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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 616ac2949ab1865d6218595dead2b4312df6e4bb307043770d703eb8213bdfb9
SHA3-384 hash: ef6f40dbc3ee9fcdc749a0e0c611e7769c488a776822a6f61db455c5d70a72e74b147a518b91e49db7fa1cc654ceafab
SHA1 hash: 501f0a8159d24f5811a050ce5b01ff2564edfb0c
MD5 hash: d2fa066ab8a56ef0575ef1c58dbf5a9c
humanhash: pasta-seventeen-virginia-may
File name:Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:759'808 bytes
First seen:2025-05-07 06:06:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'658 x AgentTesla, 19'469 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:rK3nWLhUWRzBWhMYcmz7CFiqhWEODvNInCan20jm+sm7:rYnyUWkMYcmz7CbhHy+Ca2S
Threatray 162 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T162F4E0587268AF62D87A5BF804A0EA301BF52E0ED569E2464FD76CDF7861F400F14B93
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 79d4c8a8d4e87190 (3 x AgentTesla, 2 x Formbook, 1 x Loki)
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe Loki

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
473
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
lokibot
ID:
1
File name:
Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-05-07 06:18:23 UTC
Tags:
lokibot stealer trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
infosteal spoof
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Reading critical registry keys
Changing a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for analyzed file
Stealing user critical data
Connection attempt to an infection source
Moving of the original file
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed packer_detected vbnet
Result
Threat name:
Lokibot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
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)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1682920 Sample: Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe Startdate: 07/05/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 51 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->51 53 Found malware configuration 2->53 55 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->55 57 10 other signatures 2->57 7 Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe 7 2->7         started        11 TTABlA.exe 5 2->11         started        process3 file4 41 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\TTABlA.exe, PE32 7->41 dropped 43 C:\Users\user\...\TTABlA.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 7->43 dropped 45 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp326.tmp, XML 7->45 dropped 47 C:\Users\user\...\Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe.log, ASCII 7->47 dropped 59 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 7->59 61 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 7->61 63 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->63 13 Doc-05-PO8278390280.exe 96 7->13         started        17 powershell.exe 23 7->17         started        19 powershell.exe 23 7->19         started        21 schtasks.exe 1 7->21         started        65 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 11->65 67 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 11->67 23 schtasks.exe 11->23         started        25 TTABlA.exe 11->25         started        27 TTABlA.exe 11->27         started        29 conhost.exe 11->29         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 49 94.156.177.41, 49717, 49719, 49721 NET1-ASBG Bulgaria 13->49 69 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 13->69 71 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 13->71 73 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 13->73 75 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 13->75 77 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 17->77 31 conhost.exe 17->31         started        33 WmiPrvSE.exe 17->33         started        35 conhost.exe 19->35         started        37 conhost.exe 21->37         started        39 conhost.exe 23->39         started        signatures8 process9
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-07 06:07:09 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
26 of 37 (70.27%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection discovery execution spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Checks computer location settings
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Lokibot
Lokibot family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://94.156.177.41/ugopounds/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:
lokibot
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
616ac2949ab1865d6218595dead2b4312df6e4bb307043770d703eb8213bdfb9
MD5 hash:
d2fa066ab8a56ef0575ef1c58dbf5a9c
SHA1 hash:
501f0a8159d24f5811a050ce5b01ff2564edfb0c
SH256 hash:
4caa380ba7dceed23438a3f7caf95997396036fc5da44c6bce4adff1c9fb07b1
MD5 hash:
0dc769177d0cb0829a1ed57d5c8d33d2
SHA1 hash:
6eca429959678902355c07539d3faeabc2ef1937
Detections:
win_lokipws_g0 win_lokipws_auto lokibot STEALER_Lokibot Lokibot INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
SH256 hash:
6a8728bdf199cb2fe3a63cb8a2e6657e70214f046b08d9f0c2ed57100f24dd50
MD5 hash:
8345e6fb7d3b4fa69ac397f10e6c1d41
SHA1 hash:
71b04645f3813278737d63e0abd0acc4ec7a9bd2
SH256 hash:
135e2f3e6f7d038f153d968abed0a9cf0db328e491967918dec7e42a526e568e
MD5 hash:
b4f5c5f482955e25ae2ddfbc490b1cc7
SHA1 hash:
7629c8774824ec4b670797c36224a22439f6f047
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24 SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:HeavensGate
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Heaven's Gate: Switch from 32-bit to 64-mode
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
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
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers
Rule name:infostealer_loki
Rule name:infostealer_xor_patterns
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
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Loki Payload
Rule name:LokiBot
Author:kevoreilly
Description:LokiBot Payload
Rule name:LokiPWS
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects LokiBot
Rule name:malware_Lokibot_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Lokibot in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:STEALER_Lokibot
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect Lokibot stealer
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:Windows_Trojan_Lokibot_0f421617
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Lokibot_1f885282
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_lokipws_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.lokipws.

File information


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Malspam

Loki

Executable exe 616ac2949ab1865d6218595dead2b4312df6e4bb307043770d703eb8213bdfb9

(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

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