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Database Entry



ACRStealer


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 86471a7fea86de0cd8301ab2e5220170e154f71a14ce04b15ba67d1ab62a0b7c
SHA3-384 hash: 9c4c6d40df02d6e5b2e12114e83ef276fcbb1f075b8405eeeba500fb22880636058ea84288cfe6875d18d35291e70aa4
SHA1 hash: 6ebb1ee6895f8a5c50aa2de2765d3fe5df0e7df9
MD5 hash: 9684b0229634d90636f8c1cf68589484
humanhash: bravo-winner-earth-kilo
File name:setup.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ACRStealer
File size:23'692'296 bytes
First seen:2026-07-23 07:18:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ad8cecca1b7c28e19a293ed69a30c8e5 (1 x ACRStealer)
ssdeep 393216:UjXiac2h0XHd5+7uVFLSuQ795/hao73rqpkAtv0D:MiacjXHd5+7oLSv558oittv0D
TLSH T116374A261284D450E2B088F33E9D88CB1319B3791BE257C7A5983A690F7E6F24D35F67
TrID 29.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
22.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon e8cc9ab3b39eece8 (1 x AZORult, 1 x ACRStealer)
Reporter aachum
Tags:ACRStealer download-syntaxmatrix-cc exe


Avatar
iamaachum
https://macinfosoft.org/ => https://mega.nz/file/mXxjWLBQ#zmUAYJeGzvxfVccSS1RS2csr71e71SrVn9APNudoAqk

ACRStealer C2: download.syntaxmatrix.cc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
181
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Adding an access-denied ACE
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug explorer fingerprint installer-heuristic invalid-signature keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated overlay overlay packed packed signed stealer
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-21T07:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-24T06:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Shelma.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelma.chyy Trojan-PSW.Win32.Amatera.sb
Result
Threat name:
ACR Stealer, Arechclient2, ZigClipper
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Creates autostart registry keys to launch java
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Early bird code injection technique detected
Exploit detected, runtime environment dropped PE file
Exploit detected, runtime environment starts unknown processes
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Hides threads from debuggers
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sigma detected: Rare Remote Thread Creation By Uncommon Source Image
Sigma detected: Silenttrinity Stager Msbuild Activity
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected ACR Stealer
Yara detected Arechclient2
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Yara detected ZigClipper
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1946977 Sample: setup.exe Startdate: 23/07/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 94 static.quorashift.cc 2->94 96 bsc.rpc.blxrbdn.com 2->96 98 5 other IPs or domains 2->98 116 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->116 118 Found malware configuration 2->118 120 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->120 122 9 other signatures 2->122 10 setup.exe 16 2->10         started        15 cmd.exe 1 2->15         started        17 java.exe 2->17         started        19 2 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 102 8.8.8.8 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 10->102 104 download.syntaxmatrix.cc 104.21.37.115 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 10->104 106 4 other IPs or domains 10->106 86 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vcruntime140_1.dll, PE32+ 10->86 dropped 88 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vcruntime140.dll, PE32+ 10->88 dropped 90 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\ucrtbase.dll, PE32+ 10->90 dropped 92 9 other malicious files 10->92 dropped 164 Early bird code injection technique detected 10->164 166 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 10->166 168 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 10->168 178 7 other signatures 10->178 21 java.exe 1 9 10->21         started        25 jhsdb.exe 1 8 10->25         started        27 chrome.exe 10->27         started        35 2 other processes 10->35 29 jhsdb.exe 2 15->29         started        31 conhost.exe 15->31         started        170 Writes to foreign memory regions 17->170 172 Allocates memory in foreign processes 17->172 174 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 17->174 176 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 17->176 38 2 other processes 17->38 33 java.exe 19->33         started        40 4 other processes 19->40 file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 70 C:\Windows\Temp\DCRCVDrv.sys, PE32+ 21->70 dropped 72 C:\ProgramData\itqbn8a2o\vcruntime140_1.dll, PE32+ 21->72 dropped 74 C:\ProgramData\itqbn8a2o\vcruntime140.dll, PE32+ 21->74 dropped 82 4 other malicious files 21->82 dropped 124 Creates autostart registry keys to launch java 21->124 126 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 21->126 128 Exploit detected, runtime environment starts unknown processes 21->128 146 2 other signatures 21->146 42 MSBuild.exe 14 14 21->42         started        46 conhost.exe 21->46         started        76 C:\ProgramData\prxhbc8nb\vcruntime140_1.dll, PE32+ 25->76 dropped 78 C:\ProgramData\prxhbc8nb\vcruntime140.dll, PE32+ 25->78 dropped 80 C:\ProgramData\prxhbc8nb\ucrtbase.dll, PE32+ 25->80 dropped 84 3 other malicious files 25->84 dropped 130 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 25->130 132 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 25->132 134 Writes to foreign memory regions 25->134 48 explorer.exe 18 25->48         started        50 conhost.exe 25->50         started        136 Installs a global keyboard hook 27->136 52 chrome.exe 27->52         started        138 Allocates memory in foreign processes 29->138 140 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 29->140 142 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 29->142 54 conhost.exe 29->54         started        56 explorer.exe 29->56         started        60 2 other processes 33->60 100 gw.portallbridge.cc 172.67.144.110 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 35->100 144 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 35->144 58 conhost.exe 35->58         started        file10 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 108 45.140.14.113 HOST-INDUSTRYGB Germany 42->108 148 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 42->148 150 Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines) 42->150 152 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 42->152 162 4 other signatures 42->162 62 chrome.exe 42->62         started        64 chrome.exe 42->64 injected 110 static.quorashift.cc 172.67.163.225 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 48->110 112 aaf0e58824b44ab71.awsglobalaccelerator.com 13.248.163.187 AMAZON-02-AmazoncomIncUS Canada 48->112 154 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 48->154 156 Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call 48->156 158 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 48->158 114 www.google.com 142.251.157.119 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 52->114 160 Installs a global keyboard hook 54->160 signatures14 process15 process16 66 WerFault.exe 62->66         started        68 WerFault.exe 64->68         started       
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
Executable Html PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Acrstealer
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-07-21 22:30:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
20
AV detection:
11 of 35 (31.43%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
AnimateClipper ShellterLoader
Result
Malware family:
sectoprat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:animateclipper family:sectoprat clipper discovery persistence rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Detects AnimateClipper
Family: AnimateClipper
Family: SectopRAT
SectopRAT payload
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Malware family:
ACRStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
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/

File information


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Web download

ACRStealer

Executable exe 86471a7fea86de0cd8301ab2e5220170e154f71a14ce04b15ba67d1ab62a0b7c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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