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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 28 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 400313a280a3d16c4d562b90c9eb496e4f68fe84e461364b6c95f46ae5fdc185
SHA3-384 hash: 6dc181c8cb59d23266d4597278fa2d651dbc50c9e217e5278ab8eabcb63605720072d07a996d889c7c6aec017300d43e
SHA1 hash: f6a8272756c871a1fcebbd7c95592ba63a3f6ecc
MD5 hash: d512775383e6c190ab736cfea6439bba
humanhash: juliet-orange-orange-eight
File name:d512775383e6c190ab736cfea6439bba.js
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:4'645'043 bytes
First seen:2026-02-27 17:12:53 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:LrHFqoiN/9hS7cG1/uIuK7tJpZZVbfpDTFWvrMpFpNaJ:W
TLSH T1D326BF1DDE461FE41BEB1E2480D75E0DC3B156EC9146BA1F1323E689CABBB00592B58F
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js PhantomStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
96
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
ransomware shell sage
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan.Script.SAgent.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb Trojan.PowerShell.Cobalt.sb Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Disco.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Stealerium.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Discord.sb Trojan.MSIL.DOTHETUK.sb Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Result
Threat name:
Phantom stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.troj.spyw.expl
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Browser instances using unsafe startup parameters
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
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)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Phantom stealer
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1876142 Sample: pyMTSZkTPW.js Startdate: 27/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 64 api.telegram.org 2->64 66 icanhazip.com 2->66 90 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->90 92 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->92 94 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->94 98 5 other signatures 2->98 12 wscript.exe 3 2->12         started        signatures3 96 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 64->96 process4 file5 62 C:\Temp\ps_xNMDKscQHNzQ_1772215802399.ps1, ASCII 12->62 dropped 114 Suspicious powershell command line found 12->114 116 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 12->116 118 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 12->118 120 3 other signatures 12->120 16 powershell.exe 16 12->16         started        19 taskkill.exe 12->19         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 86 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->86 88 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->88 21 aspnet_compiler.exe 15 12 16->21         started        25 aspnet_compiler.exe 16->25         started        27 conhost.exe 16->27         started        29 conhost.exe 19->29         started        process9 dnsIp10 68 api.telegram.org 149.154.166.110, 443, 49876, 49878 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 21->68 70 icanhazip.com 104.16.184.241, 49877, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 21->70 100 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 21->100 102 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 21->102 104 Writes to foreign memory regions 21->104 112 3 other signatures 21->112 31 chrome.exe 1 21->31         started        34 firefox.exe 21->34         started        36 msedge.exe 21->36         started        38 20 other processes 21->38 106 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 25->106 108 Browser instances using unsafe startup parameters 25->108 110 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 25->110 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 84 192.168.11.30, 138, 443, 49594 unknown unknown 31->84 40 chrome.exe 31->40         started        43 firefox.exe 34->43         started        46 setup.exe 36->46         started        48 msedge.exe 36->48         started        50 msedge.exe 36->50         started        52 5 other processes 36->52 process14 dnsIp15 72 googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com 142.250.217.129, 443, 49762, 49763 GOOGLEUS United States 40->72 74 clients2.googleusercontent.com 40->74 76 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 43->76 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\cookies.sqlite, SQLite 43->60 dropped 54 setup.exe 46->54         started        56 setup.exe 46->56         started        78 104.46.162.225, 443, 49866 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 48->78 80 13.107.213.45, 443, 49822, 49823 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 48->80 82 26 other IPs or domains 48->82 file16 process17 process18 58 setup.exe 54->58         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection defense_evasion discovery execution persistence stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Kills process with taskkill
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
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Detects PhantomStealer payload
PhantomStealer
Phantom_stealer family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot8320970646:AAEgpgXUIqz6CauKIh_qhunCp02QX4AnWVA/sendMessage?chat_id=7659024350
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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:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_f57e5e2a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Xeno_89f9f060
Author:Elastic Security

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