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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs 1 YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5d0232de29690795c3eb9c11a8d87db47827689da7223bc0ec9c5f181fbd1698
SHA3-384 hash: bc88c76a19b7f706504a1f536fd41a4ef7563fc1aaca202ae4ec6c2431f19e139049f0e2623cb233b802106c0786b60a
SHA1 hash: b0c3ee1835e693017e5951fe379141a35528b165
MD5 hash: 93218f371953ac8fc557c49a7faf8bf0
humanhash: idaho-burger-steak-bulldog
File name:helper.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:14'848 bytes
First seen:2026-02-16 08:51:48 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'854 x AgentTesla, 19'783 x Formbook, 12'304 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 384:aFG/8zCo9fDmadKaJOFdjARSk80G3MeW0+fWNT8AN:XqCiLmrb0Zi8AN
TLSH T131622B0863C85231ED6F077518B20B58DE35F6070A4BEB2B28F9513E2E267589A533F9
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon f9f9dcc4d8c9c0c0 (1 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter Ling
Tags:AGEN exe Malgent Nthook SilverFox Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR ValleyRAT


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CNGaoLing
This sample has been reviewed by Microsoft researchers and determined to be malware. (Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR)

SilverFox & Nthook
IOC (IP 38.76.193.175)

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
38.76.193.175:1451 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1749214/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
144
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
helper.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-16 06:33:32 UTC
Tags:
payload silverfox backdoor valleyrat rat winos

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
91.7%
Tags:
obfuscated shellcode emotet micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
installer-heuristic
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
Detections:
Backdoor.Agent.TCP.C&C Backdoor.Xkcp.TCP.ServerRequest HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Xkcp.gen
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
10 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.61 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-02-16 09:05:26 UTC
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unc_loader_040 valleyrat
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates connected drives
Detects ValleyRAT payload
ValleyRat
Valleyrat_s2 family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
38.76.193.175:1451
38.76.193.175:2451
38.76.193.175:3451
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5d0232de29690795c3eb9c11a8d87db47827689da7223bc0ec9c5f181fbd1698
MD5 hash:
93218f371953ac8fc557c49a7faf8bf0
SHA1 hash:
b0c3ee1835e693017e5951fe379141a35528b165
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:GenericGh0st
Author:Still
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_4b0b73ce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign

File information


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

Web download

ValleyRAT

Executable exe 5d0232de29690795c3eb9c11a8d87db47827689da7223bc0ec9c5f181fbd1698

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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