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Database Entry



GuLoader


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a48d589f38b17090308566abf94f5ebd1a8263e7052cec2784f5e9dbfe04dcbf
SHA3-384 hash: 8ab3dfe94182576d8c14ced2b2a6155801787253fac541dfa1f6edee2ca44b848df8ed09dc6673524b840198bcdedf0b
SHA1 hash: 2626edf8a2a91664378ffa49506a7282f8ceb0bd
MD5 hash: b73179be98239895d3c4d6ffe1a6a6b4
humanhash: may-crazy-zebra-ten
File name:FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe
Download: download sample
Signature GuLoader
File size:532'512 bytes
First seen:2026-02-24 07:11:18 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-06 15:23:58 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1f23f452093b5c1ff091a2f9fb4fa3e9 (303 x GuLoader, 47 x AgentTesla, 47 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 12288:a1yDJVfppRDy7CfTWDJPr+GB6n2rxIc9MH:a1yDJtppRDyA6V+GBW2FIc9MH
Threatray 2'523 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1E2B4232A1EC69C47C54A1EF32637A243EBBDD8852431D7431B20E70CBDB73A985917E9
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
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:exe GuLoader signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:Arbejdskopien
Issuer:Arbejdskopien
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-02-23T01:58:47Z
Valid to:2027-02-23T01:58:47Z
Serial number: 4ba563463ed5bb3670a3544bbe9f1e951ec77004
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: c33468a8f9ab3ed9a38a2717a45ef2730bcbaaf2a1da4aed9b204fe5942f3044
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
177
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
GuLoader NSIS
Details
GuLoader
a c2 URL, a useragent string, and a string XOR key
GuLoader
an XOR decryption key and an extracted component
NSIS
extracted archive contents
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_a48d589f38b17090308566abf94f5ebd1a8263e7052cec2784f5e9dbfe04dcbf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-24 07:14:30 UTC
Tags:
evasion snake keylogger telegram stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
injection virus blic
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Creating a file
Delayed reading of the file
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug blackhole installer installer installer-heuristic masquerade microsoft_visual_cc nsis packed signed soft-404 unsafe
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Minix.sb Trojan.Win32.Guloader.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Minix.gen
Result
Threat name:
GuLoader, Snake Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.spyw
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious PE digital signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Yara detected GuLoader
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1873932 Sample: FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe Startdate: 24/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 26 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->26 28 api.telegram.org 2->28 30 4 other IPs or domains 2->30 38 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->38 40 Found malware configuration 2->40 42 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->42 48 9 other signatures 2->48 8 FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe 3 54 2->8         started        signatures3 44 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 26->44 46 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 28->46 process4 file5 20 C:\Users\user\...behaviorgrapharderobedamernes35, data 8->20 dropped 22 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\nskE2E9.tmp, data 8->22 dropped 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 8->24 dropped 50 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 8->50 12 FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe 15 8 8->12         started        16 FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe 8->16         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 32 checkip.dyndns.com 132.226.8.169, 49725, 80 UTMEMUS United States 12->32 34 api.telegram.org 149.154.166.110, 443, 49727 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 12->34 36 3 other IPs or domains 12->36 52 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 12->52 54 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 12->54 56 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 12->56 18 FACTURA PENDIENTE DE PAGO.exe 12->18         started        signatures9 process10
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Guloader
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-02-23 23:09:17 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
22
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
vipkeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:guloader family:vipkeylogger collection discovery downloader keylogger spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Guloader family
Guloader,Cloudeye
VIPKeylogger
Vipkeylogger family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a48d589f38b17090308566abf94f5ebd1a8263e7052cec2784f5e9dbfe04dcbf
MD5 hash:
b73179be98239895d3c4d6ffe1a6a6b4
SHA1 hash:
2626edf8a2a91664378ffa49506a7282f8ceb0bd
SH256 hash:
3eb38ae99653a7dbc724132ee240f6e5c4af4bfe7c01d31d23faf373f9f2eaca
MD5 hash:
0d7ad4f45dc6f5aa87f606d0331c6901
SHA1 hash:
48df0911f0484cbe2a8cdd5362140b63c41ee457
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:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

GuLoader

Executable exe a48d589f38b17090308566abf94f5ebd1a8263e7052cec2784f5e9dbfe04dcbf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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