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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs 1 YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 960ae7aabae262723177420c318c5e1d834f081ba917f044cc52c9bf39fa4e2a
SHA3-384 hash: c367a349a191bb16d7a930b36e38279b0e936e5e8a3b48d65b6211a87c981fa441cbe1b71ab67a5e97d9eb0903966d8b
SHA1 hash: a93025d59b1a913d257062e6770f6ea1e186b073
MD5 hash: 2ab61292e17ca7d65cbc94c6efd000bc
humanhash: network-winner-stream-freddie
File name:2AB61292E17CA7D65CBC94C6EFD000BC.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:88'048 bytes
First seen:2026-08-07 14:35:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash cb0963d7af94a8254e6e0073f9137c66 (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 1536:ByKJEtANm3o9+YgIwqxumbuF7p0UwLYv3Z/sWPcdhdnS983Y68trgU:XJNmY9+CumbuF7p0Uf3Ghdng83Yh9
TLSH T185837C4778D1C8B1E9721D3054A0DAB19E3FB9215E64CDAB3354067E0F306D1AE39E7A
TrID 22.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
22.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
17.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
15.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
7.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe RAT ValleyRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
ValleyRAT C2:
45.203.220.93:8886

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
45.203.220.93:8886 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1869910/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
170
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-07 14:38:03 UTC
Tags:
payload processkiller silverfox backdoor valleyrat rat winos

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a service
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug evasive microsoft_visual_cc overlay
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-05T13:40:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-08T00:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-08-05 21:17:43 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates connected drives
Detects ValleyRAT payload
Family: ValleyRat
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.203.220.93:8886
45.203.220.93:6668
45.203.220.93:80
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
960ae7aabae262723177420c318c5e1d834f081ba917f044cc52c9bf39fa4e2a
MD5 hash:
2ab61292e17ca7d65cbc94c6efd000bc
SHA1 hash:
a93025d59b1a913d257062e6770f6ea1e186b073
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:certum_issuer
Author:Certum
Description:Looks for files signed with certificate issued by Certum
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:detect_certum_issuer
Author:Certum
Description:Looks for files signed with certificate issued by Certum
Rule name:GenericGh0st
Author:Still
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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: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.
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_4b0b73ce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign
Rule name:win_winos_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.winos.

File information


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