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Database Entry



GhostSocks


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: db9088e06e98f4ce755c86795fb8f6acd42f3b3db0802a5f45f0b27847259ede
SHA3-384 hash: 407f2e2701e9b4480f6baa6581aedb88ce23d21982817ca7c5cc87f067bd0e7f32aa9f94834dbc8fa215a309962d4c8a
SHA1 hash: 837d277cadef03a2c1aaa2e1c86edb372ccaa88b
MD5 hash: 001c324ae2fd6452e36dabef0b612cb0
humanhash: violet-johnny-red-high
File name:her7zi1rut6.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature GhostSocks
File size:1'979'170 bytes
First seen:2026-02-20 19:20:53 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 12288:vs1iBG8Km8aKzVHMkVXB8sRqMzaMfvHs5b0qdGmXPQq0fExhTLn2uIWvS2e65z:vsD8KpzRHD7jnWdG2PN0fA1n2eSb6d
TLSH T13F950761BE5B8A7B13C166F7FA47BC38DF7DA55D02197CC435A981842069B888380DEF
Magika powershell
Reporter aachum
Tags:dropped-by-ACRStealer GhostSocks ps1


Avatar
iamaachum
http://194.150.220.218/4SLEYpfAk57hGubo/her7zi1rut6.wav

GhostSocks C2:
https://147.45.197.92:443
https://94.228.161.88:443

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 evasive fingerprint obfuscated powershell soft-404
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
unix shell
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan.PowerShell.Obfus.gen
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Found pyInstaller with non standard icon
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Powershell drops PE file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected Python Injector
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1872693 Sample: her7zi1rut6.ps1 Startdate: 20/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 68 34 www.powershellgallery.com 2->34 36 shed.dual-low.part-0012.t-0009.t-msedge.net 2->36 38 18 other IPs or domains 2->38 46 Yara detected Python Injector 2->46 48 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->48 8 powershell.exe 15 82 2->8         started        13 ls_crashpad_handler.exe 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 40 13.107.213.40, 443, 49713, 49718 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 8->40 42 part-0012.t-0009.t-msedge.net 13.107.246.40, 443, 49693, 49699 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 8->42 44 13 other IPs or domains 8->44 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\python314.dll, PE32 8->26 dropped 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\python3.dll, PE32 8->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\...\ls_crashpad_handler.exe, PE32 8->30 dropped 32 7 other malicious files 8->32 dropped 50 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 8->50 52 Found pyInstaller with non standard icon 8->52 54 Powershell drops PE file 8->54 15 ls_crashpad_handler.exe 8->15         started        18 WmiPrvSE.exe 8->18         started        20 conhost.exe 8->20         started        22 WerFault.exe 4 13->22         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 56 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 15->56 24 WerFault.exe 2 15->24         started        process10
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
ghostsocks
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:ghostsocks backdoor discovery execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Badlisted process makes network request
GhostSocks
Ghostsocks family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://147.45.197.92:443
https://94.228.161.88:443
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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:Warp
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information


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Web download

GhostSocks

PowerShell (PS) ps1 db9088e06e98f4ce755c86795fb8f6acd42f3b3db0802a5f45f0b27847259ede

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
ACRStealer
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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