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Database Entry



SnakeKeylogger


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9f0f9d81aebe0635e801279c32936387dcce71a3791fe9c4e2c8e4e7083309dc
SHA3-384 hash: 17700f3fc325438f452c075a8a9fd4c48db81e751dcf57ebc4c5848bca59b66d0e0974aee0c35bcf4f79273262579d08
SHA1 hash: 73a31db9cb54ee7b5be04f608d85e329e122a6ab
MD5 hash: c2df14a9c35503854fcaa142c8bf5158
humanhash: pip-blossom-minnesota-sink
File name:Ekstre_2310.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature SnakeKeylogger
File size:184'036 bytes
First seen:2026-10-24 08:47:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 3072:K4THeifMqHmlDihAEm8PfoxZedQAtnrna0TbujUTBq3B00CjIqfC1+NyXgOaJF:/fMrV4Ap4gruaWuYdq3BwkeC14tb
TLSH T1C40402F465443D93AEBF5A6ACD5AE41F47702222571AF9843C6F16860773BB3CF89808
Magika vba
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:SnakeKeylogger vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
217
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
valyria spam
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
encrypted lolbin obfuscated wscript
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-10-23T10:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-26T07:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
VIP Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential malicious VBS script found (has network functionality)
Queries DNS domain through GetComputerNameExW (potential sandbox evasion)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Cscript/Wscript Uncommon Script Extension Execution
Sigma detected: Legitimate Application Dropped Executable
Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Silenttrinity Stager Msbuild Activity
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP)
UAC bypass detected (Fodhelper)
Uses certutil -decode
VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Yara detected VIP Keylogger
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1991284 Sample: Ekstre_2310.vbs Startdate: 24/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 65 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->65 67 pki-goog.l.google.com 2->67 69 6 other IPs or domains 2->69 75 Found malware configuration 2->75 77 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->79 83 10 other signatures 2->83 13 wscript.exe 2 2->13         started        signatures3 81 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 65->81 process4 file5 59 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\zyeh93dk.dat, ASCII 13->59 dropped 99 VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions 13->99 101 Uses certutil -decode 13->101 103 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 13->103 105 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 13->105 17 wscript.exe 2 13->17         started        signatures6 process7 file8 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\cfg_19175.tmp, ASCII 17->49 dropped 71 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 17->71 21 wscript.exe 1 4 17->21         started        signatures9 process10 file11 51 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\engine.exe.b64, ASCII 21->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\config.bin.b64, ASCII 21->53 dropped 85 Uses certutil -decode 21->85 87 WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script) 21->87 25 engine.exe 21->25         started        28 certutil.exe 2 21->28         started        31 certutil.exe 2 21->31         started        signatures12 process13 file14 89 Writes to foreign memory regions 25->89 91 Allocates memory in foreign processes 25->91 93 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 25->93 97 2 other signatures 25->97 33 MSBuild.exe 16 3 25->33         started        55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\engine.exe, PE32+ 28->55 dropped 95 Queries DNS domain through GetComputerNameExW (potential sandbox evasion) 28->95 37 conhost.exe 28->37         started        57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\config.bin, data 31->57 dropped 39 conhost.exe 31->39         started        signatures15 process16 dnsIp17 61 checkip.dyndns.com 158.101.44.242, 49717, 49720, 49722 ORACLE-BMC-31898-OracleCorporationUS United States 33->61 63 reallyfreegeoip.org 104.21.67.152, 443, 49718, 49719 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 33->63 73 UAC bypass detected (Fodhelper) 33->73 41 ComputerDefaults.exe 12 33->41         started        43 ComputerDefaults.exe 33->43         started        signatures18 process19 process20 45 MSBuild.exe 2 41->45         started        process21 47 conhost.exe 45->47         started       
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
COM Behavior Trace DeObfuscated Obfuscated SOS: 0.29 T1027 T1059.005 VBScript
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Valyria
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-23 17:54:16 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
12 of 38 (31.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
vipkeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vipkeylogger collection defense_evasion discovery execution keylogger stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Family: VIPKeylogger
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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
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:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_DotNetProcHook
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables with potential process hoocking
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot
Rule name:malware_SnakeKeylogger
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:Snake Keylogger (a.k.a. VIP Recovery)
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TelegramAPIMalware_PowerShell_EXE
Author:@polygonben
Description:Hunting for pwsh malware using Telegram for C2
Rule name:telegram_bot_api
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing Telegram Bot API
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:VIPKeyLogger
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Detects VIPKeyLogger Keylogger
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_SnakeKeylogger_af3faa65
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_dotnet_vb_stealer_rat
Author:Arrbat
Description:Detects .NET/VB executables with stealer/RAT capabilities (sockets, HTTP, processes, registry, etc).
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_6717780a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)

File information


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