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Database Entry
DeerStealer
Vendor detections: 11
| SHA256 hash: | 97b9baa6e486c6515f4eff4e625dcec79907d785255c40c070a53cb98f13fa35 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 30d5f24ffc015b80b0a990ff84c8299ec6094fa5e979a87dfcf5d9d2876452867a4eb9024f37d14cf613e47b2f1f0f9d |
| SHA1 hash: | db49fd1e73fb8930d07ede03d5a16d5bf70f322a |
| MD5 hash: | f153fff962409398b0edb27961e54f6b |
| humanhash: | sink-music-double-alaska |
| File name: | Cracked Release.exe |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | DeerStealer |
| File size: | 18'938'049 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-04-01 14:55:21 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | 2ac0df3cb49d714c81e70b5b92c304f2 (3 x HijackLoader, 2 x DeerStealer, 1 x ACRStealer) |
| ssdeep | 393216:J3H/21PC9tfsquGSII7Crg9Kd8SLriAjEb9zbiuQTJDPm:hfckfQLmk9KiSEtiM |
| Threatray | 32 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | T185171213B680903EE56A02718C6FAE6495A97D738A314257F790FF0D2DF0592B623F1B |
| TrID | 90.1% (.AX) DirectShow filter (201555/2/20) 2.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 2.2% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 2.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 0.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) |
| Magika | pebin |
| dhash icon | f0c4aa4b2d8accf0 (1 x DeerStealer) |
| Reporter |  Alex_sev |
| Tags: | DeerStealer exe Gencirc Penguish |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
122
Origin country :
AUVendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
CrackedRelease.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-10 18:42:06 UTC
Tags:
hijackloader loader
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
98.2%
Tags:
vmdetect
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Moving a file to the %temp% subdirectory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
QD:Trojan.GenericQ
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-08-08T10:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-08T12:33:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Score:
26%
Verdict:
Benign
File Type:
PE
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.Win32.Penguish
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-08-09 12:36:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
204
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
hijackloader
Similar samples:
+ 22 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:deerstealer family:hijackloader discovery loader stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks installed software on the system
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
DeerStealer
Deerstealer family
Detects DeerStealer
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,
Hijackloader family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
97b9baa6e486c6515f4eff4e625dcec79907d785255c40c070a53cb98f13fa35
MD5 hash:
f153fff962409398b0edb27961e54f6b
SHA1 hash:
db49fd1e73fb8930d07ede03d5a16d5bf70f322a
SH256 hash:
3030a0abc780611ae2bb389817dfb41633c76d6a30239818c2c5958f3727faac
MD5 hash:
5ffbaf9114e13bc5ca2f60cd95d78aa2
SHA1 hash:
883f9108b79d45d057c8ab95db239eab47da6609
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
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 |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Justin Cornwell |
| Description: | CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset |
| Rule name: | malware_shellcode_hash |
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| Author: | JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | detect shellcode api hash value |
| Rule name: | MD5_Constants |
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| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for MD5 constants |
| Rule name: | NET |
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| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | pe_detect_tls_callbacks |
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| Rule name: | Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE |
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| Author: | XiAnzheng |
| Description: | Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP) |
| Rule name: | sus_pe_free_without_allocation |
|---|---|
| Author: | Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut) |
| Description: | Detects an executable importing functions to free memory without importing allocation functions, often indicative of dynamic import resolution |
| Rule name: | TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE |
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| 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: | upxHook |
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| Author: | @r3dbU7z |
| Description: | Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer |
| Reference: | https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/ |
| Rule name: | vmdetect |
|---|---|
| Author: | nex |
| Description: | Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_GhostPulse_caea316b |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elastic Security |
File information
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