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Database Entry



Phorpiex


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 026b48e79093531e6ca25d244fe3426779bdb84aee746852a59cc91621828b5e
SHA3-384 hash: e75381a0120e44354d6fa2632fdb9c7b9b57f44a1d775d8396330a3c2f88dab9fd5df4277cd86751a682ea6eb12ece2e
SHA1 hash: 7247b9909918aa094b15a245960fa76065921355
MD5 hash: 8a0e17ed25ae593c71da74744cd9684a
humanhash: mexico-emma-music-mockingbird
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Phorpiex
File size:18'432 bytes
First seen:2026-05-05 12:14:25 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-07 09:13:06 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b8b034a37970476c0e8791d5941c31e3 (193 x Phorpiex, 1 x frp)
ssdeep 384:SI7MVGASM1fwLgSZb7u9NHuagRhav8U9c8R:nQ3Ub69+ha0U1R
Threatray 295 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T121824B0FB942421AD0D100749636867BDAB998B637C814EBFBD08AED1B686D1FC3315F
TrID 34.9% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
13.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
13.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
10.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:dropped-by-phorpiex exe Phorpiex


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://178.16.54.109/9.exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
807
# of downloads :
158
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_026b48e79093531e6ca25d244fe3426779bdb84aee746852a59cc91621828b5e.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-05-05 12:18:02 UTC
Tags:
ip-check

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug evasive fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated phorpiex unsafe xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-05-05T09:55:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-07T09:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Phorpiex.gen Trojan-Dropper.Dinwod.HTTP.C&C PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Agent.SMTP.C&C Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Phorpiex.sb RiskTool.Yopmail.UDP.C&C
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Phorpiex
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-05 12:15:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
026b48e79093531e6ca25d244fe3426779bdb84aee746852a59cc91621828b5e
MD5 hash:
8a0e17ed25ae593c71da74744cd9684a
SHA1 hash:
7247b9909918aa094b15a245960fa76065921355
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_URL_In_EXE
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_URL_in_EXE_RID2E46
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:without_attachments
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/
Rule name:with_urls
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information


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

Web download

Phorpiex

Executable exe 026b48e79093531e6ca25d244fe3426779bdb84aee746852a59cc91621828b5e

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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