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Database Entry


SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25
SHA3-384 hash: 89d1cd0b7f0c3dc86a632f14cf6b0f56af4092190323024050fa0fabfae31296def8c28d490d28eb6b89d58e7c8b4dae
SHA1 hash: 2abea88889b826f266e582f2ac0d04a91e281c7e
MD5 hash: e0b02df1ad032e459468ff1ee97bba23
humanhash: michigan-sierra-jig-california
File name:fps.exe
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Signature SantaStealer
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File size:3'304'133 bytes
First seen:2026-03-08 20:44:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b29f7bc6c3cf27ba78272829148a5262 (11 x SantaStealer)
ssdeep 49152:ao8xwkY/P5oHYN7/Lqn8pEOFVf2wAygvzf068iLvi5fTPy09/JggFDHnEa8rcvlU:j8xwkYH575jXEf0HXLlJZFDH38I97Q
TLSH T10BE5337AFB03A9EBC1D44DF1586952F222519C1351500B7BF9BC762E0FA135ABA32437
TrID 45.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
18.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
13.9% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.6% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon f0d2d8c488acb4ec (63 x SantaStealer, 36 x Stealc, 3 x DonutLoader)
Reporter burger
Tags:exe SantaStealer

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
137
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
fps.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-07 21:13:36 UTC
Tags:
stealer telegram auto-sch santastealer susp-powershell
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/06625c4c-3eea-4a77-a678-41946fcdc03b

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/56686/
Detection(s):
Win.Malware.Tedy-10059286-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69ac94ffe41a5a099930aaaa
Tags:
injection obfusc
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug installer-heuristic overlay packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69addfdfcd25bfe1dfe4bf0c/reports/81d7fa0c-5959-4216-9dc3-a5423b5efe3d/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win64/GenKryptik_AGeneric.CBA trojan
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.ShellCode.pef
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/369db3f8-dbdb-480b-9032-402363fafeee
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1880267
Signature
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1880267 Sample: fps.exe Startdate: 08/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 60 14 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->14 16 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->16 7 fps.exe 2->7         started        process3 signatures4 18 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 7->18 20 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 7->20 10 powershell.exe 15 7->10         started        process5 process6 12 conhost.exe 10->12         started       
Score:
90%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.SANTASTEALER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.SantaStealer
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-14 21:58:58 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ugmk5x7u7bcyqmtlekvb76ia6kd2h2ie6fxrokrqrsfp72juf4sq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260308-zjt4gsev2w/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Browser Information Discovery
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25
MD5 hash:
e0b02df1ad032e459468ff1ee97bba23
SHA1 hash:
2abea88889b826f266e582f2ac0d04a91e281c7e
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/a974b08c-c9ef-475d-b2a6-697015deb408/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.30
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a198aedff4f84588326b22aa1ff900f287a3e904f16f172a308c8affe9342f25

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:dgaagas
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Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
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Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

File information

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Cape
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https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/56686/

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