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Database Entry

Plugx

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 36 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	1e44a6fa4ceb0a04c99b89984dfb501453e90e29e702e5459e9c8a4a7c99d94b
SHA3-384 hash:	b38947d5cd62001529e4fe3980147c0ba94afce18516a2198df4c2e31f1e6f851c0d7a711f9f4137a425916614d8d11b
SHA1 hash:	6d45368a72c8c98bd368f9cabc17f6e704dde3cc
MD5 hash:	f22b8abaa0cc5f89ca7c779727abde0a
humanhash:	pip-pluto-table-quebec
File name:	SkinChanger.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	Plugx Create hunting rule
File size:	64'453'429 bytes
First seen:	2025-08-02 11:34:41 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	65fb43a8cb3809548c060be835b8c4d2 (5 x Plugx, 1 x NodeLoader)
ssdeep	393216:FecR5gYRjbl+co2do1QgJvyDQ1IdzS+TXqaYIqTJBucO5u0nGC0r72fXfWkVwnKx:fvgYBbl+I2AylNBxOWinV
TLSH	T149E75B42A7EB0491F9F76E3098F652274536BE067F3184CB720C1B2A5F732E09972766
TrID	61.4% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9) 15.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	f0cc96ccccccf0f0 (5 x Plugx, 1 x NodeLoader)
Reporter	AntiSkidding
Tags:	exe node NodeLoader Plugx

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

SkinChanger.exe

Verdict:

No threats detected

Analysis date:

2025-08-02 11:39:14 UTC

Tags:

wmi-base64 api-base64

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/71493c53-a0a7-4d92-b745-79b119b90647

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Verdict:

Clean

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=688df817af3050dc8d337751

Tags:

n/a

Result

Verdict:

Clean

Maliciousness:

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Malware/Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/1e44a6fa4ceb0a04c99b89984dfb501453e90e29e702e5459e9c8a4a7c99d94b

Score:

94%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/1e44a6fa4ceb0a04c99b89984dfb501453e90e29e702e5459e9c8a4a7c99d94b

Gathering data

Threat name:

Win32.Malware.Generic

Status:

Suspicious

First seen:

2025-08-01 23:05:43 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

6 of 38 (15.79%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=dzckn6sm5mfajsm3rgme362qcrj6sdrj44bokrm6tsfeu7ez3ffq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

3/10

Tags:

discovery

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250802-np964sy1by/

Behaviour

Program crash

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Verdict:

Suspicious

Tags:

apt plugx

YARA:

malware_PlugX_config

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/92fef67b-5822-4441-a54e-e3b95ee60576

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms

Rule name:	Agent_BTZ Create hunting rule

Rule name:	APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:	Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:	https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh

Rule name:	attack_India Create hunting rule

Rule name:	BLOWFISH_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

Rule name:	botnet_plaintext_c2 Create hunting rule
Author:	cip
Description:	Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.

Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ComRAT Create hunting rule

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__MemoryWorkingSet Create hunting rule
Author:	Fernando Mercês
Description:	Anti-debug process memory working set size check
Reference:	http://www.gironsec.com/blog/2015/06/anti-debugger-trick-quicky/

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	HUN_APT29_EnvyScout_Jul_2023_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Arkbird_SOLG
Description:	Hunting rule for detect possible Envyscout malware used by the APT29 group by patterns already used in the past

Rule name:	Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references

Rule name:	ldpreload Create hunting rule
Author:	xorseed
Reference:	https://stuff.rop.io/

Rule name:	malware_PlugX_config Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect PlugX in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Nexe Create hunting rule
Author:	nwunderly

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PlugX Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect PlugX in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	reverse_http Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

Rule name:	test_Malaysia Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing malaysia string

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	win_amadey_bytecodes_oct_2023 Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research

Rule name:	WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726 Create hunting rule
Author:	dogsafetyforeverone
Description:	Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.

Rule name:	without_attachments Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

Rule name:	with_urls Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information

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