oven
File name:eaec1c0efcff93c03945a2bf5a2fafbe.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:483'524 bytes
First seen:2022-02-23 15:57:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4d4c746105ec68f3b3b28040325a9d96 (8 x Gh0stRAT)
ssdeep 6144:1iTti+B0bL7t4A5gp34BEQ4G7v4G7AWFC4G7AWFQfOVM10UbFaxU+kX78Dr:4PB0bd4AgNi1JAnABmVM10UYcs
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TLSH T1ADA4E132B9C144FBE94A443040FA2BBEA63AFD8617115E97A744FE953C33152D32B19B
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 60d8ce8caeaada6c (1 x Gh0stRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
Gh0stRAT C2:
183.236.2.18:7740

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
183.236.2.18:7740 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/390331/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
257
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows directory
Searching for synchronization primitives
DNS request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
CheckCmdLine
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive explorer.exe greyware keylogger overlay packed rat shell32.dll
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware)
Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file has a writeable .text section
Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction which cause usermode exception
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected GhostRat
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Zegost
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2011-07-12 08:24:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
57
AV detection:
26 of 28 (92.86%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
persistence
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Drops file in Windows directory
Adds Run key to start application
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a5a8a35bc7f082b6107a1b19ecd0b78d4467b4159689ef6d1030be7d1ba19c6c
MD5 hash:
eaec1c0efcff93c03945a2bf5a2fafbe
SHA1 hash:
97ffd2556a700a57db0b897a9b682743c966310d
Malware family:
Gh0st RAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:GhostDragon_Gh0stRAT
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Gh0st RAT mentioned in Cylance' Ghost Dragon Report
Reference:https://blog.cylance.com/the-ghost-dragon
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ASEP_REG_Reverse
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects file containing reversed ASEP Autorun registry keys
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_RDP
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination manipulating RDP / Terminal Services
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_PCRat
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects PCRat / Gh0st
Rule name:Typical_Malware_String_Transforms
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects typical strings in a reversed or otherwise modified form
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Typical_Malware_String_Transforms_RID3473
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects typical strings in a reversed or otherwise modified form
Reference:Internal Research

File information


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