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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 40 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 88f9a808ffff1f4770a758245442a7df81bd738b2788436e65812bfced68e25c
SHA3-384 hash: 872ce8e99569d437b13ffb3822c89366c0215e54089b430915e6dd58ad10da0531ccf9944f930f03e4192dec760b9c88
SHA1 hash: 76338081a17481ff01c1347ea0ad3e596f1c962a
MD5 hash: d7961e9533e851ae39dbdd400d7a8540
humanhash: michigan-sierra-fish-arizona
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:11'656'704 bytes
First seen:2026-01-02 22:47:22 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4f2f006e2ecf7172ad368f8289dc96c1 (179 x SalatStealer, 40 x LummaStealer, 17 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 49152:pCQuJiJE+E0uN+8NZJM4gndZQMEs9NjPypup+gH/qJwvNCxfQ/8xPVMZGWki4WH2:MRJiZqJEvXurKbnFHsu4UiMh
TLSH T149C65B51FA8B54F6E9031831809BB23F23315E048B28DBDBFB547B6EFC776811966249
TrID 45.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe SalatStealer upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 794296c0f888fbeb093e2090c238e6e1a30a02ecbd4de53a3491a95207f17a09
File size (compressed) :3'290'112 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :11'656'704 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Packed file: 794296c0f888fbeb093e2090c238e6e1a30a02ecbd4de53a3491a95207f17a09

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
117
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Salat
Details
Salat
decrypted c2 urls
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_88f9a808ffff1f4770a758245442a7df81bd738b2788436e65812bfced68e25c.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-02 22:49:01 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer ms-smartcard golang

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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-02T19:51:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-04T08:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan-Banker.Win32.Agent.gen Trojan-PSW.Win64.Salat.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.HashCity.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Greedy.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Gathering data
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
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
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)
Sigma detected: Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1843862 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 02/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 25 dns.google 2->25 37 Found malware configuration 2->37 39 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->39 41 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->41 43 7 other signatures 2->43 7 file.exe 2 4 2->7         started        12 smss.exe 15 1 2->12         started        14 6CeysWPrQOfRAoOMO8kPfj.exe 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 27 dns.google 8.8.8.8, 443, 52392, 52393 GOOGLEUS United States 7->27 29 104.21.19.248, 443, 62785 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 7->29 21 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\smss.exe, PE32 7->21 dropped 23 C:\Users\user\...\6CeysWPrQOfRAoOMO8kPfj.exe, PE32 7->23 dropped 45 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 7->45 47 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 7->47 49 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 7->49 51 Drops PE files with benign system names 7->51 18 6CeysWPrQOfRAoOMO8kPfj.exe 7->18         started        31 172.67.190.135, 443, 57871 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 12->31 53 Antivirus detection for dropped file 12->53 55 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->55 57 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 12->57 59 Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets 12->59 file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 33 Antivirus detection for dropped file 18->33 35 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 18->35
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE Memory-Mapped (Dump)
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Genie
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-02 22:48:16 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
salatstealer
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer credential_access discovery spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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
Detect SalatStealer payload
Salatstealer family
salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
88f9a808ffff1f4770a758245442a7df81bd738b2788436e65812bfced68e25c
MD5 hash:
d7961e9533e851ae39dbdd400d7a8540
SHA1 hash:
76338081a17481ff01c1347ea0ad3e596f1c962a
Malware family:
SalatStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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: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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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SalatStealer

Executable exe 88f9a808ffff1f4770a758245442a7df81bd738b2788436e65812bfced68e25c

(this sample)

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