Malware for Hire: The Story of Marsalek, a Malware-as-a-Service Operation

    Date: 11/06/2026

    Severity: High

    Summary

    Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) is becoming easier to access through online gaming communities and other internet platforms. Tools that once required advanced technical skills are now freely available, allowing even inexperienced individuals to launch attacks. For younger users, curiosity about these tools can lead to involvement in cybercrime and reduce awareness of its real-world impact. Following its investigation into the WeedHack campaign targeting Minecraft players, Labs identified another operation connected to the same cybercriminal network. Tracked as Marsalek, the campaign targets players of Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, and Counter-Strike 2 by distributing malware disguised as gaming tools, cheats, and utilities.

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    Domains/URLs

    marsalek.cy     

    telemetrydata.to

    huehnchenfarm.ru

    http://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe  

    http://solaraexecutor.online/solara.zip   

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1453822535136186560/net-nuker.exe?ex=69517c3f&is=69502abf&hm4786f77b0db68586992f5e2f7f8961146ae3401cb3ae4edef52a69dce1392538&

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=695a5e73&is=69590cf3&hm=

    80369b451d7f9b20ebe4893adab9f7530dead3493e895aad7727b0b29ff1e50c&

    https://files.catbox.moe/11b8bu.py       

    https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

    https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/raw/refs/heads/main/Matcha.exe   

    https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/blob/main/newuimatrix.exe?raw=true

    https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/raw/refs/heads/main/newuimatrix.exe

    https://www.swiftexecutor.online/swift.zip        

    http://130.12.180.43/files/6749237131/MVvd2DP.exe    

    http://github.com/FomaNory/Roblox-Script-Executor/releases/download/Release/Executor.rar     

    http://130.12.180.43/files/5532726588/cPr84lu.exe        

    http://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe  

    http://solaraexecutor.online/solara.zip   

    https://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe 

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=699af7f3&is=6999a673&hm=

    6d372f7c5fc686135fedbc1943d7b1eff339fbfd91d26a62f3dddca1c1b7a884&

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460394029215781075/1462929986381152378/netgen.exe?ex=696ffb38&is=696ea9b8&hm=50afe3eaad628cce1300d9571049357f09ae70fae17a56231736c335eda276de&

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1467511838848847997/1475468285955932232/szatum.exe?ex=699ee9ec&is=699d986c&hm=4d10ad22da0b18019744b491de4be40b31b336c4b42d4067e16e967bfc07e8f8&

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684808088372510766/1458557911142895737/Fortnite_tweaks.exe?ex=69601368&is=695ec1e8&hm=4c997f6b315b450a4db6f7079966ff58203b7ef66023a36e97b4b1131d515ce7&

    Hash

    c70728c7e1bb1369152817d732ae068c0cd6e3356343ca5ea3a916acdf6f3b97

    98f138624ea96313dd5803356dc9428d230e535b5e775ed7cb4fc6dfd8397ab4

    29f65faa96c9743e9ea1242dcb9d8a4a453b778f7dfb488c8add3f04ee087011

    ae975e468c26c67a2618d0da28d671c1101d01979a10677abe658a7b40f221be

    04b0dbddaa7791445adbaf7c47fe388d4ddad724b2a6b55463d2a81cacf3339d

    075d2ad32039674a2c65d899ae6760adf2457fe6af93710d204cee69e318a858

    0c6f22efc8212739358ee2ce3564ffd3d193a74c1197cfc90d6345e33655ddeb

    206e7a9a9cb0767d356de26d2f3b6fca85552c2d89104f343fc2e20a64e1efa4

    279b6b8621f61f63e1537f7225bef375fc497342a812904d8194b5a44df3efbe

    fe510937483b1b79e9da1f1a18bc7fce21637c0ce7a5799259ee3d29e8364f1e

    4067e5f3dea8180dc47ea8c737b0cd2b11d4dfd5ef65f9e5ff30049eb8762f3e

    b75cc775a8c1f91d38dab69a9b7278b9ef7c84cf14435d374a6d7c2660e16c02

    4067e5f3dea8180dc47ea8c737b0cd2b11d4dfd5ef65f9e5ff30049eb8762f3e

    6fb6adb819a82bc9e7afdc83649af7e9e23daec19b45d19ed92f1877bc54acd9

    091736aba514598513a936446a7776b1fa4585883bee38afb74cfe840176a8bc

    76d90ab4ba2be337e1ae03f69d12bfa873357bd5a0f177274a95b66621139c59

    b28bbedac88d0b52531cf344f25ef95fe364e0f3ff9e5105a119f379d83c6ebd

    9327a55cb9e76aab18c404ae4c4b95f2be50fce57c65ba7c0c16ff48193e84ae

    3281e77e96bbd073ec8287928eadb2e47ba5337909800268bc9af0ee985def42

    7387b1ff5c2d4cdff9abcdb078742f26373e479f883bdd472f1aff58969b4fb2

    c12ffe59220fff73cabe6fd3cbec73a1c78df6988b742ae1d3a6458a82d135a7

    714267c512e8cfec6a535cda85897d901dfca9761c678b82781177ff13ec5923

    54ec316f639c97ec8b0cf321a8df32b1e9e2a19da91784f5575ed0a625ead811

    2c1c38eb0c427ff5f2aaa3029cc4526f797676ee3ba154c6a980c39f9357e2df

    c7691712d794d4ef582c591566bf5fda76a364b0bcdad315adbaaec8607ad0f3

    9cf8bab29514d62595e148eb588f0cbecefb947d572c06b4547cff7ea4231747

    e0866124208da639f6cde652d78a3d5e350ad99dbd008aa48dbd1475af4e93ff

    9e4ea8b578475f18e092da73e56c0054261a881180d93f0909135bd6bdb4845d

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection            

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "huehnchenfarm.ru" or url like "huehnchenfarm.ru" or siteurl like "huehnchenfarm.ru" or domainname like "http://solaraexecutor.online/solara.zip" or url like "http://solaraexecutor.online/solara.zip" or siteurl like "http://solaraexecutor.online/solara.zip" or domainname like "telemetrydata.to" or url like "telemetrydata.to" or siteurl like "telemetrydata.to" or domainname like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/archive/refs/heads/main.zip" or url like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/archive/refs/heads/main.zip" or siteurl like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/archive/refs/heads/main.zip" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460394029215781075/1462929986381152378/netgen.exe?ex=696ffb38&is=696ea9b8&hm=50afe3eaad628cce1300d9571049357f09ae70fae17a56231736c335eda276de&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460394029215781075/1462929986381152378/netgen.exe?ex=696ffb38&is=696ea9b8&hm=50afe3eaad628cce1300d9571049357f09ae70fae17a56231736c335eda276de&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460394029215781075/1462929986381152378/netgen.exe?ex=696ffb38&is=696ea9b8&hm=50afe3eaad628cce1300d9571049357f09ae70fae17a56231736c335eda276de&" or domainname like "http://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or url like "http://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or siteurl like "http://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or domainname like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/raw/refs/heads/main/Matcha.exe" or url like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/raw/refs/heads/main/Matcha.exe" or siteurl like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matcha-External/raw/refs/heads/main/Matcha.exe" or domainname like "marsalek.cy" or url like "marsalek.cy" or siteurl like "marsalek.cy" or domainname like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/blob/main/newuimatrix.exe?raw=true" or url like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/blob/main/newuimatrix.exe?raw=true" or siteurl like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/blob/main/newuimatrix.exe?raw=true" or domainname like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/raw/refs/heads/main/newuimatrix.exe" or url like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/raw/refs/heads/main/newuimatrix.exe" or siteurl like "https://github.com/shreddfv/Matrix-Hub-External-Cracked/raw/refs/heads/main/newuimatrix.exe" or domainname like "https://files.catbox.moe/11b8bu.py" or url like "https://files.catbox.moe/11b8bu.py" or siteurl like "https://files.catbox.moe/11b8bu.py" or domainname like "https://www.swiftexecutor.online/swift.zip" or url like "https://www.swiftexecutor.online/swift.zip" or siteurl like "https://www.swiftexecutor.online/swift.zip" or domainname like "http://130.12.180.43/files/5532726588/cPr84lu.exe" or url like "http://130.12.180.43/files/5532726588/cPr84lu.exe" or siteurl like "http://130.12.180.43/files/5532726588/cPr84lu.exe" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684808088372510766/1458557911142895737/Fortnite_tweaks.exe?ex=69601368&is=695ec1e8&hm=4c997f6b315b450a4db6f7079966ff58203b7ef66023a36e97b4b1131d515ce7&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684808088372510766/1458557911142895737/Fortnite_tweaks.exe?ex=69601368&is=695ec1e8&hm=4c997f6b315b450a4db6f7079966ff58203b7ef66023a36e97b4b1131d515ce7&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684808088372510766/1458557911142895737/Fortnite_tweaks.exe?ex=69601368&is=695ec1e8&hm=4c997f6b315b450a4db6f7079966ff58203b7ef66023a36e97b4b1131d515ce7&" or domainname like "http://github.com/FomaNory/Roblox-Script-Executor/releases/download/Release/Executor.rar" or url like "http://github.com/FomaNory/Roblox-Script-Executor/releases/download/Release/Executor.rar" or siteurl like "http://github.com/FomaNory/Roblox-Script-Executor/releases/download/Release/Executor.rar" or domainname like "http://130.12.180.43/files/6749237131/MVvd2DP.exe" or url like "http://130.12.180.43/files/6749237131/MVvd2DP.exe" or siteurl like "http://130.12.180.43/files/6749237131/MVvd2DP.exe" or domainname like "https://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or url like "https://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or siteurl like "https://cdn.filepost.dev/file/filepost/uploads/ad/adac14669df84170ae21e99e542ff7d3.exe" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1453822535136186560/net-nuker.exe?ex=69517c3f&is=69502abf&hm4786f77b0db68586992f5e2f7f8961146ae3401cb3ae4edef52a69dce1392538&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1453822535136186560/net-nuker.exe?ex=69517c3f&is=69502abf&hm4786f77b0db68586992f5e2f7f8961146ae3401cb3ae4edef52a69dce1392538&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1453822535136186560/net-nuker.exe?ex=69517c3f&is=69502abf&hm4786f77b0db68586992f5e2f7f8961146ae3401cb3ae4edef52a69dce1392538&" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=695a5e73&is=69590cf3&hm=

    80369b451d7f9b20ebe4893adab9f7530dead3493e895aad7727b0b29ff1e50c&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=695a5e73&is=69590cf3&hm=80369b451d7f9b20ebe4893adab9f7530dead3493e895aad7727b0b29ff1e50c&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=695a5e73&is=69590cf3&hm=

    80369b451d7f9b20ebe4893adab9f7530dead3493e895aad7727b0b29ff1e50c&" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=699af7f3&is=6999a673&hm=

    6d372f7c5fc686135fedbc1943d7b1eff339fbfd91d26a62f3dddca1c1b7a884&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=699af7f3&is=6999a673&hm=

    6d372f7c5fc686135fedbc1943d7b1eff339fbfd91d26a62f3dddca1c1b7a884&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1406651955421384817/1455720862660563037/net-nuker.exe?ex=699af7f3&is=6999a673&hm=

    6d372f7c5fc686135fedbc1943d7b1eff339fbfd91d26a62f3dddca1c1b7a884&" or domainname like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1467511838848847997/1475468285955932232/szatum.exe?ex=699ee9ec&is=699d986c&hm=4d10ad22da0b18019744b491de4be40b31b336c4b42d4067e16e967bfc07e8f8&" or url like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1467511838848847997/1475468285955932232/szatum.exe?ex=699ee9ec&is=699d986c&hm=4d10ad22da0b18019744b491de4be40b31b336c4b42d4067e16e967bfc07e8f8&" or siteurl like "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1467511838848847997/1475468285955932232/szatum.exe?ex=699ee9ec&is=699d986c&hm=4d10ad22da0b18019744b491de4be40b31b336c4b42d4067e16e967bfc07e8f8&"

    Detection Query 2 :

    sha256hash IN ("fe510937483b1b79e9da1f1a18bc7fce21637c0ce7a5799259ee3d29e8364f1e","b75cc775a8c1f91d38dab69a9b7278b9ef7c84cf14435d374a6d7c2660e16c02","e0866124208da639f6cde652d78a3d5e350ad99dbd008aa48dbd1475af4e93ff","6fb6adb819a82bc9e7afdc83649af7e9e23daec19b45d19ed92f1877bc54acd9","4067e5f3dea8180dc47ea8c737b0cd2b11d4dfd5ef65f9e5ff30049eb8762f3e","9cf8bab29514d62595e148eb588f0cbecefb947d572c06b4547cff7ea4231747","c12ffe59220fff73cabe6fd3cbec73a1c78df6988b742ae1d3a6458a82d135a7","075d2ad32039674a2c65d899ae6760adf2457fe6af93710d204cee69e318a858","54ec316f639c97ec8b0cf321a8df32b1e9e2a19da91784f5575ed0a625ead811","279b6b8621f61f63e1537f7225bef375fc497342a812904d8194b5a44df3efbe","0c6f22efc8212739358ee2ce3564ffd3d193a74c1197cfc90d6345e33655ddeb","9e4ea8b578475f18e092da73e56c0054261a881180d93f0909135bd6bdb4845d","04b0dbddaa7791445adbaf7c47fe388d4ddad724b2a6b55463d2a81cacf3339d","091736aba514598513a936446a7776b1fa4585883bee38afb74cfe840176a8bc","b28bbedac88d0b52531cf344f25ef95fe364e0f3ff9e5105a119f379d83c6ebd","206e7a9a9cb0767d356de26d2f3b6fca85552c2d89104f343fc2e20a64e1efa4","7387b1ff5c2d4cdff9abcdb078742f26373e479f883bdd472f1aff58969b4fb2","9327a55cb9e76aab18c404ae4c4b95f2be50fce57c65ba7c0c16ff48193e84ae","714267c512e8cfec6a535cda85897d901dfca9761c678b82781177ff13ec5923","ae975e468c26c67a2618d0da28d671c1101d01979a10677abe658a7b40f221be","76d90ab4ba2be337e1ae03f69d12bfa873357bd5a0f177274a95b66621139c59","c7691712d794d4ef582c591566bf5fda76a364b0bcdad315adbaaec8607ad0f3","2c1c38eb0c427ff5f2aaa3029cc4526f797676ee3ba154c6a980c39f9357e2df","c70728c7e1bb1369152817d732ae068c0cd6e3356343ca5ea3a916acdf6f3b97","98f138624ea96313dd5803356dc9428d230e535b5e775ed7cb4fc6dfd8397ab4","29f65faa96c9743e9ea1242dcb9d8a4a453b778f7dfb488c8add3f04ee087011","3281e77e96bbd073ec8287928eadb2e47ba5337909800268bc9af0ee985def42")

    Reference:   

    Marsalek Malware Campaign Targets Online Gamers                                                                   


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