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Database Entry



SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 61c701e0103188878a6f0f9e4cf2adeea73c4824bcd16ec361f7879203cf2498
SHA3-384 hash: ead10e375f9dd2f01ad6bf7291e16e8482f453be6024d4d995f5040a5b8ca75053a26ad1217fb261948fe3460c4e2e00
SHA1 hash: 652b26a969417114ad837881969e97f6b19d24d3
MD5 hash: 816c07b720be86907ea04649a544a677
humanhash: jersey-michigan-earth-whiskey
File name:Set-up.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
File size:3'222'721 bytes
First seen:2026-03-17 15:40:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b29f7bc6c3cf27ba78272829148a5262 (11 x SantaStealer)
ssdeep 49152:8eo8xwBwZOckGCmVyVMeFJ+x3AxJe7diYAe/Y12fwIT5E9VRWRE02zM9nKDW:Q8xwBwZRkrpqS6dxjb78VRyEgYW
TLSH T1E6E52373FB4376D9C1EA8472D86A22B7A6119C4306521B3BB07CB2150FD62677A72D33
TrID 45.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
18.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
13.9% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.6% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:exe SantaStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
148
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
61c701e0103188878a6f0f9e4cf2adeea73c4824bcd16ec361f7879203cf2498.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-17 15:18:27 UTC
Tags:
stealer telegram auto-sch santastealer susp-powershell

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
injection obfusc virus
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug installer-heuristic krypt overlay packed packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-02-02T19:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-05T14:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
VHO:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Convagent.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PsDownload.sb Trojan.Win32.PowerShell.d Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.mad HEUR:Trojan.Win32.ShellCode.pef
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1884995 Sample: Set-up.exe Startdate: 17/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 60 14 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->14 16 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->16 7 Set-up.exe 2->7         started        process3 signatures4 18 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 7->18 20 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 7->20 10 powershell.exe 15 7->10         started        process5 process6 12 conhost.exe 10->12         started       
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.SantaStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-03 11:22:00 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Browser Information Discovery
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
61c701e0103188878a6f0f9e4cf2adeea73c4824bcd16ec361f7879203cf2498
MD5 hash:
816c07b720be86907ea04649a544a677
SHA1 hash:
652b26a969417114ad837881969e97f6b19d24d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

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