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Database Entry



Simda


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 41c40cad40ad7a1ee722bc61a8abfd1cb316b6b0d6a8b0969db1458701322e64
SHA3-384 hash: de2fdd6bef340fadc38eddbfa09f8be5bf8e388398582a15f3e19f2cd5ea5474a9138d6b0a44d35c5f3aa5180755474d
SHA1 hash: ddddfb3caeb43cd4d1c2202957bddd6ce8295799
MD5 hash: c846247ea7a08d47f702c2d1ace76006
humanhash: pasta-wyoming-xray-nebraska
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Simda
File size:798'720 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:20:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 846a8dcbd0f5c9ffbf7cfa1fb2e5b31e (7 x Simda)
ssdeep 6144:b9y9VlVACGmxRoyt1SZq1Q9A9ty5bhJcrs0MurPw/c4hd/B/coyXT3nOGX6T:ilVP1FtEZv9qyFhJy56d/eoyXjn9W
TLSH T1E40523FD772A8766F57A47736A43C31FA02EF3A41984E152F69948623C707A33199382
TrID 52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe Simda

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
8
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
simda shiz
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process from a recently created file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Searching for the anti-virus window
Moving of the original file
Query of malicious DNS domain
Enabling autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin lordpe obfuscated packed packed packed upx wscript
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Simda
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-21 20:30:58 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
34 of 36 (94.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:simda discovery persistence stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
UPX packed file
Modifies WinLogon
Executes dropped EXE
Simda family
simda
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
41c40cad40ad7a1ee722bc61a8abfd1cb316b6b0d6a8b0969db1458701322e64
MD5 hash:
c846247ea7a08d47f702c2d1ace76006
SHA1 hash:
ddddfb3caeb43cd4d1c2202957bddd6ce8295799
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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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Simda
Author:ditekShen
Description:Detects Simda / Shifu infostealer
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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:UPX20030XMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPX290LZMAMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXv20MarkusLaszloReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Zeus_e51c60d7
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Detects strings used in Zeus web injects. Many other malware families are built on Zeus and may hit on this signature.
Reference:https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2014/10/paper-evolution-webinjects
Rule name:win_simda_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.simda.

File information


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