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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs 1 YARA 38 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0953e4227c3f8a5a834fa821fd542a1c948dab9aacbb4e2f7b494fedf98a1ba1
SHA3-384 hash: a9a14115cb3ef19e60fbe26581c7de28636ad90f7cbcd79602ceba35a0cf46e18fbb170e023dc9bc2503fb30a9d6b485
SHA1 hash: c9303a8637050ef8093da0c60829ec92bf6afa77
MD5 hash: 6bad108dc071364eab6bc2159effe885
humanhash: avocado-ten-hot-happy
File name:dingtalk_x64.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:6'140'416 bytes
First seen:2026-03-28 19:06:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash c2b1918a0623855be1a49e774e5ed82f (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 98304:lkUvPzUc0loFE1W+X2xaQVSYM05NB+nGFXJqEFSKTKK4KKDyK5EZ1EEEEmEEE1EV:lDvPzUc6oiW+X2xaS5NB+WtFL1BoU3cb
Threatray 5 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17F5611146552D6E8FBC2B6B84A05D1F4977A7D221B32D6EF02F13A173E335C78932A21
TrID 48.5% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
11.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
11.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
9.0% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 6563bbd756505099 (15 x ValleyRAT, 1 x VenomRAT)
Reporter Ling
Tags:exe TrojanDropper ValleyRAT VMProtect Win64/Malgent!MSR


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CNGaoLing
This sample has been reviewed by Microsoft researchers and determined to be malware.
(TrojanDropper:Win64/Malgent!MSR)

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
119.28.137.199:22011 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1777759/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
215
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
dingtalk_x64.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-28 16:50:30 UTC
Tags:
payload valleyrat silverfox rat winos upx

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
virus shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a window
DNS request
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Loading a system driver
Setting a prohibition to launch some applications
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Firewall traversal
Forced shutdown of a system process
Blocking the Windows Defender launch
Blocking the Windows Security Center notifications
Prohibiting to launch files
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 cmd explorer fingerprint installer-heuristic lolbin microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-03-28T14:14:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-03-30T00:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Cryptagent.sb Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.cjm Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.KeyLogger.sba Backdoor.Xkcp.TCP.ServerRequest Backdoor.Agent.TCP.C&C Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.a
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win64.Dropper.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-28 19:07:27 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
72
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery trojan upx
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
UPX packed file
Executes dropped EXE
Windows security modification
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
0953e4227c3f8a5a834fa821fd542a1c948dab9aacbb4e2f7b494fedf98a1ba1
MD5 hash:
6bad108dc071364eab6bc2159effe885
SHA1 hash:
c9303a8637050ef8093da0c60829ec92bf6afa77
Malware family:
CloudHopper
Verdict:
Malicious
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:Agent_BTZ
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:ComRAT
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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MAL_packer_lb_was_detected
Author:0x0d4y
Description:Detect the packer used by Lockbit4.0
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:OpCloudHopper_Malware_3
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects malware from Operation Cloud Hopper
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/cyber-security-data-privacy/insights/operation-cloud-hopper.html
Rule name:OpCloudHopper_Malware_3_RID2FEF
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Operation CloudHopper malware samples
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/cyber-security-data-privacy/insights/operation-cloud-hopper.html
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
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:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_3055c14a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Winos_464b8a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign

File information


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

Web download

ValleyRAT

Executable exe 0953e4227c3f8a5a834fa821fd542a1c948dab9aacbb4e2f7b494fedf98a1ba1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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