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Database Entry


Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs 1 YARA 7 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ec3eb23461dedc9bb843775f849fc2fa475bea934f674e3f19db23cde53398da
SHA3-384 hash: 507cf0821f0b1f2bf7372a0a8e48ea4e8a67b99dfd3e0c9b66c5ba174213773971ef146553fb8cd169a22f9fa83ce07f
SHA1 hash: e2a563c9b4eb23075d8a405d04e7790d2ec1e1f8
MD5 hash: 4f4fef8d4a3ed3fb7290c76d4136a648
humanhash: paris-virginia-eighteen-red
File name:4f4fef8d4a3ed3fb7290c76d4136a648.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
Create hunting rule
File size:33'295'839 bytes
First seen:2025-06-28 23:05:06 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 884310b1928934402ea6fec1dbd3cf5e (3'725 x GCleaner, 3'608 x Socks5Systemz, 262 x RaccoonStealer)
ssdeep 786432:j78wERxPTkfw6nmNVuixf9xK5zHr2Jl97keFCj6h+tMl:j4PFw46n0dlxWriJr7keFg6hKMl
TLSH T1EB7733EABDDC6472C760D03EDD2A87569B627D713DB18037EB8829827F73990CA15603
TrID 71.2% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
9.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
6.6% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
4.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
2.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon b298acbab2ca7a72 (2'335 x GCleaner, 1'830 x Socks5Systemz, 67 x RedLineStealer)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT


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abuse_ch
None C2:
115.231.218.148:811

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

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

IOCThreatFox Reference
115.231.218.148:811 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1551229/

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
828
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
4f4fef8d4a3ed3fb7290c76d4136a648.exe
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-06-28 23:09:08 UTC
Tags:
inno installer delphi
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/2a3568a5-7112-493f-9972-2ba05c225ec2

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6860754737c343677946ce75
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context borland_delphi fingerprint installer overlay overlay packed packed packer_detected
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6860753f45e80b29f8a3d9ab/reports/03ebba8f-4882-424c-8e4b-55d2c017f1e2/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/grayware_confidence_60%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ec3eb23461dedc9bb843775f849fc2fa475bea934f674e3f19db23cde53398da
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat, Nitol
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1724819
Signature
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Detected VMProtect packer
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Hides threads from debuggers
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Overwrites code with function prologues
Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process
PE file has nameless sections
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to evade analysis by execution special instruction (VM detection)
Writes many files with high entropy
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected Nitol
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1724819 Sample: zkKy3fpTws.exe Startdate: 29/06/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 pic.jzjjh.com 2->44 46 pic.jjhgame.com 2->46 48 2 other IPs or domains 2->48 58 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->58 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->62 64 11 other signatures 2->64 11 zkKy3fpTws.exe 2 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 file5 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\zkKy3fpTws.tmp, PE32 11->34 dropped 14 zkKy3fpTws.tmp 26 826 11->14         started        process6 file7 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_shfoldr.dll, PE32 14->36 dropped 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_setup64.tmp, PE32+ 14->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_RegDLL.tmp, PE32 14->40 dropped 42 103 other files (92 malicious) 14->42 dropped 74 Writes many files with high entropy 14->74 18 Build.exe 1 14->18         started        20 game.exe 6 14->20         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 24 Build.exe 18->24         started        50 115.231.218.148, 49722, 49726, 811 CT-HANGZHOU-IDCNo288Fu-chunRoadCN China 20->50 32 C:\Program Files\RunDllInMemory\game.exe, PE32 20->32 dropped file11 process12 process13 26 AutoUpdate.exe 14 24->26         started        process14 28 GamePlaza.exe 26->28         started        dnsIp15 52 pic.jzjjh.com 36.27.208.135, 443, 49724, 49725 CHINATELECOM-ZHEJIANG-JINHUA-IDCJINHUAZHEJIANGProvince China 28->52 54 43.241.16.154, 10051, 10055, 49731 CHINATELECOM-ZHEJIANG-WENZHOU-IDCWENZHOUZHEJIANGProvince China 28->54 56 4 other IPs or domains 28->56 66 Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process 28->66 68 Overwrites code with function prologues 28->68 70 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 28->70 72 Hides threads from debuggers 28->72 signatures16
Score:
60%
Verdict:
Susipicious
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ec3eb23461dedc9bb843775f849fc2fa475bea934f674e3f19db23cde53398da
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Egairtigado
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-24 17:46:56 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1879
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5q7lendb33ojxocdo5pyjh6c7jdvx2utj5tu4pyz3mr43zjttdna._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250628-222mdszjz3/
Behaviour
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/f58b4b2e-b7e5-4cff-9486-ec4745320a62
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/ec3eb23461dedc9bb843775f849fc2fa475bea934f674e3f19db23cde53398da

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:Borland
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Create hunting rule
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:ScanStringsInsocks5systemz
Create hunting rule
Author:Byambaa@pubcert.mn
Description:Scans presence of the found strings using the in-house brute force method
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information

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

BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
CHECK_TRUST_INFORequires Elevated Execution (level:requireAdministrator)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIadvapi32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CreateProcessA
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
kernel32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA
kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
kernel32.dll::RemoveDirectoryA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationadvapi32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI Actionsuser32.dll::PeekMessageA
user32.dll::CreateWindowExA

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