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Database Entry



NetSupport


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7c72541b1162f6d4086ab7c28f3e92988af28c9a000ffbc6cb05ab4367bf7b92
SHA3-384 hash: 2f45e59fac2d9a73a378fc7861264ce2777d15d4ff10933fe1282bdac217db01c421e3097bb32eeea8a94b5b112dbf37
SHA1 hash: 4117d87fc33b641a40b935d29385cad3f3fd334b
MD5 hash: 09d25630d10f417b0d3d64b219f821ec
humanhash: bacon-paris-helium-blossom
File name:stage1.hta
Download: download sample
Signature NetSupport
File size:21'077 bytes
First seen:2026-09-29 11:53:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:HTML Application (hta) hta
MIME type:text/html
ssdeep 384:8DMlX4cHTksJteh2cRqs2BTQVaaLm2RiRXIXm59s:8uX4cHTksJteh2cgs2BTQUP2RiRXIXmg
TLSH T1AF92F3D0B911ECD0CD577FB2E819BF44A62827B68F8F1686129CE1E467E3626C91DCD0
Magika html
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:hta NetSupport

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd encrypted evasive evasive lolbin opendir persistence powershell schtasks wscript
Result
Threat name:
NetSupport RAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Powershell connects to network
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: Legitimate Application Dropped Executable
Sigma detected: Legitimate Application Dropped Script
Sigma detected: Register Wscript In Run Key
Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Suspicious Command Patterns In Scheduled Task Creation
Sigma detected: Suspicious MSHTA Child Process
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1979428 Sample: stage1.hta Startdate: 29/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 77 download.youlovemybiba.com 2->77 89 Sigma detected: Register Wscript In Run Key 2->89 91 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->91 93 Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location 2->93 95 9 other signatures 2->95 9 mshta.exe 1 56 2->9         started        14 wscript.exe 1 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 79 download.youlovemybiba.com 150.241.66.223, 443, 49720, 49721 KYONIXGB Germany 9->79 69 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\updaterdriveon.exe, PE32 9->69 dropped 71 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\remcmdstub.exe, PE32 9->71 dropped 73 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\pcicapi.dll, PE32 9->73 dropped 75 15 other files (13 malicious) 9->75 dropped 97 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 9->97 99 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 9->99 16 powershell.exe 15 21 9->16         started        19 wscript.exe 1 9->19         started        21 cmd.exe 1 9->21         started        101 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 14->101 103 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 14->103 23 cmd.exe 14->23         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 81 Powershell connects to network 16->81 25 tar.exe 14 16->25         started        28 conhost.exe 16->28         started        83 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 19->83 85 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 19->85 30 cmd.exe 19->30         started        32 cmd.exe 19->32         started        87 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 21->87 34 conhost.exe 21->34         started        36 schtasks.exe 1 21->36         started        38 conhost.exe 23->38         started        40 xcopy.exe 23->40         started        42 3 other processes 23->42 process10 file11 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\updaterdriveon.exe, PE32 25->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\remcmdstub.exe, PE32 25->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\pcicapi.dll, PE32 25->65 dropped 67 5 other malicious files 25->67 dropped 44 updaterdriveon.exe 30->44         started        47 conhost.exe 30->47         started        49 xcopy.exe 30->49         started        57 3 other processes 30->57 51 conhost.exe 32->51         started        53 xcopy.exe 32->53         started        55 xcopy.exe 32->55         started        59 2 other processes 32->59 process12 signatures13 105 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 44->105
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
2 match(es)
Tags:
Html
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
netsupport
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:netsupport discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation rat
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Enumerates physical storage devices
Executes a command shell one-liner
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Discovers running processes
Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
Adds Run key to start application
Enumerates connected drives
Checks computer location settings
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Badlisted process makes network request
Family: NetSupport
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://download.youlovemybiba.com/assets/pkg/package.tar.gz
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YARA Signatures


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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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

NetSupport

HTML Application (hta) hta 7c72541b1162f6d4086ab7c28f3e92988af28c9a000ffbc6cb05ab4367bf7b92

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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