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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 998ea71c9c2d89374f17d5dc2d0d83abd5845849af7d87cff96542614e3364a4
SHA3-384 hash: 81200f80ef3bfafa2c2409be5d1ab61b4f865727533a59bd8dde10a37d2dc82b82c89fdf8f76f839d5d828f43a4838c9
SHA1 hash: a5412dccd1a204bcd76e09b99a16140da3b9bf09
MD5 hash: 1e613dec8beebebd6baaea91998a628e
humanhash: oklahoma-happy-ten-alanine
File name:998ea71c9c2d89374f17d5dc2d0d83abd5845849af7d87cff96542614e3364a4
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:246'264 bytes
First seen:2026-07-27 15:54:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 899ad1596f9c6642245b3fb721bae585 (29 x Prometei, 1 x Mirai)
ssdeep 6144:4GxCfPf0s3KPHfBxR8jPs1F1yD9jvryfL9SqXVdOD:4G60BpL8jk1FGjDc8GVdOD
TLSH T14A34BF63A4BCAAAFDDD82F379C4E880713B66FE4D890603E1C44710EFE1A5095F7A516
TrID 27.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
20.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.5% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hassan_Pouladi
Tags:exe Prometei

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
168
Origin country :
CA CA
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Running batch commands
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Launching a service
Changing a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-vm microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-15T16:14:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-28T20:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.VariadicPrometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-15 15:24:27 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery execution
Behaviour
Gathers system information
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Executes a command shell one-liner
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
998ea71c9c2d89374f17d5dc2d0d83abd5845849af7d87cff96542614e3364a4
MD5 hash:
1e613dec8beebebd6baaea91998a628e
SHA1 hash:
a5412dccd1a204bcd76e09b99a16140da3b9bf09
SH256 hash:
5811c112437c000355b9989820fc1361779b33ab2d4f9a99e8f0e40c02ab52df
MD5 hash:
4aa29334896b9280f2fb32f1951d9cfc
SHA1 hash:
f7f3ffd476bdcb924987b312bebcebffd81b187a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
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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