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Database Entry

Phorpiex

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824
SHA3-384 hash:	a9357aba8d6b791a5a70f13a7b2283c79311ef21e55787921289ced603dd55fd2615eabd6ae030cd8b20649ac293626d
SHA1 hash:	b4c3c3fc24a41e183849bcfaa437eec55a4445de
MD5 hash:	8bcfc53fedfa845162b02f161a8a40e9
humanhash:	wyoming-black-mirror-oven
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	Phorpiex Create hunting rule
File size:	18'432 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-12 05:38:40 UTC
Last seen:	2026-10-15 15:23:15 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	edd9caae8565fbe43a73e0ad530f325e (100 x Phorpiex, 21 x Phorphiex, 2 x PhantomStealer)
ssdeep	384:Ro6I8vVaF6RjGUQgu94i4UoOav8U9cAl:RoPfUQZ9aOa0U
TLSH	T1D6824B0FB8428316E0E11070A276867BDA79A87A77C814DBF7D489ED0A786D5FC3215F
TrID	34.9% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 13.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 13.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 10.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 9.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Bitsight
Tags:	dropped-by-phorpiex exe Phorpiex

Bitsight

url: http://178.16.54.109/2.exe

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

119

# of downloads :

199

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-10-12 05:42:13 UTC

Tags:

xor-url generic ip-check

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/5a9e624f-ce8c-4578-a59a-eab809d8cb0b

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/91495/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.HTML.Phish-732.UNOFFICIAL

Gathering data

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP GET request

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Sending a custom TCP request

Connection attempt to an infection source

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug crypto evasive fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated xor-url xor-url

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6acc7280896fd60367a7bd11/reports/7e92041c-3f8d-4cb3-9f49-5bb7591f27ca/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Mint.Zard.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-10-12T02:09:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-14T03:18:00Z UTC

Hits:

~1000

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

Phorpiex

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/5e052148-afa9-4c29-a70a-2f044ee850a6

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/8bcfc53fedfa845162b02f161a8a40e9

Detection:

phorpiex

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824/

Threat name:

Win32.Worm.Phorpiex

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-12 05:39:26 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

21 of 24 (87.50%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=u2phgzr7lwrrntx2plkmi3bmbanpb6rsst4uvcm74uqgi3xfhasa._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

Phorpiex

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/caf7f2b0-d044-41a1-aa5e-ba1812e1ec9f

Result

Malware family:

phorphiex

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:phorphiex discovery loader trojan worm

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261012-gcdh2sgd34/

Behaviour

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

http://178.16.54.109/c/

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

a69e73663f5da316cefa7ad4c46c2c081af0fa3294f94a899fe520646ee53824

MD5 hash:

8bcfc53fedfa845162b02f161a8a40e9

SHA1 hash:

b4c3c3fc24a41e183849bcfaa437eec55a4445de

Detections:

SUSP_XORed_URL_In_EXE

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/1850a7e6-1437-41dc-82d2-a9277b1a9552/

Malware family:

Phorpiex

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/a69e73663f5d/report/overview.html

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

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	SUSP_XORed_URL_In_EXE Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:	https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834

Rule name:	SUSP_XORed_URL_in_EXE_RID2E46 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects an XORed URL in an executable
Reference:	https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834

Rule name:	test_rule_vldslv Create hunting rule

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
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.

Rule name:	Web_Generic_Binary_URL_Download Create hunting rule
Author:	Serhii Kocherhan
Description:	Detects files containing HTTP or HTTPS links pointing directly to .bin payload extensions.

Rule name:	without_attachments Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

Rule name:	with_urls Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/