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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 44 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 855114d5fa06f19fc2f57845a24e9bf73c5b50fed04a9e4a04da40115c2916a1
SHA3-384 hash: 667ce82cd52263abe1bd251d0f8d442d92c097e1fc0ae01ef1c24e79af21d94a73d0c26a0d42652d59cb5956bf38c813
SHA1 hash: 9eb4d7d86f47762af6ba1b9759e37f0ce9c601bf
MD5 hash: 742a68061c8cb2b1a9caa7061e7fb3f5
humanhash: may-mike-may-fourteen
File name:b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a6ba4ba5688dfa4620e9d2f64162bfc865aa04.bin
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:12'572'672 bytes
First seen:2026-03-31 05:15:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1aae8bf580c846f39c71c05898e57e88 (165 x LummaStealer, 34 x SalatStealer, 18 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 98304:vctGBzHr9HCXFCDTjppAgi5sv4aG20CME/:lBNiFWppAr4OM/
TLSH T13EC66B11FADB95F2E9035831016BB37F23315D048B28DB9BEB547B2AF87B6A10D66305
TrID 40.2% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
29.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
6.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe SalatStealer upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a6ba4ba5688dfa4620e9d2f64162bfc865aa04
File size (compressed) :3'593'728 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :12'572'672 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Packed file: b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a6ba4ba5688dfa4620e9d2f64162bfc865aa04

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
126
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a6ba4ba5688dfa4620e9d2f64162bfc865aa04.bin
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-31 05:16:08 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer susp-powershell golang auto-reg ms-smartcard

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

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a service
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Loading a system driver
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto golang masquerade salatstealer stealer
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-03-30T20:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-03-31T02:40:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-Banker.Win32.Agent.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-PSW.Salat.HTTP.C&C Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win64.Salat.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb
Result
Threat name:
Salat Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1891246 Sample: b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a... Startdate: 31/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 31 salat.cn 2->31 33 gitlab.com 2->33 35 2 other IPs or domains 2->35 45 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->45 47 Found malware configuration 2->47 49 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->49 51 9 other signatures 2->51 8 qYQWn87vIY.exe 30 1 2->8         started        11 b6e3fe7402b50f33ff58c45c62a6ba4ba5688dfa4620e9d2f64162bfc865aa04.bin.exe 1 2 2->11         started        15 qYQWn87vIY.exe 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 53 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 8->53 55 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 8->55 57 Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets 8->57 59 Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking 8->59 17 powershell.exe 15 31 8->17         started        37 dns.google 8.8.8.8, 443, 49701, 49708 GOOGLEUS United States 11->37 39 cloudflare-dns.com 104.16.248.249, 443, 49700, 49707 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 11->39 41 salat.cn 104.21.60.88, 443, 49703, 49710 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 11->41 27 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\qYQWn87vIY.exe, PE32 11->27 dropped 61 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 11->61 21 qYQWn87vIY.exe 11->21         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 29 gitlab.com 172.65.251.78, 443, 49711, 49712 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 17->29 43 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 17->43 23 WmiPrvSE.exe 2 17->23         started        25 conhost.exe 17->25         started        signatures10 process11
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-31 03:59:21 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 23 (86.96%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
salatstealer
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer credential_access defense_evasion discovery spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Detect SalatStealer payload
Salatstealer family
UAC bypass
salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
855114d5fa06f19fc2f57845a24e9bf73c5b50fed04a9e4a04da40115c2916a1
MD5 hash:
742a68061c8cb2b1a9caa7061e7fb3f5
SHA1 hash:
9eb4d7d86f47762af6ba1b9759e37f0ce9c601bf
Malware family:
SalatStealer
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:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
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__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
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: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:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
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_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:Heuristics_ChromeABE
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
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_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:Rooter
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter
Rule name:RooterStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter Identifying Strings
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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SalatStealer

Executable exe 855114d5fa06f19fc2f57845a24e9bf73c5b50fed04a9e4a04da40115c2916a1

(this sample)

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