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Database Entry



PhantomGate


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 07618093cdd71ea23680fa50dbebd1b88ad7feb4ecfff70f49c44a1f0905f70e
SHA3-384 hash: f956c9e4f05f3a0b30bc7f0d7bffee2b84611393d956a335e1d0e32eae83b84b2426fffaa887ef11767ebc83286a6197
SHA1 hash: aab15419329d22f4015ac68d31b8aa7db55a1e89
MD5 hash: 484e99e010b9b1fd0d3da30c88627d53
humanhash: stairway-finch-yankee-crazy
File name:Doc_Ref0000003_pdf.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomGate
File size:19'196 bytes
First seen:2026-06-24 12:32:29 UTC
Last seen:2026-06-24 13:24:56 UTC
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 384:K/dHfTFtXlKwfVBYZqStE/hxQagDBFGB27A1:KlHf5NYwf/YZq/56rNFGD1
TLSH T16D82F623C908AFF4096D6292298B5C278A510352A674346EF88ED8DD3F3B320DFD49F4
Magika vba
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:PhantomGate vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
xtreme shell sage
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
encrypted masquerade obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-06-24T07:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-25T10:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Agent.HTTP.ServerRequest PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic
Result
Threat name:
KeyLogger, MicroClip, PhantomGate
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded IEX Cmdlet
Sigma detected: RegAsm connects to smtp port
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Keylogger Generic
Yara detected MicroClip
Yara detected PhantomGate
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1933144 Sample: Doc_Ref0000003_pdf.vbs Startdate: 24/06/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 62 kzaa.co.za 2->62 76 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->76 78 Found malware configuration 2->78 80 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->80 82 21 other signatures 2->82 10 wscript.exe 1 2->10         started        13 svchost.exe 1 1 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 92 VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions 10->92 94 Suspicious powershell command line found 10->94 96 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 10->96 98 3 other signatures 10->98 16 powershell.exe 14 24 10->16         started        66 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 13->66 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 56 216.9.224.48, 49699, 49700, 80 WHITELABELUS United States 16->56 58 216.250.252.110, 443, 49684 MAJESTIC-HOSTING-01-MajesticHostingSolutionsLLCUS United States 16->58 60 kzaa.co.za 86.107.77.132, 49683, 80 HOSTBETIN Germany 16->60 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vf1ysmpv.cmdline, Unicode 16->48 dropped 68 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->68 70 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 16->70 72 Suspicious execution chain found 16->72 74 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->74 21 RegAsm.exe 5 16->21         started        26 csc.exe 3 16->26         started        28 conhost.exe 16->28         started        file9 signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 64 162.254.34.31, 49701, 587 NAMECHEAP-NET-NamecheapIncUS United States 21->64 50 C:\Users\user\...\DumpBrowserSecrets.exe, PE32+ 21->50 dropped 84 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 21->84 86 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 21->86 88 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 21->88 90 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 21->90 30 DumpBrowserSecrets.exe 13 21->30         started        34 DumpBrowserSecrets.exe 7 21->34         started        52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vf1ysmpv.dll, PE32 26->52 dropped 36 cvtres.exe 1 26->36         started        file13 signatures14 process15 file16 54 C:\Users\...\DllExtractChromiumSecrets.dll, PE32+ 30->54 dropped 100 Antivirus detection for dropped file 30->100 102 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 30->102 104 Early bird code injection technique detected 30->104 106 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 30->106 38 msedge.exe 5 30->38         started        40 conhost.exe 30->40         started        42 chrome.exe 30->42         started        108 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 34->108 110 Writes to foreign memory regions 34->110 112 Allocates memory in foreign processes 34->112 44 conhost.exe 34->44         started        46 chrome.exe 34->46         started        signatures17 process18
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-WScript.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-24 10:55:57 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
7 of 36 (19.44%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Checks computer location settings
Badlisted process makes network request
Malware family:
PhantomStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SUSP_PS1_JAB_Pattern_Jun22_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects suspicious UTF16 and Base64 encoded PowerShell code that starts with a $ sign and a single char variable
Reference:Internal Research
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)

File information


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

Malspam

PhantomGate

Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs 07618093cdd71ea23680fa50dbebd1b88ad7feb4ecfff70f49c44a1f0905f70e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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