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Database Entry



Rhadamanthys


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8b6cc989867108154391335d55fc5267007706203ca4eadab8ef5fe0cad10fbf
SHA3-384 hash: 0da72250f2f666c830c0128469f97ea08572dff59adcf6ba71c3dc88f2f6ff69ac98d218c99535cba87183dc97885226
SHA1 hash: 2b93934901a12f9b16e29bd11225aa282054fe00
MD5 hash: bd918ee1b25c89e4709384d5ffd7dcad
humanhash: fourteen-cardinal-wolfram-fifteen
File name:Setup_v1.1.msi
Download: download sample
Signature Rhadamanthys
File size:11'288'576 bytes
First seen:2025-08-11 19:43:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:4pNvRZyi7REQOtbX+KX2nyNLNEaVel6kpakovFkih0:SXU82tbX+tyFg6kNovF7
TLSH T119B633ABA041B373C25A77BCD378F59981D9CD1E3763106AA225B25617F2B2532F3483
TrID 88.4% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
11.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter aachum
Tags:GhostPulse HIjackLoader msi Rhadamanthys ShadowLadder


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iamaachum
https://download.hostup.me/ => https://app.box.com/shared/static/l4rk8351obgtle6j3hgokdgj09lwg7i2.zip

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
41
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.2%
Tags:
shellcode phishing backdoor spawn
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug crypto fingerprint installer threat wix
Result
Threat name:
HijackLoader, RHADAMANTHYS
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found malware configuration
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Yara detected HijackLoader
Yara detected RHADAMANTHYS Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1754894 Sample: Setup_v1.1.msi Startdate: 11/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 88 52 cloudflare-dns.com 2->52 60 Found malware configuration 2->60 62 Yara detected HijackLoader 2->62 64 Yara detected RHADAMANTHYS Stealer 2->64 9 msiexec.exe 90 50 2->9         started        12 msiexec.exe 3 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\MatF.exe, PE32 9->36 dropped 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\sqlite3_plex.dll, PE32 9->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\nghttp2.dll, PE32 9->40 dropped 42 11 other files (none is malicious) 9->42 dropped 14 MatF.exe 17 9->14         started        process6 file7 44 C:\ProgramData\Max_patch\MatF.exe, PE32 14->44 dropped 46 C:\ProgramData\Max_patch\sqlite3_plex.dll, PE32 14->46 dropped 48 C:\ProgramData\Max_patch\nghttp2.dll, PE32 14->48 dropped 50 11 other files (none is malicious) 14->50 dropped 78 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 14->78 80 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 14->80 82 Potentially malicious time measurement code found 14->82 18 MatF.exe 7 14->18         started        signatures8 process9 file10 28 C:\Users\user\PrismM.exe, PE32 18->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\Chime.exe, PE32 18->30 dropped 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\75F36B4.tmp, PE32 18->32 dropped 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\73C289A.tmp, DOS 18->34 dropped 66 Drops PE files to the user root directory 18->66 68 Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk) 18->68 70 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->70 72 3 other signatures 18->72 22 PrismM.exe 18->22         started        26 Chime.exe 18->26         started        signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 54 cloudflare-dns.com 104.16.249.249, 443, 49693, 49696 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 22->54 56 104.21.112.1, 443, 49699 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 22->56 58 5 other IPs or domains 22->58 74 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 22->74 76 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 22->76 signatures14
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-08-11 19:47:37 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
26
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
admintool_xenarmor_paswordrecovery
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
rhadamanthys
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hijackloader family:rhadamanthys discovery loader persistence privilege_escalation ransomware stealer
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates connected drives
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
Detects Rhadamanthys Payload
HijackLoader
Hijackloader family
Rhadamanthys
Rhadamanthys family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Malware family:
GHOSTPULSE
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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Web download

Rhadamanthys

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 8b6cc989867108154391335d55fc5267007706203ca4eadab8ef5fe0cad10fbf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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