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Database Entry



Vidar


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 65a6b4f54de82d5d4b58222cc02143e4b58febe8cbb267dde4399c767f6698ce
SHA3-384 hash: ef571eae0106e6d422a771666e00c101025ab462e489c7588ee233307f7cda63ee44d6db252879b1ba9fa173fe644288
SHA1 hash: 17ff7c2f30b4f708f9481e7ba41390f91b475b29
MD5 hash: 751b8e25f55fde88d10fe8e7332553ff
humanhash: grey-hawaii-wyoming-leopard
File name:msedge_elf.dll
Download: download sample
Signature Vidar
File size:2'634'456 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 13:08:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d8b31f8c03e0c76ff245ed05a15ffe6c (373 x Vidar, 15 x RemusStealer, 4 x Stealc)
ssdeep 49152:zGJqlMIVUoQ2S1XRWnhcd2w+qkb1UykdCeH:zhNgZ+tb1fkf
TLSH T1FEC54A126D9488B5C4AAC2358D7A72917B327C050F3163C72A53B6791FF6BD0893BBD8
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:exe signed vidar

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:www.hindustantimes.com
Issuer:DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2025-10-10T00:00:00Z
Valid to:2026-10-11T23:59:59Z
Serial number: 06647f9f256083d341998ddf0e7a1793
Intelligence: 47 malware samples on MalwareBazaar are signed with this code signing certificate
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 7e23f398fc45f0658d64a577e43eba15f84ffa76c44194f84a2d6019f7a7af71
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
147
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
msedge_elf.dll
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-21 13:08:20 UTC
Tags:
stealer stealc vidar xor-url generic golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
91.7%
Tags:
injection obfusc crypt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm golang masquerade mingw packed signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
dll x64
First seen:
2026-01-21T10:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-21T14:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Vidar.d Trojan-PSW.Vidar.HTTP.C&C Trojan-Banker.Bandra.TCP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Agent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Vidar.gne Trojan-PSW.Stealerc.TCP.C&C Trojan-PSW.Stealerc.HTTP.C&C Trojan-PSW.Lumma.TCP.C&C Trojan-Downloader.Agent.TCP.C&C
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Contains functionality to registers a callback to get notified when the system is suspended or resumed (often done by Miners)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Monitors registry run keys for changes
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sets debug register (to hijack the execution of another thread)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Vidar stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854887 Sample: msedge_elf.dll.exe Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 shed.dual-low.part-0041.t-0009.t-msedge.net 2->61 63 sb.scorecardresearch.com 2->63 65 15 other IPs or domains 2->65 81 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->81 83 Found malware configuration 2->83 85 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->85 87 4 other signatures 2->87 11 loaddll64.exe 1 2->11         started        13 msedge.exe 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 process5 15 cmd.exe 1 11->15         started        17 rundll32.exe 11->17         started        20 rundll32.exe 11->20         started        24 5 other processes 11->24 22 msedge.exe 13->22         started        signatures6 26 rundll32.exe 21 15->26         started        75 Contains functionality to registers a callback to get notified when the system is suspended or resumed (often done by Miners) 17->75 77 Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent) 17->77 79 Potentially malicious time measurement code found 17->79 process7 dnsIp8 67 138.226.237.209, 443, 49693, 49694 EMEAHostingAutonomousSystemEU Switzerland 26->67 89 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 26->89 91 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 26->91 93 Sets debug register (to hijack the execution of another thread) 26->93 95 5 other signatures 26->95 30 msedge.exe 26->30         started        33 chrome.exe 3 26->33         started        36 chrome.exe 26->36         started        38 13 other processes 26->38 signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 97 Monitors registry run keys for changes 30->97 40 msedge.exe 30->40         started        59 192.168.2.8, 138, 443, 49673 unknown unknown 33->59 42 chrome.exe 33->42         started        45 chrome.exe 36->45         started        47 chrome.exe 36->47         started        49 chrome.exe 38->49         started        51 WerFault.exe 38->51         started        53 WerFault.exe 38->53         started        55 4 other processes 38->55 signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 69 www.google.com 142.250.72.164, 443, 49720, 49721 GOOGLEUS United States 42->69 71 172.217.12.132, 443, 49770 GOOGLEUS United States 45->71 57 WerFault.exe 47->57         started        73 142.250.176.4, 443, 49743, 49745 GOOGLEUS United States 49->73 process15
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Vidar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 13:08:45 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Dll)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vidar stealer
Behaviour
Badlisted process makes network request
Detects Vidar Stealer
Vidar
Vidar family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
65a6b4f54de82d5d4b58222cc02143e4b58febe8cbb267dde4399c767f6698ce
MD5 hash:
751b8e25f55fde88d10fe8e7332553ff
SHA1 hash:
17ff7c2f30b4f708f9481e7ba41390f91b475b29
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:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
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:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:golang_duffcopy_amd64
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

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