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HijackLoader


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3
SHA3-384 hash: fc6b5322d246a778b9ddefc5a65fdcd20cfbc481287ef8c16f012b15e6733948a5733df0fc2478d637752380fac72ad0
SHA1 hash: 343bd250a910c1c60e6ca9b56cb5732e385b78e1
MD5 hash: 5ddad8f1c22b190e0fba90f01a97a3ec
humanhash: crazy-sink-nitrogen-oklahoma
File name:VEGASPro23.0j0nba.exe
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Signature HijackLoader
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File size:9'233'568 bytes
First seen:2026-03-23 07:07:25 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-23 07:41:12 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e715424ebef62edcf8229c713419932e (1 x HijackLoader, 1 x XWorm, 1 x ACRStealer)
ssdeep 98304:PdmbjH4hGP4OBfm/QamIX3MLDVLCXIPO6TUxIXFpV9V0q5vA1dr0oiMELhQ6:PgjY3F3X3IRLCXz6Ixy0mor0oiMUQ6
Threatray 2 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1CE96AD5A7BA840E5D167C179C4978647E7B2BC950F3097CB02A427AE2F37AE04D3E721
TrID 93.7% (.EXE) WinRAR Self Extracting archive (4.x-5.x) (265042/9/39)
2.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
1.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
0.7% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
0.7% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 31e4d4f4f4dce431 (1 x HijackLoader)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe HIjackLoader

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
122
Origin country :
SE SE
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Details
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/ac4a2fdb-11fb-49dc-a4f9-4cce7fdb5d2f/
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
VEGASPro23.0j0nba.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-22 17:38:26 UTC
Tags:
hijackloader loader auto-startup
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/3ade019b-97f1-4c1b-92f4-886d9849ddb2

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.FileRepMalware.54935245.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69c0290daacb4c376b12cc3d
Tags:
trojan shell agent
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Sending a custom TCP request
Connection attempt
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm base64 evasive expired-cert expired-cert explorer fingerprint hijackloader installer-heuristic keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc overlay penguish
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69c0e6e44ec2f522cc538d9d/reports/714b8eb9-19f9-4ad7-83f3-d472aeefa3ec/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_90%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Agent.HTTP.Download Trojan-Downloader.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Penguish.sbd Trojan.Win32.Penguish.guk Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Penguish.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Rugmi Loader
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/8337f213-7b6a-4fb4-9243-55947322a213
Result
Threat name:
Amatera Stealer, HijackLoader
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1887450
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found malware configuration
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected Amatera Stealer
Yara detected HijackLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1887450 Sample: VEGASPro23.0j0nba.exe Startdate: 23/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 76 Found malware configuration 2->76 78 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->78 80 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->80 82 3 other signatures 2->82 9 VEGASPro23.0j0nba.exe 18 2->9         started        12 ControllerM32.exe 5 2->12         started        process3 file4 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\libmp4v2.dll, PE32+ 9->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\WS_Log.DLL, PE32+ 9->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\WSMultiTagMgr.dll, PE32+ 9->54 dropped 58 2 other malicious files 9->58 dropped 15 ControllerM32.exe 8 9->15         started        56 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...157283.tmp, PE32 12->56 dropped 92 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 12->92 19 VeFactory64.exe 12->19         started        21 Crisp.exe 12->21         started        signatures5 process6 file7 60 C:\ProgramData\...\libmp4v2.dll, PE32+ 15->60 dropped 62 C:\ProgramData\base_svc_i386_lts\WS_Log.DLL, PE32+ 15->62 dropped 64 C:\ProgramData\...\WSMultiTagMgr.dll, PE32+ 15->64 dropped 66 2 other malicious files 15->66 dropped 68 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 15->68 23 ControllerM32.exe 7 15->23         started        27 WerFault.exe 21 19->27         started        29 WerFault.exe 21 19->29         started        31 WerFault.exe 19->31         started        signatures8 process9 file10 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\Crisp.exe, PE32 23->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\VeFactory64.exe, PE32 23->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...BD91F6.tmp, PE32 23->48 dropped 84 Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk) 23->84 86 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 23->86 88 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 23->88 90 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 23->90 33 Crisp.exe 2 23->33         started        36 VeFactory64.exe 23->36         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 70 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 33->70 72 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 33->72 74 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 33->74 38 WerFault.exe 19 16 36->38         started        40 WerFault.exe 16 36->40         started        42 WerFault.exe 16 36->42         started        process14
Score:
86%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.HIJACKLOADER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Hijackloader
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-22 17:38:22 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
81
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=iajqty2vbz6lge4f5jodiwsfzqdv6clqngh57bkjl2uncosmldrq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
hijackloader
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amaterastealer
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Similar samples:
ead6b1f0add059261ac56e9453131184bc0ae2869f983b6a41a1abb167edf151
HijackLoader
error
HijackLoader
f2a068164ed7b173f17abe52ad95c53bccf3bb9966d75027d1e8960f7e0d43ac
HijackLoader
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hijackloader discovery execution loader spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260323-hyd75sgt9q/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Checks installed software on the system
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Badlisted process makes network request
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,
Hijackloader family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3
MD5 hash:
5ddad8f1c22b190e0fba90f01a97a3ec
SHA1 hash:
343bd250a910c1c60e6ca9b56cb5732e385b78e1
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/ffb0dd24-035a-4d2c-8700-fea19bbdd754/
SH256 hash:
9a267f58ecc171cd95c143020c010e1997d19031d1e08bfdec81379ae1439be7
MD5 hash:
8f34bd301591fdc75527c88e550bad71
SHA1 hash:
ce388fb93ea15faa283e957917a5e5afd411acb9
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/ffb0dd24-035a-4d2c-8700-fea19bbdd754/
SH256 hash:
9fd6d6ae0783f5976335961c166ceb1fd4136bb73df7bcdd2013bef7da25da4c
MD5 hash:
1936dbebfaf206181db43ca07f558653
SHA1 hash:
89ba569b28242ef0b129d74f738293fee12e4b24
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/ffb0dd24-035a-4d2c-8700-fea19bbdd754/
Malware family:
GHOSTPULSE
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/401309e3550e/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/401309e3550e7cb31385ea5c345a45cc075f0970698fdf85495ea8d13a4c58e3

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HeavensGate
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Author:kevoreilly
Description:Heaven's Gate: Switch from 32-bit to 64-mode
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Mimikatz_Generic
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Author:Still
Description:attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:pe_no_import_table
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Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:shellcode
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Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Surtr
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Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Rule for Surtr Stage One
Rule name:SurtrStrings
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Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Strings for Surtr
Rule name:telebot_framework
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Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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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:Warp
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Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
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Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information

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https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/58761/

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