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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 16685515579eefe740a8b62bfc2c46da848c6487ef5367442f60b57ee1d82485
SHA3-384 hash: dc4239fc3d511d3c6474c8aca2cec77d601a425b8857f4ff752d4909b9da655e520a92d3946d0fd59467a385f92dcf01
SHA1 hash: 8879c9638c39ae5bbc6093433bbc69575474ce30
MD5 hash: 4fa7562ee83ca3f230642783140d060c
humanhash: zulu-echo-lactose-burger
File name:4fa7562ee83ca3f230642783140d060c.js
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:4'645'343 bytes
First seen:2026-02-27 17:12:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:fhKSthQhFqJneakQ+3jH3kaJ3FFJ9giv8shTi:z
TLSH T1FF26BE764EA677C40F187D24F4B458298F3124E10A91901F3B3375DAFA9FACA385798E
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js PhantomStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
91
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
ransomware shell sage
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Disco.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Stealerium.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Discord.sb Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Script.SAgent.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.PowerShell.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.spyw.expl
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Browser instances using unsafe startup parameters
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
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 Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1876144 Sample: K1rmQRr6R0.js Startdate: 27/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 64 mail.ekeindia.com 2->64 66 icanhazip.com 2->66 90 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->90 92 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->92 94 Yara detected Powershell decode and execute 2->94 96 2 other signatures 2->96 12 wscript.exe 3 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 62 C:\Temp\ps_kOYD8vB4WO51_1772217011596.ps1, ASCII 12->62 dropped 112 Suspicious powershell command line found 12->112 114 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 12->114 116 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 12->116 118 3 other signatures 12->118 16 powershell.exe 16 12->16         started        19 taskkill.exe 12->19         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 86 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->86 88 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->88 21 aspnet_compiler.exe 15 12 16->21         started        25 aspnet_compiler.exe 16->25         started        27 conhost.exe 16->27         started        29 conhost.exe 19->29         started        process9 dnsIp10 70 mail.ekeindia.com 103.224.247.244, 49835, 587 WEBWERKS-ASWebWerksIndiaPvtLtdIN India 21->70 72 icanhazip.com 104.16.185.241, 49834, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 21->72 98 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 21->98 100 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 21->100 102 Writes to foreign memory regions 21->102 110 3 other signatures 21->110 31 firefox.exe 3 2 21->31         started        33 msedge.exe 21->33         started        35 chrome.exe 1 21->35         started        38 21 other processes 21->38 104 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 25->104 106 Browser instances using unsafe startup parameters 25->106 108 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 25->108 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 40 firefox.exe 2 67 31->40         started        44 setup.exe 33->44         started        46 msedge.exe 33->46         started        48 msedge.exe 33->48         started        52 7 other processes 33->52 68 192.168.11.30, 138, 443, 49645 unknown unknown 35->68 50 chrome.exe 35->50         started        process14 dnsIp15 74 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 40->74 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\cookies.sqlite, SQLite 40->60 dropped 54 setup.exe 44->54         started        56 setup.exe 44->56         started        76 13.107.213.45, 443, 49795, 49796 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 46->76 78 13.107.246.45, 443, 49809 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 46->78 84 22 other IPs or domains 46->84 80 googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com 142.250.217.1, 443, 49755 GOOGLEUS United States 50->80 82 clients2.googleusercontent.com 50->82 file16 process17 process18 58 setup.exe 54->58         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection defense_evasion discovery execution persistence stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Kills process with taskkill
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Detects PhantomStealer payload
PhantomStealer
Phantom_stealer family
Malware family:
PhantomStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb

File information


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