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GCleaner


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25
SHA3-384 hash: 9f96d1212e749502f6fee3d5afbb985b60fa7060c0b5935a77a599a4b7ca98f3b0521e0831cd8e2e15ebe7ddbf9be5af
SHA1 hash: 465200b0fd88a3cdd61abfc148c8c24b8eae58ae
MD5 hash: 2a32feb27e5723e6252d9428cd63e90b
humanhash: gee-blue-leopard-burger
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature GCleaner
Create hunting rule
File size:804'352 bytes
First seen:2026-01-26 20:56:33 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-26 21:42:55 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 7d927f7b3a815d523d32714880218326 (24 x GCleaner)
ssdeep 12288:+Wxa7+IlSRsrHxyG5HauldtH2c5YIz7+G:JwvlPt3HN
Threatray 2'308 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19B058E32FAA15433D033DAF9CC1F9668542A7D503929984B27D83EC99F7A341362F267
TrID 96.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
2.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
0.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
0.2% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
0.2% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:dropped-by-amadey exe fbf543 gcleaner


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Bitsight
url: http://130.12.180.43/files/unique2/random.exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
18
# of downloads :
119
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-26 20:59:08 UTC
Tags:
gcleaner loader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/ff0e8d1f-b1c7-4658-916b-9234c963cc78

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/50289/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6977d50e6fa3eed1652f4448
Tags:
cobalt delphi
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug borland_delphi fingerprint installer-heuristic keylogger packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6977d5044156786ccbd8afd2/reports/1f29b954-2294-4259-a740-87e1bb248437/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_90%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-26T18:11:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-27T04:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Qshell.gen Trojan.Win32.Qshell.sb Trojan.Win32.Injector.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Delf.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e84034df-62a2-40ae-a937-0a39d29d65c1
Score:
85%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.GCLEANER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Androm
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 20:58:02 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
52
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=rqri46iubo3kesjpprzmmixkpyttycbpwqptfxizg4rqwgn5tmsq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
gcleaner
Create hunting rule
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Result
Malware family:
gcleaner
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gcleaner discovery loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260126-zrbl4shz2h/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
GCleaner
Gcleaner family
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
185.156.73.98
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25
MD5 hash:
2a32feb27e5723e6252d9428cd63e90b
SHA1 hash:
465200b0fd88a3cdd61abfc148c8c24b8eae58ae
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/2882cabe-12bf-4987-95c7-7a7e882546d7/
SH256 hash:
827ccf29f8399a7bdab0096616d2f4f36b40fa8c82b176b099484fc787d755c7
MD5 hash:
809ebad1d1354a5685ade5b2992c1205
SHA1 hash:
fd5b2e7022f0b98d0612ac986d75a16372ca51ae
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/2882cabe-12bf-4987-95c7-7a7e882546d7/
Malware family:
GCleaner
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/8c228e79140b/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:BobSoftMiniDelphiBoBBobSoft
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Borland
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Create hunting rule
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Create hunting rule
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Create hunting rule
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation

File information

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Web download

GCleaner

Executable exe 8c228e79140bb6a2492f7c72c622ea7e273c082fb41f32dd1937230b19bd9b25

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/50289/

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