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Tracking UAC-0226 Tooling Evolution: From WinRAR ADS to Reflective GIFTEDCROOK Loading

Synaptic Systems
Synaptic Systems
Published June 24, 2026Original Report

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Excerpt

by Robin Dost A few months ago, I analyzed a UAC-0226 campaign delivering a GIFTEDCROOK stealer through a weaponized WinRAR archive . Of course, that wasn’t it yet, we’re going to keep tracking our friends, so let’s go The chain was relatively simple: RAR archive -> decoy PDF -> LNK -> obfuscated PowerShell -> additively encoded payload -> GIFTEDCROOK Sample : 420f1931af9b3f7d02c5edfc78eb69abdad6e71d2c3e9b81f9cbc3823a503654 The sample…

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SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYGamaredonINFRASTRUCTUREunknownCAPABILITYunknownVICTIMunknown
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Indicators of Compromise

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11 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
SHA2562a8ea9f1ad8936fb302243faa64b91c5767df411923715cbdb1a869e3bfd7e6dMediumScore 56/100First seen
SHA256dc4c906e56ecb446cbb10b227e1fb470e428108584678314533d80e52a2b9b30HighScore 56/100First seen
CVECVE-2025-8088HighScore 72/100First seen
SHA2563006a6639eff677b08595927cf219a3bcd5fdd02bfd592606316bfd4623bb902MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA2566b7e3dd5af5a56dd24e96c5b13282ad084c78d0a589d5e4c1b6ba58b4525d9a8MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA256b268ecbc386d32ace546dd483707fd2c923de8f091741e544f52c7f872fe0d91MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA25678538f945a1d20aa392f3065f222223a4ed47284abfafa8c135bdfd9eacef222MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA2567200a9f1e1ea51b66ab9c9274e9d8f805633179634e8ff4dcb8ef82bc02518dfMediumScore 56/100First seen
CVECVE-2025-6218HighScore 64/100First seen
SHA256420f1931af9b3f7d02c5edfc78eb69abdad6e71d2c3e9b81f9cbc3823a503654HighScore 86/100First seen
SHA25605e131555faabae0960f0527cfb72d2b8e2381fd0fde22b0b4e2b365c7faf445MediumScore 53/100First seen

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