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Database Entry

SalatStealer

Vendor detections: 14

Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 71 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5
SHA3-384 hash:	0185bb17c2d77592479bd0d52c44ac163a467f7a812fdc0cccd6518c25e4bfad7f56d75b3e334a8cabe1e258e22d0a51
SHA1 hash:	79585d96bc831457211cd81148aca1ed509a2103
MD5 hash:	5a645610800160678f7a02b5e7a4c071
humanhash:	pasta-sad-bakerloo-nineteen
File name:	zapretdriver.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	SalatStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	3'875'840 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-11 15:39:52 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	2948e04381857ed94e842a54714bb72c (1 x SalatStealer)
ssdeep	98304:8U3tLDsBaWPZiSxDKYQXJXrgeX3khSbehLVKtkj4aRb3ooJb:z3dDsBaWPASxDKrXJ7rsSbeVYWjDYo1
TLSH	T1EF062309E68380F6DD0700F1514BFBBF6630B13094359EEBE7890D25EDB2D61AA1DB66
TrID	29.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13) 25.6% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 15.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 6.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 6.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Alex_sev
Tags:	exe salat SalatStealer

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

181

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

DiscordMethod.rar

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-10-11 11:11:58 UTC

Tags:

windivert-sys mal-driver uac salatstealer stealer

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/c5c1cf2b-1438-45b2-8158-3ac04160d4d3

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

Salat

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/91449/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Heur.Mint.Zard.39.34895381.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6ad0d831f4e17c78f715c631

Tags:

obfuscated dropper virus

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a window

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Creating a file

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Creating a process from a recently created file

DNS request

Sending a UDP request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Enabling autorun

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm bitsadmin certutil cscript dllhost explorer fingerprint forfiles lolbin mshta msiexec packed regsvr32 rundll32 runonce schtasks wscript

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6acbade96cc0940bf51faf7d/reports/e06ee8f0-c881-4643-ac19-2898851e513c/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Mint.Zard.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-10-07T10:38:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-13T13:22:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ada9aa17-2d42-4286-b299-9a2c23f86516

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/5a645610800160678f7a02b5e7a4c071

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5/

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.MintZard

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-09 17:09:19 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

23 of 38 (60.53%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=rkvryuzkocstzvqp2wsuxxle4uutjhqmriiq2cg7uwwxyihyflcq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

SalatStealer

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/c7b0f79c-25db-4f77-a24f-3abe3c1bbf44

Result

Malware family:

salatstealer

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:salatstealer defense_evasion discovery persistence privilege_escalation stealer upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261011-s4dtnscd99/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

UPX packed file

Creates a file in the Startup directory

Executes a file named after a Windows system binary

Executes dropped EXE

Adds policy Run key to start application

Detect SalatStealer payload

Family: salatstealer

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

8aab1c532a70a53cd60fd5a54bdd64e529349e0c8a110d08dfa5ad7c20f82ac5

MD5 hash:

5a645610800160678f7a02b5e7a4c071

SHA1 hash:

79585d96bc831457211cd81148aca1ed509a2103

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/43f15dd8-11ba-4b28-ad85-f653034b08bd/

Malware family:

SalatStealer

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/8aab1c532a70/report/overview.html

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:	Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	grakate_stealer_nov_2021 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Heuristics_ChromeABE Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	meth_stackstrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Willi Ballenthin

Rule name:	Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	Rooter Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter

Rule name:	RooterStrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter Identifying Strings

Rule name:	Salat Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Salat Payload

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	Suspicious_Process Create hunting rule
Author:	Security Research Team
Description:	Suspicious process creation

Rule name:	Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
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:	UPX Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)

Rule name:	UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	vmdetect Create hunting rule
Author:	nex
Description:	Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_SalatStealer_03d2a4ee Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Win_Clipboard_Clipper_Thengavar Create hunting rule
Author:	Thengavar
Description:	Detects malware manipulating the Windows clipboard for clipping or crypto stealing attacks

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_1762e598_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2e3a5916_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_37b4704b Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/91449/

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