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Database Entry



VenomRAT


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs 1 YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 26adf732be63c8bc0f0efc3ea21dbe8ac4f81f258ff52873a00caa88fc1fdcc8
SHA3-384 hash: 1544588066d9cb16197c2ab470c3075c2ca79231088f4c8398394d2a061499bd0947376f2acf5a31c40cdc02a5ee1bbf
SHA1 hash: 65771a26c55a9620ba4827812209504f6bc0d608
MD5 hash: e4562f290c84240ff91d97daac392357
humanhash: uniform-fix-coffee-lima
File name:hkcOI9W.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VenomRAT
File size:507'680 bytes
First seen:2025-10-22 16:50:06 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'742 x AgentTesla, 19'606 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:7nArtNVcKngZTVb5FM+7ciJczVFKAPLpgFgiM61:kr3VqBb5aykKAFgvM61
Threatray 2'096 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T13BB49ADD695029FBCC3F47E4130D87894AFF97B1B29B8CC9A8851A57CC4E0678509E8E
TrID 67.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
9.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe VenomRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
VenomRAT C2:
192.52.242.147:4448

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
192.52.242.147:4448 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1625090/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
101
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
asyncrat
ID:
1
File name:
hkcOI9W.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-22 16:55:47 UTC
Tags:
asyncrat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
keylog shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Launching a service
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Setting a global event handler for the keyboard
Stealing user critical data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expired-cert invalid-signature signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-22T10:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-22T16:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Backdoor.MSIL.VenomRAT.a Backdoor.MSIL.Darkrat.sb Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.sb HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.VenomRAT.gen VHO:Backdoor.MSIL.AsyncRat.gen Trojan.MSIL.DInvoke.sb Trojan.Agentb.TCP.C&C HackTool.Binder.TCP.ServerRequest
Result
Threat name:
StormKitty
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies existing user documents (likely ransomware behavior)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Capture Wi-Fi password
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal WLAN passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings
Yara detected StormKitty Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1800007 Sample: hkcOI9W.exe Startdate: 22/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 40 ip-api.com 2->40 42 icanhazip.com 2->42 44 2 other IPs or domains 2->44 52 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->52 54 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->54 56 Sigma detected: Capture Wi-Fi password 2->56 58 6 other signatures 2->58 8 hkcOI9W.exe 18 183 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 46 192.52.242.147, 4449, 49698, 49701 DC74-ASUS United States 8->46 48 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49704, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 8->48 50 3 other IPs or domains 8->50 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\SQSJKEBWDT.png, ASCII 8->32 dropped 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\SFPUSAFIOL.jpg, ASCII 8->34 dropped 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\MXPXCVPDVN.pdf, ASCII 8->36 dropped 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\IPKGELNTQY.docx, ASCII 8->38 dropped 60 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->60 62 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 8->62 64 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 8->64 66 4 other signatures 8->66 13 cmd.exe 1 8->13         started        16 cmd.exe 1 8->16         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 68 Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings 13->68 70 Tries to harvest and steal WLAN passwords 13->70 18 netsh.exe 2 13->18         started        20 conhost.exe 13->20         started        22 findstr.exe 1 13->22         started        24 chcp.com 1 13->24         started        26 netsh.exe 2 16->26         started        28 conhost.exe 16->28         started        30 chcp.com 1 16->30         started        process10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.45 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Egairtigado
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-22 16:55:48 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
stormkitty
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat family:stormkitty botnet:default collection discovery persistence privilege_escalation rat spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Checks installed software on the system
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Looks up geolocation information via web service
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Async RAT payload
AsyncRat
Asyncrat family
StormKitty
StormKitty payload
Stormkitty family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
192.52.242.147:4449
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
26adf732be63c8bc0f0efc3ea21dbe8ac4f81f258ff52873a00caa88fc1fdcc8
MD5 hash:
e4562f290c84240ff91d97daac392357
SHA1 hash:
65771a26c55a9620ba4827812209504f6bc0d608
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

VenomRAT

Executable exe 26adf732be63c8bc0f0efc3ea21dbe8ac4f81f258ff52873a00caa88fc1fdcc8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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