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Database Entry



CastleRAT


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7a183d113322a729e73344460bac8e87a2d72f83d30980566c8d2f99eb576d01
SHA3-384 hash: 09ec7cf70a860bfc73d024f69cf7a3759c381f7ca9a806143444846f853b10cc1c2857bc26ec4d22f282a4909fe15fb5
SHA1 hash: 2362aff4f61c8a7c6b0fd92940fc80a47d667f86
MD5 hash: eae14fe94896706ec490a2425886229a
humanhash: speaker-leopard-stream-may
File name:7a183d113322a729e73344460bac8e87a2d72f83d30980566c8d2f99eb576d01
Download: download sample
Signature CastleRAT
File size:1'639'424 bytes
First seen:2025-12-23 08:00:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 9feb5ee1d88fdc8540a2bfc1574641fb (1 x CastleRAT)
ssdeep 24576:XRdjAqa0AdhgXz2IjAexbIV6KpBX7LKzswnexq7tyQA1a9turLVxd4DSXI:j7z2kLtCvrLt4D1
Threatray 17 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1EB75D547EBB650E4D8FAC1399656722BBC71385983389BD797408A474B62FF0E93E340
TrID 44.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
21.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
8.4% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:castlerat exe miteamss-com

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_7a183d113322a729e73344460bac8e87a2d72f83d30980566c8d2f99eb576d01.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-12-23 08:02:45 UTC
Tags:
evasion castlerat rat nightshadec2 botnet

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
infosteal dropper keylog word
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan_Win32_CastleRat_ACL_MTB
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2025-12-23T05:10:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-23T08:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.APosT.UDP.C&C PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Win32.Xegumumune.sbc Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.APosT.blvx
Verdict:
Vidar Stealer
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Stealer Vidar Stealer Win 64 Exe x64
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Xegumumune
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.CastleRat
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-23 08:01:29 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
7a183d113322a729e73344460bac8e87a2d72f83d30980566c8d2f99eb576d01
MD5 hash:
eae14fe94896706ec490a2425886229a
SHA1 hash:
2362aff4f61c8a7c6b0fd92940fc80a47d667f86
Malware family:
CastleRAT
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: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:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_CMSTPCOM
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003)
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NightshadeC2
Author:YungBinary
Description:NightshadeC2 AKA CastleRAT - https://x.com/YungBinary/status/1963751038340534482
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)

File information


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