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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a5e3e5d70fce6973b5951d3c52004100e2abcde036c18fa811fbc3d163b4df83
SHA3-384 hash:	941dc1575d443b187c54cbe75fbadc84d8b9b90cb08acf6e2b2e75a1543ff85d0548443a59095d2d11f5a053a9dd7406
SHA1 hash:	c690899601e773ef94fd6e736cc6c7580ad72222
MD5 hash:	bfdb319fb004adf6f618dad0d4942041
humanhash:	pip-batman-purple-kitten
File name:	opsbridge-stage2-setup.msi_
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'361'152 bytes
First seen:	2026-08-27 19:28:36 UTC
Last seen:	2026-08-27 19:29:22 UTC
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:RWh0cGwTWh0cGrWh0cGWWh0cGOWh0cGaWh0cGoWh0cGx:RWaclWacyWac1Wac9WacTWacTWacM
TLSH	T1E3D6232523FD441AF8F74B79FD3682A46D72BE64CF21C11E9228B90D2A74D4096727B3
TrID	80.0% (.MSI) Microsoft Windows Installer (454500/1/170) 10.7% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5) 7.8% (.MSP) Windows Installer Patch (44509/10/5) 1.4% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika	msi
Reporter	devmihaylov
Tags:	abused-rmm ConnectWise msi opsbridge screenconnect

devmihaylov

Genuine ConnectWise ScreenConnect 24.3.7.9067, binaries unmodified and validly signed. Malicious by configuration: app.config disables all 13 victim-visible indicators, so no banner, tray icon or connect balloon. Instance 54a6d47a28eeb247, relay relay[.]tolreanrust[.]site:8041. Deployed silently by the OpsBridge agent.

Intelligence

File Origin

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# of downloads :

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Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

MSI

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/d01def12-4539-42e2-ad88-c1373dad0840/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/83089/

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand expired-cert explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed reconnaissance rundll32

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a90900a6f2fa9978af376bd/reports/669356a9-ec68-403e-9218-a6f39ebe528f/overview

Verdict:

Suspicious

Labled as:

Trojan.MSI.Agent

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a5e3e5d70fce6973b5951d3c52004100e2abcde036c18fa811fbc3d163b4df83

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

msi

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a5e3e5d70fce6973b5951d3c52004100e2abcde036c18fa811fbc3d163b4df83/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX CAB:COMPRESSION:NONE Executable Managed .NET Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/bfdb319fb004adf6f618dad0d4942041

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a5e3e5d70fce6973b5951d3c52004100e2abcde036c18fa811fbc3d163b4df83/

Threat name:

Win32.PUA.ScamSConnect

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-08-27 19:29:18 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

174

AV detection:

7 of 36 (19.44%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=uxr6lvypzzuxhnmvdu6feacbadrkxtpag3ay7kar7pb5cy5u36bq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/da9683b6-b8fd-4e9d-a362-896d365a819c

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat revoked_codesign

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260827-x7bkyaah47/

Behaviour

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Checks processor information in registry

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package

Drops file in System32 directory

Enumerates connected drives

ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Sets service image path in registry

Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a5e3e5d70fce6973b5951d3c52004100e2abcde036c18fa811fbc3d163b4df83

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	win_evilconwi_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Karsten Hahn @ G DATA CyberDefense
Description:	Settings from app.config that hide the connection of the client. These settings are potentially unwanted