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Plugx


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 854c8a2bc48bced68b6c8d92fe3fadfc67df4f079af0a9714731c61bf3b684d6
SHA3-384 hash: edc02ed1f0f063f3530b0594c6effa7648edcc7e79d4843e8ce58cbd596ba1809044b34237e229a2ea9f02fc9d5e599b
SHA1 hash: 0993f37c578a5a4eaf33e2e664263e91fdff0866
MD5 hash: 7917b4df9d64d168cbd3028a54769872
humanhash: enemy-item-fanta-romeo
File name:FL Studio.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Plugx
Create hunting rule
File size:65'715'759 bytes
First seen:2025-08-20 13:41:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 6349935017fab6295626f276167fc0e5 (7 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
ssdeep 393216:KgO1vAM4wCChmN4og3J0CzGFbyjCujm6KI46B5RVs+p+kQ2SR7rGvHvTUlAX6/Nu:xO1/4wC/K+GOShrsxwbEp6V
TLSH T1F4E75A42A6EB05D0F9F7AE3195F652274537BD066F3184CB620C1B2A5F732D08A73B62
TrID 61.4% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
15.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon e8cc92ba868ecc70 (5 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
Reporter aachum
Tags:exe NodeLoader Plugx


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iamaachum
https://link.storjshare.io/s/jwgeya6hek3m76ftiojuagctzw4a/fl-studio/

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
FL Studio.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-08-20 13:45:07 UTC
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/0fd1c4a3-6957-4a28-bc0d-abe2908c6fb3

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Clean
Score:
99.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68a5d0e18fd55a79c529705f
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
amadey amadey anti-debug base64 crypto expand fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc nexe oct overlay overlay packed plugx threat
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68a5d0d1004f5721cb81c59a/reports/c05518aa-a8ef-436c-b8c7-ead6d73616f7/overview
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/854c8a2bc48bced68b6c8d92fe3fadfc67df4f079af0a9714731c61bf3b684d6
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
48 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1761073
Signature
Yara detected NexeCompiled Binary
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
76%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/854c8a2bc48bced68b6c8d92fe3fadfc67df4f079af0a9714731c61bf3b684d6
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-20 13:46:21 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
18
AV detection:
6 of 38 (15.79%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=qvgiuk6erphnnc3mrwjp4p5n7rt56tyhtlyks4khghdbx45wqtla._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250820-qzzt8stsdv/
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
apt plugx
YARA:
malware_PlugX_config
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/23ba141c-6d60-4b25-8ea0-890ac196532b
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish
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Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms
Rule name:Agent_BTZ
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Rule name:APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader
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Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh
Rule name:attack_India
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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
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Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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Rule name:ComRAT
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Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:ldpreload
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Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:malware_PlugX_config
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect PlugX in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Nexe
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Author:nwunderly
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:PlugX
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect PlugX in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:reverse_http
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Author:CD_R0M_
Description:Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:test_Malaysia
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Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:win_amadey_bytecodes_oct_2023
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Rule name:WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726
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Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.
Rule name:without_attachments
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Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/
Rule name:with_urls
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Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information

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Web download

Plugx

Executable exe 854c8a2bc48bced68b6c8d92fe3fadfc67df4f079af0a9714731c61bf3b684d6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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