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Database Entry



PhantomGate


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8c6816642a185bc540cb57873c48ea715c899be104e81ed23036551fefd4c160
SHA3-384 hash: 40c5119654527b14a56907cbd73a292658b3d0f3366e7658a46e7b57dc5784a7c8a6d8376038cb22fb69e098df605d75
SHA1 hash: 70179f1dbea92c07eb1548080fe6bc8a525e687e
MD5 hash: a322b34727d452d2fb07385545dd16f9
humanhash: edward-purple-mobile-summer
File name:file.exe
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomGate
File size:298'496 bytes
First seen:2026-04-15 07:31:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'873 x AgentTesla, 19'796 x Formbook, 12'305 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:H9olYc8M6zvISu2WgXY9SJb7Z75k6e/i8:elYfMg/Xzld66e/
TLSH T13A54C7243BFE4419F1BBAF765BF475968E3EF6A32A03955D0491034B0A32E40DD91B3A
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe PhantomGate

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
99
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_8c6816642a185bc540cb57873c48ea715c899be104e81ed23036551fefd4c160.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-04-15 07:33:27 UTC
Tags:
n/a

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

Behaviour
Setting a keyboard event handler
Connection attempt to an infection source
Query of malicious DNS domain
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-04-14T17:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-15T06:21:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
VHO:Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Convagent.gen HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Agent.gen HEUR:Exploit.MSIL.BypassUAC.c VHO:Trojan.Win32.Agent.gen
Result
Threat name:
RDPWrap Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains process injector
.NET source code contains very large strings
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Contains functionality to capture screen (.Net source)
Contains functionality to hide user accounts
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected RDPWrap Tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Hacktool.UACBypass
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-15 01:07:06 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8c6816642a185bc540cb57873c48ea715c899be104e81ed23036551fefd4c160
MD5 hash:
a322b34727d452d2fb07385545dd16f9
SHA1 hash:
70179f1dbea92c07eb1548080fe6bc8a525e687e
Detections:
RDPWrap
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YARA Signatures


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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RDPWrap
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies RDP Wrapper, sometimes used by attackers to maintain persistence.
Reference:https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

File information


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