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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1e1a5e570fcc7175e7bf0cff282be1dfb5de613eb19d0a47d666c429ab7668b5
SHA3-384 hash: cda9c822bb97fa6251a9258de149b641e72672dba5563f44269bd151199ab474bbd77b9920fa283a382116f142ce2f05
SHA1 hash: 5eb2eb56a609450ef711ecd0fe8341850f401bdd
MD5 hash: c4fe9b8103301db0f9ea76c5efd14288
humanhash: skylark-music-golf-high
File name:Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:1'260'032 bytes
First seen:2025-10-22 13:05:47 UTC
Last seen:2025-11-06 11:05:18 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'204 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:nSf7AuzPK3M3Kf2Pot+T3NZw8o7NsldorH6t7u5dzrHBFPd2mnaz:Sf7AuzPKmPqoNdcNU57u98
Threatray 214 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T16D4512096B1EEF02D9C257F24970D37523B0DD09A811E3124EED7CEBB9A9F062959B43
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe geo PhantomStealer TUR

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_1e1a5e570fcc7175e7bf0cff282be1dfb5de613eb19d0a47d666c429ab7668b5.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-22 13:18:09 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg stealer phantom crypto-regex ims-api generic telegram exfiltration evasion

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
keylog micro spawn
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin obfuscated packed packed packer_detected tracker vbnet
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-21T06:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-23T11:46:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Remcos.gen PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.sb Trojan.MSIL.Inject.sb
Result
Threat name:
Phantom stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains process injector
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Contains functionality to capture screen (.Net source)
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Monitors registry run keys for changes
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
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)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected Phantom stealer
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1799839 Sample: Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe Startdate: 22/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 67 api.telegram.org 2->67 69 youtube-ui.l.google.com 2->69 71 74 other IPs or domains 2->71 83 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->83 85 Found malware configuration 2->85 87 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->87 91 12 other signatures 2->91 9 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe 4 2->9         started        13 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe 2->13         started        15 firefox.exe 1 2->15         started        17 4 other processes 2->17 signatures3 89 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 67->89 process4 file5 65 C:\Users\user\...\Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe.log, ASCII 9->65 dropped 107 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 9->107 109 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 9->109 111 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 9->111 113 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 9->113 19 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe 26 14 9->19         started        24 powershell.exe 23 9->24         started        115 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->115 117 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 13->117 26 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe 13->26         started        28 firefox.exe 3 460 15->28         started        30 msedge.exe 17->30         started        32 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe 17->32         started        34 firefox.exe 17->34         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 73 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49697, 49699 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 19->73 75 icanhazip.com 104.16.184.241, 49698, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 19->75 57 C:\Users\user\...\Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe, PE32 19->57 dropped 59 Dekont_21102025,pdf.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 19->59 dropped 97 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 19->97 99 Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names 19->99 101 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->101 105 5 other signatures 19->105 36 msedge.exe 19->36         started        39 chrome.exe 19->39 injected 41 firefox.exe 1 19->41         started        53 3 other processes 19->53 103 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 24->103 43 WmiPrvSE.exe 24->43         started        45 conhost.exe 24->45         started        77 pki-goog.l.google.com 192.178.50.67, 49711, 80 GOOGLEUS United States 28->77 79 prod.detectportal.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net 34.107.221.82, 49695, 49705, 49749 GOOGLEUS United States 28->79 81 13 other IPs or domains 28->81 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\gmpopenh264.dll.tmp, PE32+ 28->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\user\...\gmpopenh264.dll (copy), PE32+ 28->63 dropped 47 firefox.exe 28->47         started        49 firefox.exe 28->49         started        51 firefox.exe 28->51         started        file9 signatures10 process11 signatures12 93 Monitors registry run keys for changes 36->93 95 Installs a global keyboard hook 36->95 55 msedge.exe 36->55         started        process13
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.47 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-21 13:20:35 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phantomstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantomstealer collection discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
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
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Phantomstealer family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot8484618646:AAEJVZcxtCs2ztwdblX-RWcPCnqTJch1h_o/sendMessage?chat_id=1585465694
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
1e1a5e570fcc7175e7bf0cff282be1dfb5de613eb19d0a47d666c429ab7668b5
MD5 hash:
c4fe9b8103301db0f9ea76c5efd14288
SHA1 hash:
5eb2eb56a609450ef711ecd0fe8341850f401bdd
SH256 hash:
9f2bdadb8926bf6157c7487e994ec28657f9415fd2fdf97a5ba82ba12e24046a
MD5 hash:
0e1119a6df48b550ad1353d136297ef3
SHA1 hash:
3f89b2297c1e0a29932eb25741a51538e005d565
SH256 hash:
6641f5ecf3094ac5a3241117903753f3de21fb28cf3a87787b61f77d48448ee6
MD5 hash:
c09fec02eddb528c5354232a0ac4df69
SHA1 hash:
cc4996fe74e7a3b69323f633c94e0491bbb52b00
Detections:
cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Fody INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxUserNames INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_WirelessNetReccon INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxComputerNames
SH256 hash:
ccafad7e6197d504ed5a946ab4ba09b08d2c434296f325fe01d0f4702ee3c29e
MD5 hash:
fd5064e024e241a6dc1224bc31f0c5ee
SHA1 hash:
d7e294c572b9541b20e677cb99268f24f7b2cf4f
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24 SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
Malware family:
PhantomStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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:Windows_Generic_Threat_f57e5e2a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Xeno_89f9f060
Author:Elastic Security

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