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Database Entry



CyberGate


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 31 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8853434d42ddc17ae2ca12627546b9fa02baf6da6678ede0dc7db3979f85fd50
SHA3-384 hash: 1d98d14f6081a2b4fa48b3670aa6c36c06edeeea8861ab0dae862105d99208504fe22076bb3ef29fa3f34c94121c1904
SHA1 hash: f080ca49f260b8860415f4b596ac4008b160a7b6
MD5 hash: dbcb2b734803eb3b147f50cbe931b9ff
humanhash: washington-cola-may-delta
File name:250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin
Download: download sample
Signature CyberGate
File size:323'584 bytes
First seen:2025-04-28 03:23:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 2f3c5da38e687ed8e68cd2b55dbd54f6 (2 x PureLogsStealer, 1 x NetWire, 1 x Hermes)
ssdeep 6144:c0tnRaV2mNwAaz2bDfdz+C72+E1zFu2DnjLHlXwhdvrN2:lRICAaqnfdz/6+uzFu+jLHOPzN2
Threatray 86 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T12064020AA1D4E7B2E24E81753595439940B1FC3A1C436217FFE8FD3A7E762C26A90787
TrID 27.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
20.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.5% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon c4c0d4c0ccb0b0b0 (1 x CyberGate)
Reporter UNP4CK
Tags:CyberGate

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
96
Origin country :
GB GB
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cybergate
ID:
1
File name:
250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-04-28 03:24:10 UTC
Tags:
cybergate rat auto-reg upx

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

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Searching for synchronization primitives
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Enabling autorun
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
entropy exploit masquerade overlay packed packed packer_detected rat virtual visual_basic
Result
Threat name:
CyberGate
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contain functionality to detect virtual machines
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CyberGate RAT
Yara detected Generic Dropper
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1675863 Sample: 250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin.exe Startdate: 28/04/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->43 45 7 other signatures 2->45 10 250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin.exe 2->10         started        process3 signatures4 59 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 10->59 61 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 10->61 63 Contain functionality to detect virtual machines 10->63 65 3 other signatures 10->65 13 250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin.exe 5 5 10->13         started        process5 file6 35 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\...\Winlogon.exe, PE32 13->35 dropped 37 C:\Windows\...\Winlogon.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 13->37 dropped 77 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 13->77 79 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 13->79 81 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 13->81 83 5 other signatures 13->83 17 250428-dsr5lasmt4.bin.exe 3 243 13->17         started        19 explorer.exe 13->19         started        22 Winlogon.exe 13->22         started        24 2 other processes 13->24 signatures7 process8 signatures9 26 Winlogon.exe 17->26         started        47 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 19->47 49 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 19->49 51 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 19->51 53 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 19->53 55 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 22->55 57 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 22->57 29 Winlogon.exe 22->29         started        process10 signatures11 67 Antivirus detection for dropped file 26->67 69 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 26->69 71 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 26->71 75 4 other signatures 26->75 31 Winlogon.exe 26->31         started        73 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 29->73 process12 process13 33 WerFault.exe 31->33         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Rebhip
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2011-09-07 05:34:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
cybergate
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cybergate botnet:remote discovery persistence stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Adds policy Run key to start application
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Drops file in Drivers directory
CyberGate, Rebhip
Cybergate family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
baaaaaaad.myftp.biz:90
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Win.Trojan.Poison-7869
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8853434d42ddc17ae2ca12627546b9fa02baf6da6678ede0dc7db3979f85fd50
MD5 hash:
dbcb2b734803eb3b147f50cbe931b9ff
SHA1 hash:
f080ca49f260b8860415f4b596ac4008b160a7b6
SH256 hash:
478729b6515b2335f97459820dc6440eeced150718f89224e08da713e6736f8c
MD5 hash:
05f0ed936529c831bfd69d20ac2706a6
SHA1 hash:
45ab5b2607d5b75794cf00ef278626a287c4c6f9
SH256 hash:
bca7864e61cb4cbfe1a74d528777e4201098d772d3ba7c220ad07003f38bba8e
MD5 hash:
733c4b9c5978c3aed4c648f0d410a7e2
SHA1 hash:
27725c9c5090a264b7a35bb227af9c6891b18130
Detections:
win_cybergate_auto win_cybergate_w0 RAT_CyberGate SUSP_XORed_MSDOS_Stub_Message INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxProductID MALWARE_Win_CyberGate
SH256 hash:
9c4979eeb3b37c074bb960382a24610344dc0520e42e1283681acc087c0c4e6c
MD5 hash:
1268ff8f3a5a4b63e87d93e26712bf9c
SHA1 hash:
388f0d1faa03328fed1e5ad475704dc8062686eb
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Malware family:
CyberGate
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Check_Dlls
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:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxProductID
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox product IDs
Rule name:Malware_QA_update
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:Malware_QA_update_RID2DAD
Author:Florian Roth
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file update.exe
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CyberGate
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects CyberGate/Spyrat/Rebhip RTA
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RAT_CyberGate
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>
Description:Detects CyberGate RAT
Reference:http://malwareconfig.com/stats/CyberGate
Rule name:SEH__vba
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_MSDOS_Stub_Message
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed MSDOS stub message
Reference:https://yara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writingrules.html#xor-strings
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:UPX20030XMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPX290LZMAMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXv20MarkusLaszloReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_3
Author:Kevin Falcoz
Description:UPX 3.X
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CyberGate_c219a2f3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_cybergate_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
Rule name:win_cybergate_w0
Author:Kevin Breen <kevin@techanarchy.net>

File information


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BLint


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Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
VB_APILegacy Visual Basic API usedmsvbvm60.dll ::__vbaSetSystemError
msvbvm60.dll ::EVENT_SINK_AddRef
msvbvm60.dll ::__vbaFileOpen
msvbvm60.dll ::__vbaErrorOverflow
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.DLL::LoadLibraryA

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