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Database Entry



ACRStealer


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 46ced738ab9a9a37df3e36c6a8603742f26783f0be2fa845bdec10b5ddb50bfb
SHA3-384 hash: bb676f184270c156d9eb99096078f550188033b060417ef6b5e93d1bb76e0faacfc53d6ad4ecb3d3160d6c1022ba7319
SHA1 hash: 6c19930c2b6b2ec49b42399dcd8e477de347c010
MD5 hash: 98f00e36daaf4c4bae91031d4b53ea9b
humanhash: xray-paris-nevada-juliet
File name:98f00e36daaf4c4bae91031d4b53ea9b.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ACRStealer
File size:6'343'245 bytes
First seen:2026-08-28 07:54:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e8ac1646024d52d1534a88da2e8037cd (10 x HijackLoader, 9 x OffLoader, 8 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 49152:pDXrwW+/stv7JInHg9lWRzHyWwT39s5RnVJESQHMc132SMjlyoVFNXM3QR/396sS:pDbkmjKAapl22SMjlyKFeaZqg333iL
TLSH T14D56AE03F389612ED06A2A37693B9694983F7A6039168C57DBEC3F4C8F791401D3A767
TrID 50.8% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
20.4% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
19.7% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
3.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
2.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 5050d270cccc82ae (113 x Adware.Generic, 85 x OffLoader, 48 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:ACRStealer exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
215
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
5261acf43b09.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-26 16:37:58 UTC
Tags:
auto generic autoit delphi inno installer stealer vidar

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

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a process with a hidden window
Deleting a recently created file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embarcadero_delphi expired-cert fingerprint inno installer installer installer-heuristic invalid-signature overlay packed packed reconnaissance revoked-cert signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-26T08:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-29T20:03:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
ACR Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Hides threads from debuggers
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Monitors registry run keys for changes
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected ACR Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965130 Sample: ZsLaNEB650.exe Startdate: 28/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 63 zsAlUuYwHRBfVXCYTfZICEyYPu.zsAlUuYwHRBfVXCYTfZICEyYPu 2->63 65 persistent.overrun.lol 2->65 67 4 other IPs or domains 2->67 89 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->89 91 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->91 93 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->93 95 5 other signatures 2->95 12 ZsLaNEB650.exe 2 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 59 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ZsLaNEB650.tmp, PE32 12->59 dropped 15 ZsLaNEB650.tmp 3 4 12->15         started        process6 file7 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_setup64.tmp, PE32+ 15->61 dropped 18 ZsLaNEB650.exe 2 15->18         started        process8 file9 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ZsLaNEB650.tmp, PE32 18->49 dropped 21 ZsLaNEB650.tmp 5 6 18->21         started        process10 dnsIp11 69 ghs.googlehosted.com 142.251.210.147, 443, 49753 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 21->69 51 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AutoIt3.exe (copy), PE32 21->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\is-9EPS1.tmp, PE32 21->53 dropped 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_setup64.tmp, PE32+ 21->55 dropped 25 AutoIt3.exe 3 21->25         started        file12 process13 dnsIp14 77 stream.echovale.cc 172.67.155.44, 443, 49761, 49762 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 25->77 79 8.8.8.8, 443, 49760, 49804 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 25->79 81 2 other IPs or domains 25->81 57 C:\Users\user\...\i3dkzhEmy6Xx2ppi.ps1, ASCII 25->57 dropped 97 Early bird code injection technique detected 25->97 99 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 25->99 101 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 25->101 103 8 other signatures 25->103 30 msedge.exe 4 73 25->30         started        34 dllhost.exe 25->34         started        36 chrome.exe 25->36         started        38 2 other processes 25->38 file15 signatures16 process17 dnsIp18 83 239.255.255.250 unknown ZZ 30->83 105 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 30->105 107 Monitors registry run keys for changes 30->107 40 msedge.exe 30->40         started        43 WerFault.exe 30->43         started        85 otp.vagrancyvirus.cc 172.67.188.40, 443, 49807 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 34->85 109 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 34->109 45 chrome.exe 36->45         started        87 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 38->87 47 conhost.exe 38->47         started        signatures19 process20 dnsIp21 71 ln-0007.ln-msedge.net 150.171.22.17, 443, 49769 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 40->71 73 ax-0002.ax-msedge.net 150.171.27.11, 443, 49771 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 40->73 75 11 other IPs or domains 40->75
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SFX 7z Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-26 19:13:20 UTC
AV detection:
10 of 37 (27.03%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
acrstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:acrstealer discovery installer persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Script User-Agent
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Checks installed software on the system
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Detects ACRStealer V4.x
Family: ACR stealer,GrMsk
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
stream.echovale.cc
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
46ced738ab9a9a37df3e36c6a8603742f26783f0be2fa845bdec10b5ddb50bfb
MD5 hash:
98f00e36daaf4c4bae91031d4b53ea9b
SHA1 hash:
6c19930c2b6b2ec49b42399dcd8e477de347c010
SH256 hash:
fa87a170a5c5b9ffebff6c495989f8a5ebb9fa59fd1f5e0ea9b335b56728d3db
MD5 hash:
e2c3dfcae4bef88329c1dd5f475577df
SHA1 hash:
f4543746766816e835b2e7e790ecadfb3c0cf559
SH256 hash:
388a796580234efc95f3b1c70ad4cb44bfddc7ba0f9203bf4902b9929b136f95
MD5 hash:
e4211d6d009757c078a9fac7ff4f03d4
SHA1 hash:
019cd56ba687d39d12d4b13991c9a42ea6ba03da
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
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: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:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
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:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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:TH_APT_EquationGroup_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Equation Group (G0020) APT malware detection - covers EquationDrug, GrayFish, DoubleFantasy, TripleFantasy, Fanny, GROK, nls_933w HDD firmware module, and Shadow Brokers tooling
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

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