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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a39442a2e3c2b59182ffd3e0e729124990f3fb4bfbc13b3e744be3e90ded1859
SHA3-384 hash: e6532039d4b8ab1b8c2984ec57c55bf26427a4d1c3313972398284750e5ca786cd5004e8da0b51076813fed731dbf90b
SHA1 hash: cbbcdf715c9e87591800903250bd6388fdbcf0cc
MD5 hash: 412c646830d7cce5943d433007852a66
humanhash: spring-tennessee-vermont-mountain
File name:fund_transfer_receipt.pdf.JS
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:5'204'871 bytes
First seen:2026-08-28 13:43:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 98304:o/Kith8GeRLkThMIVno0/YEIUpGpxp5upm3XSukbQZgMU+vdFPpzHELcNWgfsxAC:eKiz8GkLk1xo0zIUpcTyuZgMJZvogf2h
TLSH T169365B4213289672662DD7ACD23ADD74A54F704314D9CF2C31AED624BB58D0BE38DAE3
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js PhantomStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
140
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug dropper evasive obfuscated packed repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-08-26T12:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-30T06:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
DonutLoader, KeyLogger, MicroClip, Phant
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.troj.spyw
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Benign windows process drops PE files
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Hides threads from debuggers
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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: Suspicious Parent Double Extension File Execution
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
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)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
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 AntiDebug via ReDoS RegEx
Yara detected DonutLoader
Yara detected Lua decrypt and execute
Yara detected MicroClip
Yara detected Phantom stealer
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965277 Sample: fund_transfer_receipt.pdf.JS.js Startdate: 28/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 51 api.telegram.org 2->51 53 icanhazip.com 2->53 67 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->67 69 Found malware configuration 2->69 71 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->71 75 14 other signatures 2->75 10 wscript.exe 1 3 2->10         started        signatures3 73 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 51->73 process4 file5 45 C:\Users\user\...\CBKCKGANELRBYSBE.PIF, PE32 10->45 dropped 47 C:\Users\user\...\CBKCKGANELRBYSBE.ttf, ASCII 10->47 dropped 91 Benign windows process drops PE files 10->91 93 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 10->93 95 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 10->95 97 2 other signatures 10->97 14 CBKCKGANELRBYSBE.PIF 15 8 10->14         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 55 api.telegram.org 149.154.166.110, 443, 49857, 49859 TELEGRAMVG United Kingdom 14->55 57 icanhazip.com 104.16.185.241, 49856, 49858, 80 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 14->57 49 C:\Users\user\...\DumpBrowserSecrets.exe, PE32+ 14->49 dropped 59 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 14->59 61 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->61 63 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 14->63 65 3 other signatures 14->65 19 DumpBrowserSecrets.exe 13 14->19         started        23 DumpBrowserSecrets.exe 12 14->23         started        25 conhost.exe 14->25         started        file9 signatures10 process11 file12 43 C:\Users\...\DllExtractChromiumSecrets.dll, PE32+ 19->43 dropped 77 Antivirus detection for dropped file 19->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->79 81 Early bird code injection technique detected 19->81 83 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 19->83 27 msedge.exe 3 19->27         started        29 conhost.exe 19->29         started        31 chrome.exe 19->31         started        85 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->85 87 Writes to foreign memory regions 23->87 89 Allocates memory in foreign processes 23->89 33 msedge.exe 3 23->33         started        35 conhost.exe 23->35         started        37 chrome.exe 23->37         started        signatures13 process14 process15 39 msedge.exe 27->39         started        41 msedge.exe 33->41         started       
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-JS.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-28 01:38:48 UTC
File Type:
Text (JavaScript)
AV detection:
8 of 24 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
DumpBrowserSecrets
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection credential_access discovery execution spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Browser Information Discovery
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Uses browser remote debugging
Family: PhantomStealer
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot8913672082:AAH7idDDaoxnpTjcRaZM1XYLzdLOlQKnAIU/sendMessage?chat_id=7182688540
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