Malware analysis 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer Malicious activity

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File name:	2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/8e57bbab-580e-4f12-aba0-7ab4215787b0
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration software toolkit developed by Forta. But its cracked versions are widely adopted by bad actors, who use it as a C2 system of choice for targeted attacks. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	May 18, 2025, 22:40:55
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	golang cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 13 sections
MD5:	8BE01403082D0BA0B8613605848CE8E8
SHA1:	8626660CE11C05D0FDA2620425B515BAB8079600
SHA256:	48698DF9F88DBEE85A8AF7C974B77A130E3F7E41A14AA6E1962F7778AB092661
SSDEEP:	49152:v3VO/erNwFhPAdKjCEeAA+uOgbspoUGZTMTMX4lvfSbIHvhK1gAlGvX6xzTKCABp:wd3sTMcbIPGkvXIzTseF/vMNo/M

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 7984)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 7984)
- Checks proxy server information
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 7984)
- Reads the computer name
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 7984)
- Application based on Golang
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 2136)
- Manual execution by a user
  - 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe (PID: 7984)

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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(2136) 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

C2192.168.70.129:80/jquery-3.3.2.slim.min.js

HeadersAccept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Referer: http://code.jquery.com/ Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko

No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware, No debug
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	3
CodeSize:	599040
InitializedDataSize:	143360
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x5fde0
OSVersion:	6.1
ImageVersion:	1
SubsystemVersion:	6.1
Subsystem:	Windows command line

No data.

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Total processes

133

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2136

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221225786

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

CobalStrike

(PID) Process(2136) 2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

C2192.168.70.129:80/jquery-3.3.2.slim.min.js

2284

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

4920

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

6620

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7984

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

3221225786

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

7996

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

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Total events

876

Read events

876

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

No data

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.19.11.105:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7756	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7756	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.19.11.105:80	crl.microsoft.com	Elisa Oyj	NL	whitelisted
—	—	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	unknown
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
2136	2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer.exe	192.168.70.129:80	—	—	—	unknown
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.5:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	216.58.206.46	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.19.11.105 2.19.11.120	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 184.30.21.171	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.5 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.4 20.190.160.2 40.126.32.136 40.126.32.76 40.126.32.140	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.175.87.197	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	52.165.164.15	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

2025-05-18_8be01403082d0ba0b8613605848ce8e8_cobalt-strike_frostygoop_ghostlocker_luca-stealer

8BE01403082D0BA0B8613605848CE8E8

8626660CE11C05D0FDA2620425B515BAB8079600

48698DF9F88DBEE85A8AF7C974B77A130E3F7E41A14AA6E1962F7778AB092661

49152:v3VO/erNwFhPAdKjCEeAA+uOgbspoUGZTMTMX4lvfSbIHvhK1gAlGvX6xzTKCABp:wd3sTMcbIPGkvXIzTseF/vMNo/M

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

Checks supported languages

Checks proxy server information

Reads the computer name

Application based on Golang

Manual execution by a user

Malware configuration

CobalStrike

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Video and screenshots

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Behavior graph

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Process information

Information

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Malware configuration

CobalStrike

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Modules

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