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Database Entry



Plugx


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 44331f411c9d84ffafd882f465319c504ae87665ba3db73620537cf116f17f9f
SHA3-384 hash: 120358b56a00a92d631df4445c87358fb1854eeecedd2ae6cf219c8c7d73bd9242e94cf4f9e7eb46193bffd625a8f60b
SHA1 hash: 6df555355d59c493b19b55d6377434b2058e856b
MD5 hash: a5efa655ff3253a0966d7b69bc08868d
humanhash: stairway-network-quiet-wolfram
File name:NexoraLi.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Plugx
File size:64'968'932 bytes
First seen:2025-08-21 20:50:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 6349935017fab6295626f276167fc0e5 (7 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
ssdeep 393216:DgO1vAM4wCChmN4og3J0CzGFbyjCujm6KI46B5RVs+p+kQ2SR7rGvHvTUlAX6/NY:8O1/4wC/K+GOShrsxwbE9AP
TLSH T166E75A42A6EB45D0F9F7AE7155F652274537BD066F3184CB620C1B2A5F332E08A73B22
TrID 61.4% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
15.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon e8cc92ba868ecc70 (5 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
Reporter burger
Tags:exe Plugx Rhadamanthys

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
154
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
NexoraLi.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-08-21 20:50:50 UTC
Tags:
api-base64

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
DNS request
Connection attempt
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Yara detected NexeCompiled Binary
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-08-21 20:50:51 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
18
AV detection:
6 of 24 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
apt plugx
YARA:
malware_PlugX_config
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms
Rule name:Agent_BTZ
Rule name:APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh
Rule name:attack_India
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:ComRAT
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:malware_PlugX_config
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect PlugX in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Nexe
Author:nwunderly
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PlugX
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect PlugX in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:reverse_http
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:win_amadey_bytecodes_oct_2023
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Rule name:WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726
Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.
Rule name:without_attachments
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/
Rule name:with_urls
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information


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