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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a225574dedd7ff1273e00bdf36786663a73788cc662ff54980eb56e6b317dbc5
SHA3-384 hash: c8630c98da0befca1dba6d366ab71112bf95c4a75e0beadcee638d422e6876cacffa94589d2c7fabc9c44de0de7e763f
SHA1 hash: a3dc49fbf9301603a97dbe3fb9188b1efba5a19b
MD5 hash: 6eb55297620741e8575d4ed7121298a2
humanhash: florida-aspen-carolina-idaho
File name:Files.09876543234567890.exe
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:388'808 bytes
First seen:2026-07-21 05:53:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4ea4df5d94204fc550be1874e1b77ea7 (252 x GuLoader, 32 x RemcosRAT, 26 x VIPKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:vwq3Nplp8rtzZ3vxjmMAQFEY86jgGf5LYR1tQ73cnfU71437AqfpwOvnttusYUTm:vzhufPAgEYFV0KOVw7UTA5
TLSH T19884BF423D0CA5DBED3D6372296785862FB4747A4B9216AFBAAFF21648413134E1FD0C
TrID 50.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
10.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
10.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
8.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
7.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 3b3ffd7d7f5e587f (2 x PhantomStealer, 1 x AsyncRAT)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:exe PhantomStealer signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:Slbevoddene
Issuer:Slbevoddene
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-07-13T10:56:02Z
Valid to:2027-07-13T10:56:02Z
Serial number: 49b553e29df45ec1338a02061f9b99a0ddf41b36
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 3e53781ef5fd8d4378e806c6ed83d855eee09cf27280c184e8597365cb35586e
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Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
168
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
c2bb214e-352c-4634-ad10-8225ba69b529.zip
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-07-21 01:19:23 UTC
Tags:
susp-attachments attachments attc-exe attc-arch arch-exec arch-email stealer auto generic ip-check evasion smtp

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

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a window
Creating a file
Searching for the window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Launching a process
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Connection attempt to an infection source
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 installer installer installer-heuristic microsoft_visual_cc nsis reconnaissance signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-20T21:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-23T04:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Androm.HTTP.Download Trojan.Win32.Guloader.sb Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.sbb Trojan.NSIS.Makoob.sba Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb Trojan.NSIS.Pakes.Krynis.sb Trojan.NSIS.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Minix.gen Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Minix.sb Packed.NSIS.Krynis.sb
Result
Threat name:
GuLoader, Phantom stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious PE / MSI digital signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Attempt to bypass Chrome Application-Bound Encryption
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sigma detected: New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected GuLoader
Yara detected Phantom stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1945633 Sample: Files.09876543234567890.exe Startdate: 21/07/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 60 smtp.ionos.es 2->60 74 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->74 76 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->78 80 8 other signatures 2->80 11 Files.09876543234567890.exe 3 27 2->11         started        15 msedge.exe 8 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 file5 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 11->54 dropped 96 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 11->96 98 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 11->98 100 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 11->100 102 2 other signatures 11->102 17 Files.09876543234567890.exe 12 11->17         started        22 Files.09876543234567890.exe 11->22         started        24 msedge.exe 15->24         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 56 smtp.ionos.es 213.165.67.103, 49788, 587 IONOS-ASThisisthejointnetworkforIONOSFasthostsArsys11MailandMediaand11TelecomFormerlyknownas11InternetSEDE Germany 17->56 58 192.3.136.217, 49767, 80 AS-COLOCROSSING-HostPapaUS United States 17->58 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Alkalies.exe, PE32 17->48 dropped 50 C:\Users\user\...\DumpBrowserSecrets.exe, PE32+ 17->50 dropped 82 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 17->82 84 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 17->84 86 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 17->86 26 DumpBrowserSecrets.exe 13 17->26         started        30 Files.09876543234567890.exe 17->30         started        file9 signatures10 process11 file12 52 C:\Users\...\DllExtractChromiumSecrets.dll, PE32+ 26->52 dropped 88 Antivirus detection for dropped file 26->88 90 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 26->90 92 Early bird code injection technique detected 26->92 94 4 other signatures 26->94 32 chrome.exe 26->32         started        34 msedge.exe 10 26->34         started        36 conhost.exe 26->36         started        signatures13 process14 process15 38 chrome.exe 4 32->38         started        41 msedge.exe 34->41         started        dnsIp16 62 192.168.2.13 unknown unknown 38->62 64 192.168.2.14 unknown unknown 38->64 66 4 other IPs or domains 38->66 43 chrome.exe 38->43         started        46 chrome.exe 38->46         started        process17 dnsIp18 68 googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com 142.250.65.65, 443, 49780 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 43->68 70 www.google.com 142.251.151.119, 443, 49770, 49779 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 43->70 72 4 other IPs or domains 43->72
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable NSIS Installer PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-07-21 05:55:56 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
6
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:guloader family:phantom_stealer collection credential_access discovery downloader persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Uses browser remote debugging
Family: Guloader,Cloudeye
Family: PhantomStealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a225574dedd7ff1273e00bdf36786663a73788cc662ff54980eb56e6b317dbc5
MD5 hash:
6eb55297620741e8575d4ed7121298a2
SHA1 hash:
a3dc49fbf9301603a97dbe3fb9188b1efba5a19b
SH256 hash:
bd046e6497b304e4ea4ab102cab2b1f94ce09bde0eebba4c59942a732679e4eb
MD5 hash:
17ed1c86bd67e78ade4712be48a7d2bd
SHA1 hash:
1cc9fe86d6d6030b4dae45ecddce5907991c01a0
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Detect_NSIS_Nullsoft_Installer
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects NSIS installers by .ndata section + NSIS header string
Rule name:NSIS
Author:kevoreilly
Description:NSIS Integrity Check function
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
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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Malspam

PhantomStealer

Executable exe a225574dedd7ff1273e00bdf36786663a73788cc662ff54980eb56e6b317dbc5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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