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Database Entry



PhantomGate


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 706bd2e1aac21fadfbcfe1e6639a6488c574f00b007e087718282c597bebf1c1
SHA3-384 hash: 4f933672984f99653584929ef4c5d0c317f5a8654da89528c302c1aa107be464c4841af0f8fe3beb2f2c84b79e472df4
SHA1 hash: c401c3621c53fd64594e989a77ba055859b3d87c
MD5 hash: 2ac18dcb91824b1838ef83da2e2e8c14
humanhash: west-chicken-football-uncle
File name:file.exe
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomGate
File size:299'008 bytes
First seen:2026-04-17 18:44:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'287 x AgentTesla, 20'697 x Formbook, 12'401 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:M1BxSxQ8o8ChWqYgXq90Jb7Z75k6e/iXk:bub9JdXtld66e/V
Threatray 18 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1B754B7143BFA5419F1BBAF765BF475968E7FF6633A03854E0491034B0A32A80DD91B3A
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
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe PhantomGate

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
162
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-04-17 18:45:22 UTC
Tags:
evasion

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
dropper emotet keylog word
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Setting a keyboard event handler
Sending a custom TCP request
DNS request
Connection attempt
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a window
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-04-17T13:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-19T03:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Agent.gen HEUR:Exploit.MSIL.BypassUAC.c VHO:Trojan.Win32.Agent.gen
Result
Threat name:
RDPWrap Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains process injector
.NET source code contains very large strings
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Contains functionality to capture screen (.Net source)
Contains functionality to hide user accounts
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected RDPWrap Tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
12 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.40 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Hacktool.UACBypass
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-16 06:03:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
706bd2e1aac21fadfbcfe1e6639a6488c574f00b007e087718282c597bebf1c1
MD5 hash:
2ac18dcb91824b1838ef83da2e2e8c14
SHA1 hash:
c401c3621c53fd64594e989a77ba055859b3d87c
Detections:
RDPWrap
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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: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:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RDPWrap
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies RDP Wrapper, sometimes used by attackers to maintain persistence.
Reference:https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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.

File information


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