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SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6
SHA3-384 hash: 80697a491bd4859fcbaa2db916e96fa23af6bbc03213e3f5102486a4134e8575b0f6f80d79ee76fb62376b8834b046d7
SHA1 hash: 14c5acec96bbb9aceb59387db288237081b2c6f6
MD5 hash: ed77b1947e093b4d0147c067c5810770
humanhash: uncle-paris-cola-violet
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
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File size:6'957'568 bytes
First seen:2026-01-18 11:44:55 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-18 13:24:25 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 09bf3c2c0d1e1c721043f5ca267758f5 (18 x SantaStealer, 3 x BRAT)
ssdeep 24576:vo4JXzfQgfmvkToy2Z8QS0MGesSA58YMDq4gdtptXuk7NexJrvmGs4iR/vR+yGnC:WA90qTNDjLd6+WCg1EUqo8xw
TLSH T11766D0CAD16B40D6CC067FF598142BC39B3056324A34042836ABBE595F779FAC11EEB6
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:dropped-by-amadey exe fbf543 SantaStealer


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://130.12.180.43/files/6817977673/FSqGXMX.exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
14
# of downloads :
128
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-18 11:45:53 UTC
Tags:
telegram stealer
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/ad01aea6-86d2-4ab5-9c2c-b15f923fd352

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/49210/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.W64.Kryptik.GBU.tr.20999.24291.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=696cc7e8ef906a21abce3eea
Tags:
vmdetect
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/696cc7e22ea17ed899527097/reports/48c16f0d-6e4e-49d5-91b7-ab3c11333269/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_70%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-01-18T08:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-18T23:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
VHO:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.gen Trojan-PSW.Win64.Stealer.aqla Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Santastealer
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/84c1610c-be01-44c3-a145-d7fa10b4c090
Score:
97%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.BRAT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Generic
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Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 11:45:51 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=u4pn4b5rmiuh5kmuknepm4hb5xt2s4ufr3tgxesdfbeuyqxz7tda._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
execution
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260118-nw2tbaf14b/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/a7b6a676-b504-4fd0-9df3-11bac864650e
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6
MD5 hash:
ed77b1947e093b4d0147c067c5810770
SHA1 hash:
14c5acec96bbb9aceb59387db288237081b2c6f6
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/22481b21-c06b-4b5e-855b-fad4276b2d70/
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/a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaagas
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Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
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Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:sus_pe_free_without_allocation
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Author:Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut)
Description:Detects an executable importing functions to free memory without importing allocation functions, often indicative of dynamic import resolution
Rule name:vmdetect
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Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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SantaStealer

Executable exe a71ede07b162287ea9945348f670e1ede7a972858ee66b924328494c42f9fcc6

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/49210/
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3759734/

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