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Database Entry



HijackLoader


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 516523a72a445b175b620ee3ec70e0be6d7ddd9e217c22867527a3e17b7bb8b2
SHA3-384 hash: 32c0aede536236a74bb9f73eb9bc028b0ad64225abe322a0c99dfc2daf8488eef7399fc4f960b10c7124e9c12b0193db
SHA1 hash: 5923b1aa1162e533af389c493d69233c0369fd1b
MD5 hash: e2bc6e74dcbe84e2821866f7131e427b
humanhash: montana-black-oxygen-bravo
File name:ZJQPPAJN.exe
Download: download sample
Signature HijackLoader
File size:4'656'529 bytes
First seen:2025-08-29 06:47:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b5a014d7eeb4c2042897567e1288a095 (19 x HijackLoader, 14 x ValleyRAT, 12 x LummaStealer)
ssdeep 98304:+p1zcYh0f8DNx6sC6krTHLchC1OKDUNr5/z5+oExZTuT0:+pCSRpkfgC1OzNr5AZSo
TLSH T1472633C073E4A1F0CB2A8A74CF0BA71626B1E26D77015EDFE5962D642DD36A1930B0DD
TrID 38.7% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
24.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
11.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
4.7% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:anodes-pro exe HIjackLoader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
67
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
https://github.com/peterson643eu/projecttop/blob/main/ZJQPPAJN.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-23 00:27:49 UTC
Tags:
github python auto generic stealer ultravnc rmm-tool delphi hijackloader loader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
95.7%
Tags:
shellcode dropper virus
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context fingerprint hijackloader installer microsoft_visual_cc overlay overlay unsafe
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-06-07T20:11:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-06-07T20:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Yomal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-08 00:21:43 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
39
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
hijackloader deerstealer
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:deerstealer family:donutloader family:hijackloader discovery loader spyware stealer
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
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
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
DeerStealer
Deerstealer family
Detects DeerStealer
Detects DonutLoader
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
DonutLoader
Donutloader family
HijackLoader
Hijackloader family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
516523a72a445b175b620ee3ec70e0be6d7ddd9e217c22867527a3e17b7bb8b2
MD5 hash:
e2bc6e74dcbe84e2821866f7131e427b
SHA1 hash:
5923b1aa1162e533af389c493d69233c0369fd1b
SH256 hash:
fd9b367c1bc540f35474614c72dadf7f2530cbd8053a0a637a5fd604338a0a47
MD5 hash:
99c9b840aa2b265d6915bfb0e6a07008
SHA1 hash:
3366d6078c5d431bbf82c6a686b2bf5533bb8b68
SH256 hash:
b8f967fcbceb46bb97c0e305f1bc6ed2909a18ba08b61e7260b152f171bfc248
MD5 hash:
1ce2645c19ff4e6e379dd40f1f77c754
SHA1 hash:
9b537886edcaa4764c2f5d5ea98ee97ea31519cb
SH256 hash:
f0b18c990af1dd6bd90335a53e4cd9a8864c351592dba90898b251eae8d5af66
MD5 hash:
c7799579296367409cc942deea5c040d
SHA1 hash:
b9331e78c069516a5b365b89c7f476c03ef50f83
SH256 hash:
a6edb3fb6d21dd461da3767a7995034e208f7d6b08997f6cf7ee7b0ea833a8f0
MD5 hash:
cabb58bb5694f8b8269a73172c85b717
SHA1 hash:
9ed583c56385fed8e5e0757ddb2fdf025f96c807
SH256 hash:
68bee500e0080f21c003126e73b6d07804d23ac98b2376a8b76c26297d467abe
MD5 hash:
d4dae7149d6e4dab65ac554e55868e3b
SHA1 hash:
b3bea0a0a1f0a6f251bcf6a730a97acc933f269a
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: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:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:observer
Author:Michelle Khalil
Description:This rule detects unpacked observer malware samples.
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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:sus_pe_free_without_allocation
Author:Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut)
Description:Detects an executable importing functions to free memory without importing allocation functions, often indicative of dynamic import resolution
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_GhostPulse_caea316b
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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Web download

HijackLoader

Executable exe 516523a72a445b175b620ee3ec70e0be6d7ddd9e217c22867527a3e17b7bb8b2

(this sample)

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