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Database Entry



GuLoader


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b8f225189e10b6eba893191bda9b633b5ae42302aa74323c51373c8069c381fa
SHA3-384 hash: e2ed3d664bdd044c6892c2d82c18d0030da0d8c0256821c2030312e678dc8a7fd456f0fd0337cb89ffcc82df5be9b020
SHA1 hash: ce6158b63a0e6ed9e5db7b572e9c6d07235b80c9
MD5 hash: 16d5a40ce5517e26a63d387bc1b0371b
humanhash: one-cardinal-freddie-asparagus
File name:scan10022025.exe
Download: download sample
Signature GuLoader
File size:868'584 bytes
First seen:2025-10-21 01:12:36 UTC
Last seen:2025-10-21 10:33:15 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b34f154ec913d2d2c435cbd644e91687 (548 x GuLoader, 117 x RemcosRAT, 80 x EpsilonStealer)
ssdeep 24576:+3vs71o2D/xY3qUDFRFuN5hUI5iD1AG5nME5qv:+3QjGqUDFRFuN071r5MEYv
Threatray 2'338 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T170052250FB42C8A7DC7253700A7F6B7529E3ED6E6E70030E530D76A6B772AC42419A93
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe GuLoader signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:Praktikablestes
Issuer:Praktikablestes
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2025-09-26T02:14:01Z
Valid to:2026-09-26T02:14:01Z
Serial number: 71a26c9ad92dfcc9e96156ed8813aa2c6dd76d98
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: dd08b981c8c9f63cebc177d334bab80783d3fcd6449f8ce933c333d9ca5118e7
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Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
228
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
scan10022025.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-21 01:14:41 UTC
Tags:
remcos rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
injection virus blic
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Delayed reading of the file
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug blackhole installer microsoft_visual_cc nsis overlay signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-20T21:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-22T23:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Detections:
VHO:Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.gen Trojan.Win32.GuLoader.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Makoob.gen Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Minix.sb Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.sbe Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.sbb Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.sba
Result
Threat name:
GuLoader, Remcos
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious PE digital signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names
Detected Remcos RAT
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remcos
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Yara detected GuLoader
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1798773 Sample: scan10022025.exe Startdate: 21/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 drive.usercontent.google.com 2->48 50 drive.google.com 2->50 54 Found malware configuration 2->54 56 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->56 58 Yara detected GuLoader 2->58 60 4 other signatures 2->60 9 scan10022025.exe 4 92 2->9         started        13 remcos.exe 2->13         started        15 remcos.exe 10 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 file5 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unconcatenating.gru, DOS 9->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 9->40 dropped 74 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 9->74 76 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 9->76 78 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 9->78 17 scan10022025.exe 2 10 9->17         started        42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 13->42 dropped 22 remcos.exe 13->22         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 44 drive.usercontent.google.com 142.250.81.225, 443, 49769, 49771 GOOGLEUS United States 17->44 46 drive.google.com 172.217.165.142, 443, 49768, 49770 GOOGLEUS United States 17->46 32 C:\ProgramData\Remcos\remcos.exe, PE32 17->32 dropped 34 C:\ProgramData\...\remcos.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 17->34 dropped 62 Detected Remcos RAT 17->62 64 Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names 17->64 24 remcos.exe 38 17->24         started        66 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 22->66 file9 signatures10 process11 file12 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 24->36 dropped 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 24->68 70 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 24->70 72 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 24->72 28 remcos.exe 4 7 24->28         started        signatures13 process14 dnsIp15 52 52.15.108.179, 2404 AMAZON-02US United States 28->52 80 Detected Remcos RAT 28->80 signatures16
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable NSIS Installer PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Guloader
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-10-21 00:47:16 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
43
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:remotehost discovery persistence rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Adds Run key to start application
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Remcos
Remcos family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
52.15.108.179:2404
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b8f225189e10b6eba893191bda9b633b5ae42302aa74323c51373c8069c381fa
MD5 hash:
16d5a40ce5517e26a63d387bc1b0371b
SHA1 hash:
ce6158b63a0e6ed9e5db7b572e9c6d07235b80c9
SH256 hash:
86c8ee210e6611383a634dcb8c60455063ddae3d7adccbeacf3adf7bf2a46676
MD5 hash:
d2e45dd852a659e11897df573832f381
SHA1 hash:
19990ee627c95b6c18d3b5c5f0ec5c24791d0af5
SH256 hash:
c2f405d7402f815d0c3fadd9a50f0bbbb1bab9aa38fe347823478a2587299448
MD5 hash:
9625d5b1754bc4ff29281d415d27a0fd
SHA1 hash:
80e85afc5cccd4c0a3775edbb90595a1a59f5ce0
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Detect_NSIS_Nullsoft_Installer
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects NSIS installers by .ndata section + NSIS header string
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits

File information


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

Malspam

GuLoader

Executable exe b8f225189e10b6eba893191bda9b633b5ae42302aa74323c51373c8069c381fa

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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