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Loki


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 24 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738
SHA3-384 hash: aea355c1f3d5b0b85dde10a82a5fb9722ec1c32c6e4e02ecfa3cef2ee602ab92e1990b56be7e51ddbd414c12f27fd200
SHA1 hash: f8157d3b1cee8eac7345c2ba9f2ff35e07e06720
MD5 hash: 3f9bb2bb89a2341a849f06b15c988664
humanhash: fanta-steak-wolfram-zulu
File name:specs_00235_xlsx.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
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File size:983'552 bytes
First seen:2025-02-04 09:12:48 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash afcdf79be1557326c854b6e20cb900a7 (1'102 x FormBook, 936 x AgentTesla, 399 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:CAHnh+eWsN3skA4RV1Hom2KXFmIa6c6VOsLCI5:Fh+ZkldoPK1Xa6Jn
Threatray 106 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T16C259C0273D1C036FFABA2739B6AF64556BC79254123852F13982DB9BD701B1223E763
TrID 63.7% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
11.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'034 x Formbook, 1'183 x CredentialFlusher, 666 x AgentTesla)
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe Loki

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
520
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
lokibot
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ID:
1
File name:
specs_00235_xlsx.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-02-04 09:17:39 UTC
Tags:
autoit lokibot
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/a50e7787-799e-4528-aa27-1501cfc3ad37

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67a1dae451193558eb1954d8
Tags:
underscore infosteal autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Reading critical registry keys
Changing a file
Connection attempt to an infection source
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Stealing user critical data
Query of malicious DNS domain
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context autoit compiled-script evasive fingerprint keylogger lolbin masquerade microsoft_visual_cc mmc obfuscated packed packed packer_detected wuauclt
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67a1da2a6c662328c4a99ce7/reports/4381b757-0d5f-49e7-b026-057804ba1233/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
Loki
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/f662a09c-8ce3-480a-b706-0523d29bbbee
Result
Threat name:
Lokibot
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1606338
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738/
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-04 09:13:10 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=llzh5uty4xhbk32pnuyfwjql37h6dvlqf2a74i3dckxrf22hu44a._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
lokipasswordstealer(pws)
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unknown_loader_036
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Similar samples:
2acbdf309c44e9f358b7779eba49122eb5d4f7144148a17ebb9a32a5284850b6
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3d7654867efbc44661a3a5889d8f91fc402917587e58f9fc7a5c8c636b32b1a6
Loki
584f89a151ee7d12e1f1c17384147f5b242c7aa9c5ae082fcdde789732ad980d
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5ce2f5a8a0b1ce232214fcbe96e0b3780e9409321d70fd1c0b33d22f23efb004
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aaee9ff9746646836f3538beea0c59fb1c83ee095023d09899238ae732bd190e
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error
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+ 96 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection discovery spyware stealer trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250204-k6tnxatnbr/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Lokibot
Lokibot family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://touxzw.ir/sccc/five/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan lokibot
YARA:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/18f34083-10c8-4e2b-8c6c-ff963f2223ae
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738
MD5 hash:
3f9bb2bb89a2341a849f06b15c988664
SHA1 hash:
f8157d3b1cee8eac7345c2ba9f2ff35e07e06720
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/814428b4-88ca-4dfa-9d28-421f9d9a6c03/
SH256 hash:
4ab7bc0425571793cf66e69969b0ff29a1f5416927194e86891affff5c7fed76
MD5 hash:
4847bebf9d14510503399cf695c7d2d7
SHA1 hash:
daa142dd2f9655574030c63d8dc2eab8e1cd83b9
Detections:
win_lokipws_g0
Create hunting rule
win_lokipws_auto
Create hunting rule
lokibot
Create hunting rule
STEALER_Lokibot
Create hunting rule
Lokibot
Create hunting rule
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Create hunting rule
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Create hunting rule
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/814428b4-88ca-4dfa-9d28-421f9d9a6c03/
Parent samples :
6cfb8d2601aba6dd28e67a185f7ab647a933d86a129b4e4ea79772164cedeb01
5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738
392a7193b12c6795fb239cff20c5310e1b3b4a3a24538b17d94870a97441cfe8
2e3186f47d0728d966d80bd60d76e604104ac11a170e835c0896775762e33996
5eb39af58bc99962a6439d873bda78086903301b0476ef79daf3802220fdf382
e0c5db8ba3b32956b954091828136618e0130b148675dbb153c0b77b77e2d1d4
b78e65e95bfd3ead234d18b3f116363c23e993631931f2ce6fe89afdf13ab361
4a1337ce1b0e4eddd00b04b4559d8fc6b9bb30514a7e2ced19ac5691a6d93144
9fddf8ffb5fb825b9f02c231796769540b01e34871b0bd2c067ae735e7120652
4f2274eda30670db71874bec8a27f08a103472c6dea4e1df892d621f05edaaf7
cb3a38b5b53f478a2a83ea040885ccb2bea9d29e3d9db4af38914bcd21bf89db
c33d06421b59dff8c714160ebc13a76508efdf7df8deec91d77cba760d28257f
91537297a441a97b92e5ad738cdfdb634d285fc5556936406cbef7a2699b4d57
9ffc425d5cff838fe149b405905d44f9d33a04ede0231816d903c2db6b24bca1
7cab67f3270d22af388a715bc460f69be5f200da4576be5940c190a008a2e765
Malware family:
Lokibot
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/5af27ed278e5/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Lokibot
Score:
0.90
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738

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:AutoIT_Compiled
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Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies compiled AutoIT script (as EXE). This rule by itself does NOT necessarily mean the detected file is malicious.
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HeavensGate
Create hunting rule
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Heaven's Gate: Switch from 32-bit to 64-mode
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers
Rule name:infostealer_loki
Create hunting rule
Rule name:infostealer_xor_patterns
Create hunting rule
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Description:The XOR and string patterns shown here appear to be unique to certain information-stealing malware families, namely LokiBot and Pony/Fareit. The XOR patterns were observed in a several loaders and payloads for LokiBot, but have also appeared (less frequently) in Pony/Fareit loaders and samples. The two accompanying rules below can be used to further classify the final payloads.
Rule name:Loki
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Author:kevoreilly
Description:Loki Payload
Rule name:LokiBot
Create hunting rule
Author:kevoreilly
Description:LokiBot Payload
Rule name:LokiPWS
Create hunting rule
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects LokiBot
Rule name:malware_Lokibot_strings
Create hunting rule
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Lokibot in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:NET
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Create hunting rule
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:STEALER_Lokibot
Create hunting rule
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect Lokibot stealer
Rule name:SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Create hunting rule
Author:Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)
Description:Detects imphash often found in malware samples (Maximum 0,25% hits with search for 'imphash:x p:0' on Virustotal) = 99,75% hits
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Lokibot_0f421617
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Lokibot_1f885282
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_lokipws_auto
Create hunting rule
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.lokipws.

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

Loki

Executable exe 5af27ed278e5ce156f4f6d305b260bdfcfe1d5702e81fe236312af12eb47a738

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::AllocateAndInitializeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::CopySid
ADVAPI32.dll::FreeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetLengthSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetTokenInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAce
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CLSIDFromProgID
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstanceEx
ole32.dll::CoInitializeSecurity
ole32.dll::CreateStreamOnHGlobal
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::mciSendStringW
WINMM.dll::timeGetTime
WINMM.dll::waveOutSetVolume
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AddAce
ADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
ADVAPI32.dll::CheckTokenMembership
ADVAPI32.dll::DuplicateTokenEx
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAclInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetSecurityDescriptorDacl
SHELL_APIManipulates System ShellSHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteExW
SHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteW
SHELL32.dll::SHFileOperationW
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessAsUserW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessW
ADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessWithLogonW
KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenThreadToken
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::SetSystemPowerState
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDriveTypeW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::CopyFileW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkW
IPHLPAPI.DLL::IcmpCreateFile
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::GetUserNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::LogonUserW
ADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetAddConnection2W
MPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegConnectRegistryW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::BlockInput
USER32.dll::CloseDesktop
USER32.dll::CreateMenu
USER32.dll::EmptyClipboard
USER32.dll::FindWindowExW
USER32.dll::FindWindowW

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