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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 18251c266fc7315dc0f437c1fdbcb71b6f65b776cd6bea7d3418d79fd47a1a97
SHA3-384 hash: ad891819ac62f9bf4d07627c14c17f91087a17ded5e3fe3de830160bf3804db59483ea3f048d7403a3e7d21be271092f
SHA1 hash: cd941ada21580c2489007e70f3db294b3f1eb43a
MD5 hash: df9327fb180bd3622b2dfe7251687ec1
humanhash: seventeen-dakota-wyoming-five
File name:18251c266fc7315dc0f437c1fdbcb71b6f65b776cd6bea7d3418d79fd47a1a97
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:750'592 bytes
First seen:2026-08-10 14:46:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'190 x AgentTesla, 20'337 x Formbook, 12'364 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:H9qNWvkqjVnl36ud0zR/6CtQ9PUHIG8DXjAGq2amJYeQabm3NUW6:H9BkqjVnlqud+/2P+ATAS/JYec3NUn
TLSH T167F4DF6873F85A00F1FF5BB294B59D51AB35B513A961D71E11C081C80E72B918F8AF3B
TrID 60.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
13.7% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
5.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe PhantomStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
40
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Launching a service
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
DNS request
Connection attempt
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm base64 evasive findstr fingerprint hacktool lolbin netsh obfuscated packed reconnaissance telegram
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dump:Generic.Trojan.TangoStealer.Marte.A
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-23T12:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-23T13:00:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Gathering data
Gathering data
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Stealerium
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-24 03:02:02 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
22
AV detection:
29 of 36 (80.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection costura discovery packer persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
System Time Discovery
Costura .NET executable packer
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Detects PhantomStealer written in C#
Family: PhantomStealer
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot8529124401:AAEUNfYebguqWELEiv6gxIIw7q9j5MP_xZs/sendMessage?chat_id=5999608173
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
18251c266fc7315dc0f437c1fdbcb71b6f65b776cd6bea7d3418d79fd47a1a97
MD5 hash:
df9327fb180bd3622b2dfe7251687ec1
SHA1 hash:
cd941ada21580c2489007e70f3db294b3f1eb43a
Detections:
phantom_stealer
Malware family:
PhantomStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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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__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:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Fody
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables manipulated with Fody
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxComputerNames
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing possible sandbox analysis VM names
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxUserNames
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing possible sandbox analysis VM usernames
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_WirelessNetReccon
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables with interest in wireless interface using netsh
Rule name:Lumma_Stealer_Detection
Author:ashizZz
Description:Detects a specific Lumma Stealer malware sample using unique strings and behaviors
Reference:https://seanthegeek.net/posts/compromized-store-spread-lumma-stealer-using-fake-captcha/
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_PhantomStealer
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:phantom stealer
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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:Windows_Generic_Threat_f57e5e2a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Xeno_89f9f060
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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