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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 28 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8f4cda11f6719a29959b4ec63a398becbe69d0de9694c1dbb19e8dc56a3d0f2
SHA3-384 hash: f170c9522208d0fbc26cee77f9905b9fbe83ae0e923d363897ffb7b10c896cbdba1e9926ef29d560f2e49aebe5b85589
SHA1 hash: a9968f66a5bb1a2e3ed4a2feeb582d328e36e043
MD5 hash: c7da43ec6ba49f9af21ea4da6bbfac03
humanhash: whiskey-low-juliet-failed
File name:GG.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:1'040'755 bytes
First seen:2026-10-08 18:53:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:IMBkAwkqPeTXUCDk07fVUu9HukjH7FfmY8Nx:pDgpCDiulb9Pq
TLSH T19325233C455F65DF4E02B3F9B7567984F2E857C348820282A79DC3E03AD15B69A8EC1B
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla ps1


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abuse_ch
AgentTesla FTP exfil server:
ftp.hhautoinvestment.co.tz:21

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
148
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
virus shell lien hype
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
aes aspnet_compiler base64 base64 crypto encrypted evasive lolbin obfuscated reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
PowerShell/TrojanDropper.Agent
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
First seen:
2026-10-08T07:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-10T07:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1984446 Sample: GG.ps1 Startdate: 08/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 20 pki-goog.l.google.com 2->20 22 ip-api.com 2->22 24 c.pki.goog 2->24 28 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->28 30 Found malware configuration 2->30 32 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->32 34 8 other signatures 2->34 7 powershell.exe 20 2->7         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 36 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->36 38 Writes to foreign memory regions 7->38 40 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->40 10 aspnet_compiler.exe 15 2 7->10         started        14 aspnet_compiler.exe 7->14         started        16 conhost.exe 7->16         started        18 4 other processes 7->18 process6 dnsIp7 26 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49725, 80 TUT-AS-TotalUptimeTechnologiesLLCUS United States 10->26 42 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 10->42 44 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->44 46 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 10->46 48 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->48 50 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->50 52 Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent) 14->52 signatures8
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-PowerShell.Trojan.MassLogger
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-08 10:46:15 UTC
File Type:
Text (PowerShell)
AV detection:
10 of 38 (26.32%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla collection discovery execution keylogger spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Family: AgentTesla
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:AgentTesla_Loader_PowerShell_AES
Author:Aldair Maihuiri
Description:PowerShell AES-256-CBC loader that decrypts an embedded payload and executes it in memory via Invoke-Expression
Rule name:AgentTesla_PowerShell_AESManaged_InMemory_Loader
Author:Aldair Maihuiri
Description:Detects a PowerShell AES-CBC in-memory loader through its managed cryptography and execution chain
Rule name:AgentTesla_PowerShell_Base64_AES_Wrapper
Author:Aldair Maihuiri
Description:Detects the observed PowerShell Base64 normalization and AES wrapper used before in-memory execution
Rule name:Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
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__RemoteAPI
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:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect packed .NET executables. Mostly AgentTeslaV4.
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_References_Messaging_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing Windows vault credential objects. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:malware_Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV2
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgenetTesla Type 2 Keylogger payload
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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:Windows_Generic_Threat_779cf969
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_AgentTesla_ebf431a8
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/attack-chain-leads-to-xworm-and-agenttesla
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Sample_Unique_69354b41
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Specimen unique (soumission Bazaar) - strings distinctifs propres au sample
Reference:69354b41e10daf03d3f3af881b32d5c0fec56b1cfe96629fd4c5263413a42854.exe

File information


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Web download

AgentTesla

PowerShell (PS) ps1 a8f4cda11f6719a29959b4ec63a398becbe69d0de9694c1dbb19e8dc56a3d0f2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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