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SnakeKeylogger


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf
SHA3-384 hash: d839e197a0c66fe810ade4e1d1502897c4ffa94ae482e8712eb8b1cddcd5e1ab88a8d5a6a5e360c617435580a61f3eaa
SHA1 hash: a09da38cd89363c80f968cf0b5ac815f19d39a84
MD5 hash: e8a4a2d3fd7c65404b72465a9f6868d5
humanhash: fourteen-football-bravo-fix
File name:mpclient.dll
Download: download sample
Signature SnakeKeylogger
Create hunting rule
File size:2'233'344 bytes
First seen:2025-08-19 01:06:14 UTC
Last seen:2025-08-30 06:34:07 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4d46a6f6587720ed499d354ddb8fcaf9 (1 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:ZTA1qG4LsTX7nPMnsIbO1U0orMnsKbHf1H2U4Wh4/iDd1rLwkJH+0b8jUhcDExiz:9A1QLsjTP9kY4Wl8jUGDExr1NBpI
TLSH T186A5AD1493A811B8C87BCB34CA528333E7B079564370E58F0699D6562FB3EA25B3F716
TrID 48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe hotelparleinternational-com SnakeKeylogger

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
mpclient.dll
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-19 01:07:39 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg evasion snake keylogger stealer
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/a664b230-8da8-4a72-b1c6-28c1600c042a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
Snake
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/22012/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68a3ce218fd55a79c5291d93
Tags:
emotet snake
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context crypto fingerprint masquerade microsoft_visual_cc packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68a3ce4fba1f5bb1e60d2e60/reports/ca7caca7-7542-4c94-96e3-72ea53b57dcc/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dacic.5412.Generic
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/99749fde-b999-47c0-a2f6-0b76aa155862
Result
Threat name:
Snake Keylogger
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1759737
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Creation of an WerFault.exe in Unusual Folder
Sigma detected: Drops fake bootloader file
Sigma detected: Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Sigma detected: Potential WinAPI Calls Via CommandLine
Sigma detected: Windows Binaries Write Suspicious Extensions
Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1759737 Sample: mpclient.dll.exe Startdate: 19/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 59 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->59 61 checkip.dyndns.org 2->61 63 checkip.dyndns.com 2->63 69 Found malware configuration 2->69 71 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->71 73 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->73 77 7 other signatures 2->77 8 loaddll64.exe 1 2->8         started        signatures3 75 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 59->75 process4 process5 10 rundll32.exe 1001 8->10         started        14 cmd.exe 1 8->14         started        16 rundll32.exe 651 8->16         started        18 32 other processes 8->18 file6 41 C:\Users\user\...\smss.exe, PE32+ 10->41 dropped 53 911 other files (3 malicious) 10->53 dropped 89 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 10->89 91 Writes to foreign memory regions 10->91 93 Allocates memory in foreign processes 10->93 95 Drops PE files with benign system names 10->95 20 rundll32.exe 977 14->20         started        43 C:\Users\user\...\ssText3d.scr, PE32+ 16->43 dropped 45 C:\Users\user\...\more.com, PE32+ 16->45 dropped 55 628 other files (2 malicious) 16->55 dropped 97 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->97 47 C:\Users\user\...\winload.efi, PE32+ 18->47 dropped 49 C:\Users\user\...\wininit.exe, PE32+ 18->49 dropped 51 C:\Users\user\...\win32kns.sys, PE32+ 18->51 dropped 57 1579 other files (12 malicious) 18->57 dropped 99 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 18->99 24 RegAsm.exe 18->24         started        26 RegAsm.exe 18->26         started        29 RegAsm.exe 18->29         started        31 RegAsm.exe 18->31         started        signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 33 C:\Users\user\...\lsass.exe, PE32+ 20->33 dropped 35 C:\Users\user\...\format.com, PE32+ 20->35 dropped 37 C:\Users\user\...\chcp.com, PE32+ 20->37 dropped 39 885 other files (2 malicious) 20->39 dropped 79 Writes to foreign memory regions 20->79 81 Allocates memory in foreign processes 20->81 83 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 20->83 85 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 24->85 87 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 24->87 65 reallyfreegeoip.org 104.21.48.1, 443, 49724, 49725 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 26->65 67 checkip.dyndns.com 158.101.44.242, 49692, 49693, 49694 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 26->67 file10 signatures11
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/e8a4a2d3fd7c65404b72465a9f6868d5
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.SNAKE
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf
Threat name:
Win64.Spyware.Snakekeylogger
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-18 14:42:30 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Dll)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=r73yllir4gjh6e3co56yr2nn7rk36pynthmlyp3ulmdjxsrbv27q._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
404keylogger
Create hunting rule
Similar samples:
error
SnakeKeylogger
Result
Malware family:
snakekeylogger
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snakekeylogger collection discovery keylogger persistence spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250819-bgc57ayyev/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Snake Keylogger
Snake Keylogger payload
Snakekeylogger family
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/bea345a3-db8e-4818-a213-0b73b85a6ee0
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf
MD5 hash:
e8a4a2d3fd7c65404b72465a9f6868d5
SHA1 hash:
a09da38cd89363c80f968cf0b5ac815f19d39a84
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/76b52879-6cf7-4f2a-88d7-ea2ddf88fd17/
Malware family:
SnakeKeylogger
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/8ff785ad11e1/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/8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf

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:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__MemoryWorkingSet
Create hunting rule
Author:Fernando Mercês
Description:Anti-debug process memory working set size check
Reference:http://www.gironsec.com/blog/2015/06/anti-debugger-trick-quicky/
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Create hunting rule
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:NET
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
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: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:ThreadControl__Context
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information

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

Malspam

SnakeKeylogger

Executable exe 8ff785ad11e1927f1362777d88e9adfc55bf3f0d99d8bc3f745b069bca21aebf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/22012/

BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess
KERNEL32.dll::VirtualAllocEx
KERNEL32.dll::VirtualAllocExNuma
KERNEL32.dll::WriteProcessMemory
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::FreeConsole
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleOutputCP
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_BCRYPT_APICan Encrypt Filesbcrypt.dll::BCryptCreateHash
bcrypt.dll::BCryptDestroyHash
bcrypt.dll::BCryptFinishHash
bcrypt.dll::BCryptGenRandom
bcrypt.dll::BCryptGetProperty
bcrypt.dll::BCryptHashData
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW

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