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Database Entry



CyberGate


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs 1 YARA 28 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1026aebee8871b8d77864082815791dfb28c28c0c234fb12b068c9aeae13feec
SHA3-384 hash: ae620478322e269532ee4590b5b92a983c87a33fa078b2167a2ac7c69a522a1fc98fb7c5fdca98bc218ca6e883c07ab5
SHA1 hash: dfe387fade7536e5518a751afa2155dfe3263a72
MD5 hash: 241acfdded078727d52c85b6e7c72a2d
humanhash: three-papa-sixteen-bacon
File name:241ACFDDED078727D52C85B6E7C72A2D.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CyberGate
File size:299'520 bytes
First seen:2025-10-13 17:55:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash af27d1ccae4b19fbc8ccd3f6805f8491 (4 x CyberGate, 2 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 6144:dOpslFlqKhdBCkWYxuukP1pjSKSNVkq/MVJb5:dwslNTBd47GLRMTb5
TLSH T11C54F152B4C194F3D3250DBCAC0692A8550D7F322D376897BAFD2F0DC97A282EA5D493
TrID 98.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
0.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
0.3% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
0.2% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
0.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CyberGate exe


Avatar
abuse_ch
CyberGate C2:
209.74.66.25:3002

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
209.74.66.25:3002 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1610233/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
107
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cybergate
ID:
1
File name:
241ACFDDED078727D52C85B6E7C72A2D.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-13 17:57:14 UTC
Tags:
cybergate rat backdoor rebhip spyrat remote anti-evasion xor-url generic upx

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
vmdetect autorun emotet rebhip
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm anti-vm anubis autorun borland_delphi bublik crypto cybergate explorer fingerprint lolbin obfuscated packed rat rat xor-url xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-10T18:11:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-14T10:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.RokRat.sb Trojan.Win32.Bublik.elhu HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic PDM:HackTool.Win32.VBInject.a Trojan-Spy.Win32.Xegumumune.sba Trojan.Win32.Vimditator.sb Trojan.Win32.Llac.has Trojan.Win32.Llac Backdoor.Win32.Cybergate.sb Trojan.Reconyc.HTTP.ServerRequest PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb Backdoor.Win32.Androm
Result
Threat name:
CyberGate
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contain functionality to detect virtual machines
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionality to steal Internet Explorer form passwords
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Deletes itself after installation
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CyberGate RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1794297 Sample: 5h2E7Cwavc.exe Startdate: 13/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 43 www.server.com 2->43 45 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->45 47 Found malware configuration 2->47 49 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->49 51 10 other signatures 2->51 9 5h2E7Cwavc.exe 5 5 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 file5 35 C:\Program Files (x86)\install\explorer.exe, PE32 9->35 dropped 37 C:\...\explorer.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 9->37 dropped 53 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 9->53 55 Contain functionality to detect virtual machines 9->55 57 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 9->57 59 8 other signatures 9->59 13 explorer.exe 9->13         started        16 explorer.exe 3 206 9->16         started        19 explorer.exe 114 2 9->19 injected 21 explorer.exe 9->21         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 61 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 13->61 63 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 13->63 65 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 13->65 67 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 13->67 39 209.74.66.25, 3002, 49695 MULTIBAND-NEWHOPEUS United States 16->39 41 www.server.com 172.67.196.208, 49690, 49696, 49697 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 16->41 69 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 16->69 71 Deletes itself after installation 16->71 23 explorer.exe 16->23         started        25 WerFault.exe 16->25         started        73 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 19->73 27 explorer.exe 19->27         started        29 explorer.exe 19->29         started        31 WerFault.exe 21->31         started        signatures9 process10 process11 33 WerFault.exe 23->33         started       
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Rebhip
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-09 17:26:51 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
11
AV detection:
34 of 36 (94.44%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cybergate
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
cybergate
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cybergate botnet:explorer discovery persistence stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
UPX packed file
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
Adds policy Run key to start application
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
CyberGate, Rebhip
Cybergate family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
209.74.66.25:3002
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat cybergate trojan Win.Trojan.Agent-36200
YARA:
Windows_Trojan_CyberGate_c219a2f3 RAT_CyberGate MALWARE_Win_CyberGate
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
1026aebee8871b8d77864082815791dfb28c28c0c234fb12b068c9aeae13feec
MD5 hash:
241acfdded078727d52c85b6e7c72a2d
SHA1 hash:
dfe387fade7536e5518a751afa2155dfe3263a72
Detections:
win_cybergate_auto win_cybergate_w0
SH256 hash:
9c4979eeb3b37c074bb960382a24610344dc0520e42e1283681acc087c0c4e6c
MD5 hash:
1268ff8f3a5a4b63e87d93e26712bf9c
SHA1 hash:
388f0d1faa03328fed1e5ad475704dc8062686eb
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Check_Dlls
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxProductID
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox product IDs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:Malware_QA_update
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:Malware_QA_update_RID2DAD
Author:Florian Roth
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CyberGate
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects CyberGate/Spyrat/Rebhip RTA
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RAT_CyberGate
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>
Description:Detects CyberGate RAT
Reference:http://malwareconfig.com/stats/CyberGate
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_MSDOS_Stub_Message
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed MSDOS stub message
Reference:https://yara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writingrules.html#xor-strings
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_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Windows malware mass-hunt rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CyberGate_c219a2f3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_cybergate_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
Rule name:win_cybergate_w0
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


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