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Database Entry



HijackLoader


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1e5c4cf9c8637d40c4d0c67cc9ff0574a85b2c82e43e7aba619a96d90a916a81
SHA3-384 hash: ee0ff097e2505fac86c64c1c6e6f3e311dba09034571f000c447fb3a85b8d4ed019197cd726c47ce059af785bf8507d5
SHA1 hash: 9fcbb48e90674de5da9ccc623790962646cb9960
MD5 hash: 6708d5a8cf739f8bf293dfa66a5c0892
humanhash: idaho-utah-five-shade
File name:1e5c4cf9c8637d40c4d0c67cc9ff0574a85b2c82e43e7aba619a96d90a916a81.zip
Download: download sample
Signature HijackLoader
File size:3'955'705 bytes
First seen:2025-12-23 07:57:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: zip
MIME type:application/zip
ssdeep 98304:H0+GxgcYPQZI3EL0QGD07Nk90EEpd6hspxhQlaRD:H0+GlY4W3eWD0Bc+pd6m6ad
TLSH T1B4063386AAA41CD2E87F50EF7524D639A2F81B3DC0846B3514F065E0A5236D37B1E37E
Magika zip
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:HIjackLoader melasio-com zip

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
32
Origin country :
IT IT
File Archive Information

This file archive contains 1 file(s), sorted by their relevance:

File name:cotool.exe
File size:4'505'739 bytes
SHA256 hash: c6124eb41137fd565047878621d520d00854f7588b1a75ccb119db6b3103597b
MD5 hash: 572c9508bf0c1bdb1441ce02d8454cc5
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
Signature HijackLoader
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
downloader dropper virus
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context embarcadero_delphi fingerprint hijackloader inno installer installer installer-heuristic overlay packed unsafe xworm
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
zip
First seen:
2025-12-11T18:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-12T05:29:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
3 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Zip Archive
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Hijackloader
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-12-12 03:00:17 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hijackloader discovery installer loader
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,
Hijackloader family
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
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:HUNTING_SUSP_TLS_SECTION
Author:chaosphere
Description:Detect PE files with .tls section that can be used for anti-debugging
Reference:Practical Malware Analysis - Chapter 16
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns

File information


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