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Database Entry



HijackLoader


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8a4d5359e832c8d0c8068f84e94d373ada45e8f3590ba02931000bcf37d3b11
SHA3-384 hash: 5678c11e4bb71a64a4e8b26d2fb0bbfb674276369f68b631a23e533711bfb3436058b6472a863479ea10f74383c64d81
SHA1 hash: 3eb9e6cbc4d496696feda61e8998b895c0bed90f
MD5 hash: a6eb4cb025391918f5ace6a886b783da
humanhash: friend-iowa-sierra-nine
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.Siggen32.1057.23380.7751
Download: download sample
Signature HijackLoader
File size:2'777'088 bytes
First seen:2025-10-26 16:37:48 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 49152:aXPbIlnmSjkjIEFL+6hdX8XMZl5r6goM2ngm0e:aDI1PeIq+UdXn8gpMgte
TLSH T11CD533A33A85EBA7C113B5740094D0C41D5BFE7943A195A8F796B15DAA3EFA0E200DCF
TrID 88.4% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
11.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:HIjackLoader msi

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
virus
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug expired-cert fingerprint installer wix
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2025-10-26T09:51:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-27T16:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Penguish.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.OLE2.Alien.gen
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX Executable Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout PE Memory-Mapped (Dump)
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Hijackloader
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-10-25 11:40:24 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
39
AV detection:
13 of 38 (34.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hijackloader credential_access discovery loader persistence privilege_escalation ransomware spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Drops desktop.ini file(s)
Enumerates connected drives
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
HijackLoader
Hijackloader family
Malware family:
IDATLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:HeavensGate
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Heaven's Gate: Switch from 32-bit to 64-mode
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table

File information


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