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Database Entry
DarkWatchman
Vendor detections: 14
| SHA256 hash: | 0a4ac8f45a51ed772a35a667c8dd318c2da8f47ea0c92bf814f183de459ddd3f |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 84441dc424c0e9c587b0e73591cc62f97009f007e82c114b6efa2b89592a81e6be6a9e62280e1ee35c1a52752879ff37 |
| SHA1 hash: | b69c623b93c00a44c1530eeedee7d9c5ebaded94 |
| MD5 hash: | 5554f40406629909d764ba4fa36716f4 |
| humanhash: | victor-lamp-quebec-mango |
| File name: | 0a4ac8f45a51ed772a35a667c8dd318c2da8f47ea0c92bf814f183de459ddd3f.bin |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | DarkWatchman |
| File size: | 362'552 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-03-31 05:08:27 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | fcf1390e9ce472c7270447fc5c61a0c1 (880 x DCRat, 118 x NanoCore, 94 x njrat) |
| ssdeep | 6144:zOYGXaPNxdgSdcq2pVZPOJHAbKdq3xv9mT8MpaTYImqbYHqHNzk4H:HGqN/XdctpVtkNq3h9kpScqbvHNzt |
| Threatray | 2'675 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | T15C74CF02BAF2CCB2D57219335939B7256D7D7C201F24FA1FA3D8696DDE304816225BA3 |
| TrID | 92.3% (.EXE) WinRAR Self Extracting archive (4.x-5.x) (265042/9/39) 2.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 1.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 1.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 0.7% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) |
| Magika | pebin |
| dhash icon | 27d0d8d4d4d8d027 (24 x AgentTesla, 8 x SnakeKeylogger, 7 x Formbook) |
| Reporter |  KodaDr |
| Tags: | DarkWatchman exe |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
112
Origin country :
RUVendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
0a4ac8f45a51ed772a35a667c8dd318c2da8f47ea0c92bf814f183de459ddd3f.bin
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-31 05:10:00 UTC
Tags:
anti-evasion susp-powershell
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
xtreme shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Moving a file to the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Forced system process termination
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Creating a file
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cobalt darkwatchman encrypted fingerprint installer installer masquerade microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated overlay packed sfx unsafe
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_60%
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-03-23T21:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-02T01:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
Trojan.DelShad.HTTP.C&C Trojan.DarkWatchman.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Agentb.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win32.DelShad.sb Trojan.Agentb.TCP.C&C PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win32.Powershell.d Trojan.Win32.DarkWatchman.e Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb
Verdict:
Unknown
Score:
95%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.Win32.HTTP
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.DarkWatchman
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-24 05:52:19 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
20
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
genericransomware
Similar samples:
+ 2'665 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
10/10
Tags:
discovery execution
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Checks computer location settings
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Process spawned unexpected child process
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
0a4ac8f45a51ed772a35a667c8dd318c2da8f47ea0c92bf814f183de459ddd3f
MD5 hash:
5554f40406629909d764ba4fa36716f4
SHA1 hash:
b69c623b93c00a44c1530eeedee7d9c5ebaded94
Malware family:
MintsLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
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: | DetectEncryptedVariants |
|---|---|
| Author: | Zinyth |
| Description: | Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Justin Cornwell |
| Description: | CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset |
| Rule name: | RIPEMD160_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for RIPEMD-160 constants |
| Rule name: | SelfExtractingRAR |
|---|---|
| Author: | Xavier Mertens |
| Description: | Detects an SFX archive with automatic script execution |
| Rule name: | SHA1_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for SHA1 constants |
| 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: | 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. |
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