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Database Entry



HypeAgent


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8aa8fb051d230fd97bf9f440558d708fe11638f27f90e32fc7ca9f16109249c
SHA3-384 hash: 45b3d96fdac8fe26325b455fbfec28afe10804241f055ecd9c0b6a859d2d7b20814798e5bb9dbb30bfca3e2ef299f1aa
SHA1 hash: 7ba7e7e367455b4c377389b904b05db268cb0399
MD5 hash: 7814fa4208c42b37135d56db64a6eed6
humanhash: kitten-kilo-triple-arizona
File name:a8aa8fb051d230fd97bf9f440558d708fe11638f27f90e32fc7ca9f16109249c.exe
Download: download sample
Signature HypeAgent
File size:5'360'128 bytes
First seen:2026-08-14 02:49:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 62a04abc11c4f31d37e5631ecf213d3c (1 x HypeAgent)
ssdeep 98304:+BZmVvt0vJEEk1OgtksgohT3higkVgohT3higk:mZm/nJq
TLSH T168465A22558017E8E17FC179898A5E12FB31700913656BEF49D045A3EEA7AF0BE7F312
TrID 48.4% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
19.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
14.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
5.8% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:exe HypeAgent whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
146
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-14 02:58:47 UTC
Tags:
stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
infosteal emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Changing a file
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
Moving a recently created file
Deleting a recently created file
Replacing files
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Setting a global event handler for the keyboard
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Stealing user critical data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 crypto csc dllhost evasive expand explorer fingerprint hacktool ilasm installutil keylogger lolbin meterpreter microsoft_visual_cc msbuild reconnaissance regasm regedit regsvcs runonce schtasks vbc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-08-13T23:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-15T09:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Verdict:
Vidar Stealer
YARA:
7 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Stealer Vidar Stealer Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.LummaStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-14 02:51:04 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery spyware stealer
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
System Time Discovery
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a8aa8fb051d230fd97bf9f440558d708fe11638f27f90e32fc7ca9f16109249c
MD5 hash:
7814fa4208c42b37135d56db64a6eed6
SHA1 hash:
7ba7e7e367455b4c377389b904b05db268cb0399
SH256 hash:
8f652bc121d1abc869b47f62ca35a66480e1a3162eaa92711b8e13cfd86158a1
MD5 hash:
efb9559af2bdba23245b1b51cf2ef4df
SHA1 hash:
52db9be416c5b62e51e150f8efe9373f21560a58
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:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:dsc
Author:Aaron DeVera
Description:Discord domains
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HKTL_Meterpreter_inMemory
Author:netbiosX, Florian Roth
Description:Detects Meterpreter in-memory
Reference:https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleteamsec/comments/hjux11/meterpreter_memory_indicators_detection_tooling/
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_MFA_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of MFA browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:ReflectiveLoader
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a unspecified hack tool, crack or malware using a reflective loader - no hard match - further investigation recommended
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:skip20_sqllang_hook
Author:Mathieu Tartare <mathieu.tartare@eset.com>
Description:YARA rule to detect if a sqllang.dll version is targeted by skip-2.0. Each byte pattern corresponds to a function hooked by skip-2.0. If $1_0 or $1_1 match, it is probably targeted as it corresponds to the hook responsible for bypassing the authentication.
Reference:https://www.welivesecurity.com/
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


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

Web download

HypeAgent

Executable exe a8aa8fb051d230fd97bf9f440558d708fe11638f27f90e32fc7ca9f16109249c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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