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Database Entry

XWorm

Vendor detections: 18

Intelligence 18 IOCs 1 YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0
SHA3-384 hash:	fb4d9b5dd00b1e06ea01963773b566d271682c90b98e7b06ea75c1ea601b9163d4b5d16ea340ffe7c0f737e191f0518f
SHA1 hash:	e199f9dcacb0ecea42206185f45454f2d1b9eaff
MD5 hash:	60b0ab983a31e921ddbc87c0cb3211b5
humanhash:	green-oranges-indigo-hotel
File name:	60b0ab983a31e921ddbc87c0cb3211b5.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	XWorm Create hunting rule
File size:	90'112 bytes
First seen:	2025-07-13 23:30:24 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9f4693fc0c511135129493f2161d1e86 (250 x Neshta, 15 x Formbook, 14 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep	1536:JxqjQ+P04wsmJC2u0AkyNJaLvpv6xqyJuFY9Pb6POH:sr85C2MkBvIPJuFY9PSOH
Threatray	823 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T102938D44F7D08931D5FE6FFD5C22A2004636BA236D27D79E1DE54A9EAE2B7C00D08396
TrID	82.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 6 (262638/61) 4.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4) 3.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 3.1% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2) 2.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	exe xworm

abuse_ch

XWorm C2:
45.74.15.131:7000

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

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

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
45.74.15.131:7000	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1556518/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

_74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-07-13 23:33:05 UTC

Tags:

neshta auto-reg telegram auto-startup xworm crypto-regex

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/c09d9a15-01d2-4fad-86c7-bcc5d3513f61

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

XWorm

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/14133/

Detection(s):

Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1

Win.Virus.Neshta-7101689-0

Win.Packed.njRAT-10002074-1

Win.Packed.Msilzilla-10002982-0

Win.Packed.Msilzilla-10019837-0

Win.Packed.Loveletter-10023052-0

Win.Dropper.Nanocore-10024427-0

Win.Packed.Msilzilla-10024501-0

Win.Packed.Loveletter-10024677-0

Win.Packed.Msilzilla-10026193-0

Win.Malware.Deepscan-10028866-0

ditekSHen.MALWARE.Win.Trojan.AsyncRAT.UNOFFICIAL

ditekSHen.MALWARE.Win.XWorm.UNOFFICIAL

Win.Trojan.Jadtre-5

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=687441a0900df8e7f86a7c5f

Tags:

autorun neshta

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories

Creating a process from a recently created file

Creating a file in the Windows directory

Modifying an executable file

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a file

Launching a process

Creating a window

Unauthorized injection to a recently created process

Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches

Infecting executable files

Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm borland_delphi explorer fingerprint lolbin neshta njrat njrat overlay overlay packed rat schtasks telegram virus xworm

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/687441a196dca665885087e0/reports/b879222f-4950-41ec-bf52-f3059f7db033/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Neshta.A

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0

Malware family:

XWorm

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/355ac7ef-258b-4aa5-9fe1-b638f261ff8b

Result

Threat name:

Neshta, XWorm

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

spre.troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1735524

Signature

.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)

.NET source code contains potential unpacker

Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for dropped file

Bypasses PowerShell execution policy

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)

Creates an undocumented autostart registry key

Drops executable to a common third party application directory

Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them

Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS)

Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension

Found malware configuration

Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)

Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample

Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag

Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)

Sample is not signed and drops a device driver

Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings

Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet

Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder

Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Uses dynamic DNS services

Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules

Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)

Yara detected Neshta

Yara detected Telegram RAT

Yara detected XWorm

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

8 match(es)

Tags:

.Net Executable PE (Portable Executable) Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/60b0ab983a31e921ddbc87c0cb3211b5

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Win32.Backdoor.AsyncRAT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0

Threat name:

Win32.Virus.Neshta

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-07-10 20:06:00 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

37 of 38 (97.37%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=or2axc5zx4m4txg7wvieehgh3figktk2ir7vcld5cmtzthrr6dia._file

Result

Malware family:

xworm

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:neshta family:xworm discovery execution persistence rat spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250713-3heh7acl51/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Adds Run key to start application

Checks computer location settings

Drops startup file

Executes dropped EXE

Modifies system executable filetype association

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Detect Neshta payload

Detect Xworm Payload

Neshta

Neshta family

Xworm

Xworm family

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

ZULO88.DDNS.NET:7000

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

rat xworm trojan neshta Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1

YARA:

win_mal_XWorm MALWARE_Win_XWorm EXE_Virus_Neshta_March2024 Windows_Generic_Threat_b509dfc8 Windows_Virus_Neshta_2a5a14c8 MAL_Neshta_Generic MALWARE_Win_Neshta MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/f409e37e-1f46-48a8-ba4d-ca53eaaa2350

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0

MD5 hash:

60b0ab983a31e921ddbc87c0cb3211b5

SHA1 hash:

e199f9dcacb0ecea42206185f45454f2d1b9eaff

Detections:

win_neshta_auto

win_xworm_w0

win_neshta_g0

Neshta

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/5f07f1fb-b91e-4459-970c-7504be6082e8/

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/74740b8bb9bf19c9dcdfb550421cc7d950654d5a447f512c7d1327999e31f0d0

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:	ByteCode_MSIL_Backdoor_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ReversingLabs
Description:	Yara rule that detects AsyncRAT backdoor.

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	EXE_Virus_Neshta_March2024 Create hunting rule
Author:	Yashraj Solanki - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Bridewell

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects AsyncRAT

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_Neshta Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Neshta

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Arnim Rupp
Description:	Detects malware by known bad imphash or rich_pe_header_hash
Reference:	https://yaraify.abuse.ch/statistics/

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	neshta_v1 Create hunting rule
Author:	RandomMalware

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	Njrat Create hunting rule
Author:	botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:	Njrat

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

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)

Rule name:	telegram_bot_api Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing Telegram Bot API

Rule name:	Windows_Generic_Threat_b509dfc8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_XWorm_b7d6eaa8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Windows_Virus_Neshta_2a5a14c8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_neshta_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Rule name:	win_xworm_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades
Description:	Detects win.xworm.

Rule name:	XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	xworm Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	xworm_kingrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

File information

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

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/14133/

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

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_NX	Missing Non-Executable Memory Protection	critical
CHECK_PIE	Missing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protection	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
MULTIMEDIA_API	Can Play Multimedia	gdi32.dll::StretchDIBits
SHELL_API	Manipulates System Shell	shell32.dll::ShellExecuteA
WIN32_PROCESS_API	Can Create Process and Threads	kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	kernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeA kernel32.dll::GetStartupInfoA kernel32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_API	Can Execute other programs	kernel32.dll::WinExec
WIN_BASE_IO_API	Can Create Files	kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA kernel32.dll::CreateFileA kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesA kernel32.dll::FindFirstFileA
WIN_REG_API	Can Manipulate Windows Registry	advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA

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