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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 24 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aaaf5da70c09896a1527b7b32a2f9ec22184b8bdb2cca248accd48492e8a1cef
SHA3-384 hash: b91a4ce9a9ab6c2e0cc62273a66c37d01b40d2adba6142d3acbaff7a2ef0afb39ee460a270c6d7efcbfa49c7e38e6bf8
SHA1 hash: 5119e15cc4e00eaece12898300bfcc239d88d46c
MD5 hash: e8cbfe7bfce42787ef7810aaffd1fdd8
humanhash: bluebird-kansas-don-earth
File name:installer_r2.0.18.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:31'746'464 bytes
First seen:2026-09-06 22:26:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash c329cfdce996b315359260e710fbdc76 (6 x ValleyRAT, 3 x SliverFox)
ssdeep 98304:7ClvSImXQ9EkE6uzJdQ2Orf8wsGF4tVjibVpOMOaci583EGsGFCJNlvj:GlvSIkQu5TcT4PILhAxTCxvj
TLSH T1EE67EA46B605C98AE0265274D8878FF4A722ECB1C6B1976733A93F1D7FFA30C4E92454
TrID 33.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
25.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
10.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
10.1% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter Ling
Tags:exe SilverFox Trojan/SilverFox.bm[lddel] ValleyRAT


Avatar
CNGaoLing
Trojan/SilverFox.bm[lddel]
IOC (Domain wibxgl.net) (Domain 02bbe6.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com) (Domain mm2027.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
177
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expired-cert installer invalid-signature microsoft_visual_cc packed reconnaissance signed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-06T16:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-06T20:40:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Generic
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-06 22:27:41 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
4
AV detection:
16 of 38 (42.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution exploit persistence privilege_escalation trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Control Panel
Modifies registry class
Runs net.exe
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Event Triggered Execution: Screensaver
Executes a command shell one-liner
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Launches sc.exe
Drops file in System32 directory
Adds Run key to start application
Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
Checks computer location settings
Disables service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Modifies file permissions
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Drops file in Drivers directory
Possible privilege escalation attempt
UAC bypass
Windows security bypass
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Web download

ValleyRAT

Executable exe aaaf5da70c09896a1527b7b32a2f9ec22184b8bdb2cca248accd48492e8a1cef

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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