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Database Entry

INC

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 36 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591
SHA3-384 hash:	067b2e42b3fba91e1547bce500ceaebfed8e3c54e8a78976c799510c76232e0538b50f9f3b757b41ab320df741600004
SHA1 hash:	e8ca99e4a1e280ccea27e2d1d943a31ee375eee3
MD5 hash:	68603acaae577b6643e0a7effbb521d1
humanhash:	maine-twenty-massachusetts-winner
File name:	Ghost_sysconfig__cd56540c.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	INC Create hunting rule
File size:	5'993'472 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-20 12:22:43 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	d42595b695fc008ef2c56aabd8efd68e (1'514 x Vidar, 365 x RemusStealer, 142 x Stealc)
ssdeep	49152:AVJ0GDXPl6yrZxvkBBlXhfTcCfVmuzQNZ6jSLLiMRVSyi/j4D17/R+fKiK9KYe5E:AYicdrwNojSHiUB9jAU0E
TLSH	T1CE565B43ECA555E9C0AAE23189679212BBB17C495F3123D32BA0F7382F76BD06E75740
TrID	33.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 25.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 10.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9) 10.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 10.1% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	SOCRadarSTRU
Tags:	exe INC Ransomware STRU The Gentlemen Ransomware

SOCRadarSTRU

🚨 Uncovering the AI-Driven Offensive Infrastructure of INC and The Gentlemen Ransomware Affiliates | SOCRadar STRU IOC

SOCRadar Threat Research Unit (STRU) uncovered an AI-driven ransomware affiliate ecosystem, exposing seven adversary-controlled servers, the Phantom Autonomous Red Team Framework, and AI-managed attack operations. The actors exploited Fortinet, Ivanti, Citrix, SonicWall, SimpleHelp, and cPanel, leveraging Ghost C2, RevSocks, and customized INC Ransomware encryptors. With over $23,000 spent on AI services, the findings highlight the growing role of AI-powered automation in ransomware operations and the critical operational security failures that exposed them.

📚 Source: https://socradar.io/blog/inc-gentlemen-ransomware-ai-infrastructure/

🔍 IOC Reference:
Full IOC list available on the SOCRadar platform: https://platform.socradar.com/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

181

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

No threats detected

Analysis date:

2026-10-20 13:19:23 UTC

Tags:

n/a

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/8a28d208-b841-41b0-a205-784765dd5016

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/93094/

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6ad75d445a22ac805bd81cf8

Tags:

malware

Result

Verdict:

Clean

Maliciousness:

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_90%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591

Verdict:

Unknown

File Type:

exe x64

First seen:

2026-10-20T08:11:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-21T20:15:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/4a3fbd7b-424a-4456-8f8f-884f3fb750f6

Score:

73%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591

Verdict:

Go Loader (Factory-v3)

YARA:

5 match(es)

Tags:

Executable Go Loader (Factory-v3) PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Stealer Loader T1027 T1055 Win 64 Exe x64

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/68603acaae577b6643e0a7effbb521d1

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591/

Threat name:

Win64.Trojan.Qwexlafiba

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-20 12:23:27 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

AV detection:

15 of 23 (65.22%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=zvlfidgyncngq5fo53lwqqkfnqennl626mbulghgbt3cb4foawiq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

3/10

Tags:

n/a

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261020-pw9dtszy2j/

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591

MD5 hash:

68603acaae577b6643e0a7effbb521d1

SHA1 hash:

e8ca99e4a1e280ccea27e2d1d943a31ee375eee3

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/e03b6589-cfaf-4a28-b27b-ab2e0ad9e8cc/

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/cd56540cd8689a6874aeeed76841456c08d6afdaf3034598e60cf620f0ae0591

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	dgaagas Create hunting rule
Author:	Harshit
Description:	Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt

Rule name:	Gentlemen_Ransomware_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Bedrock Safeguard Inc.
Description:	Detects The Gentlemen ransomware binary (Go/Garble)
Reference:	https://github.com/Bedrock-Safeguard/gentlemen-decryptor

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	golang_duffcopy_amd64 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references

Rule name:	JP_Lure_Content_Hunt Create hunting rule
Author:	sumeshi
Description:	Hunts for files containing Japanese kana text or common Japanese lure terminology

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	RemusStealer_GoPayload Create hunting rule
Author:	burger
Description:	Detects RemusStealer Go-compiled payload

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

File information

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

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/93094/

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