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Database Entry



Vidar


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 38 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 359a7c8a50391ee13a1651b67b118fe7ab6ef6ddeae39876a393857fbfdc692b
SHA3-384 hash: db401fd1a39d422f74de3933a09034ba01ef9fc01534f76f1d588d9b4b87789b338417d3da9665b9ce78fa9b49489786
SHA1 hash: 693d5a1c24b152cea53ddb1051adf99696a95f8e
MD5 hash: d02f0991d0fba5d1a5aec383d193a3a3
humanhash: south-sixteen-arkansas-venus
File name:Akat0s-BootV2.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Vidar
File size:3'403'696 bytes
First seen:2026-10-30 19:34:48 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-30 20:27:25 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash d42595b695fc008ef2c56aabd8efd68e (1'485 x Vidar, 357 x RemusStealer, 141 x Stealc)
ssdeep 49152:H00bcxKdkkaEZPV2UxuiDcpxQdQa5i+a6bS:H1HtDcUdQJ+O
TLSH T134F57D07BCE459AED0A6A631C8B75142BBB07C441F3173D32F40BA782E767D49A79B48
TrID 27.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
20.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.5% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.4% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter AmadeyHunter
Tags:exe signed stealer vidar VidarStealer

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:Crimson Motion Global
Issuer:Crimson Motion Global
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-10-23T03:04:43Z
Valid to:2027-10-30T03:04:43Z
Serial number: b70460588b99ac850a1c90e840ad4645
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 22c3ba863a0d14c5e4c2ebc15d7b95dc65f1461006454ac9c9ce3cb908c65482
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
223
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-30 20:08:55 UTC
Tags:
telegram

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
injection lien sage hype
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto golang invalid-signature packed self-signed-cert signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-10-30T17:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-31T11:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious PE / MSI digital signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to registers a callback to get notified when the system is suspended or resumed (often done by Miners)
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Monitors registry run keys for changes
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (registry check)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Vidar stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1995556 Sample: Akat0s-BootV2.exe Startdate: 30/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 54 s4.afktogel.org 2->54 56 t.me 2->56 58 fg.microsoft.map.fastly.net 2->58 94 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->94 96 Found malware configuration 2->96 98 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->98 100 5 other signatures 2->100 8 Akat0s-BootV2.exe 16 13 2->8         started        12 msedge.exe 14 249 2->12         started        14 msedge.exe 2->14         started        16 4 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 60 157.180.23.24, 443, 49722 HETZNER-ASDE Finland 8->60 62 s4.afktogel.org 104.21.33.3, 443, 49724, 49784 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 8->62 64 t.me 149.154.167.99, 443, 49723 TELEGRAMVG United Kingdom 8->64 102 Early bird code injection technique detected 8->102 104 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 8->104 106 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 8->106 108 13 other signatures 8->108 18 msedge.exe 2 9 8->18         started        21 msedge.exe 8->21         started        23 msedge.exe 8->23         started        30 8 other processes 8->30 66 192.168.2.7, 138, 443, 49707 unknown unknown 12->66 68 239.255.255.250 unknown ZZ 12->68 25 msedge.exe 12->25         started        32 2 other processes 12->32 28 msedge.exe 14->28         started        34 2 other processes 14->34 36 7 other processes 16->36 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 92 Monitors registry run keys for changes 18->92 38 msedge.exe 18->38         started        40 msedge.exe 21->40         started        42 msedge.exe 23->42         started        70 mr-z01.tm-azurefd.net 150.171.109.71, 443, 49727, 49748 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS South Africa 25->70 72 ln-0007.ln-msedge.net 150.171.22.17, 443, 49747, 49760 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 25->72 78 7 other IPs or domains 25->78 74 ax-0002.ax-msedge.net 150.171.27.11, 443, 49769 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 28->74 80 4 other IPs or domains 28->80 44 chrome.exe 30->44         started        48 firefox.exe 30->48         started        50 msedge.exe 30->50         started        76 ln-0007.ln-dc-msedge.net 150.171.23.17, 443, 49770 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 36->76 82 2 other IPs or domains 36->82 signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 84 www.google.com 142.251.153.119, 443, 49729, 49739 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 44->84 86 mobile-gtalk.l.google.com 192.178.219.188, 49742, 5228 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 44->86 88 android.l.google.com 44->88 52 Chrome Cache Entry: 326, PDP-11 44->52 dropped 90 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 48->90 file12
Verdict:
Go Loader (Factory-v3)
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable Go Loader (Factory-v3) PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Stealer Loader T1027 T1055 Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.AdvML
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-30 19:35:30 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 38 (31.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vidar defense_evasion discovery stealer
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
Checks system information in the registry
Checks BIOS information in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Family: Vidar
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
359a7c8a50391ee13a1651b67b118fe7ab6ef6ddeae39876a393857fbfdc692b
MD5 hash:
d02f0991d0fba5d1a5aec383d193a3a3
SHA1 hash:
693d5a1c24b152cea53ddb1051adf99696a95f8e
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
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:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:golang_duffcopy_amd64
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RemusStealer_GoPayload
Author:burger
Description:Detects RemusStealer Go-compiled payload
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:SUSPICIOUS_Potential_DDR
Author:NyxIndius
Description:Detects PE files referencing web services potentially used as dead drop resolvers, with network capability correlation for single-indicator cases
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_SalatStealer_ForgeAuto_542e717b
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects SalatStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_ce8c5b46
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

File information


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Web download

Vidar

Executable exe 359a7c8a50391ee13a1651b67b118fe7ab6ef6ddeae39876a393857fbfdc692b

(this sample)

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