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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ac8c29bfb3ce7256201f44f38ec70ab25b99ad907e388cb7df82ee1962ed21dc
SHA3-384 hash: 08b908c98d3f9c60faffdb8e1eecf216b4174e5d22979b0ce606764d86000aeed4dbda90f523e8a737988d172bb79c20
SHA1 hash: ddb6328b6eb0d3d25cf5bdde016d069cc48a27b6
MD5 hash: 4e7cea3e3eaf195805374b5669a98074
humanhash: violet-lima-mango-table
File name:osamabinladenclient.exe
Download: download sample
File size:9'639'424 bytes
First seen:2026-04-01 06:53:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d42595b695fc008ef2c56aabd8efd68e (235 x Vidar, 92 x Rhadamanthys, 89 x Stealc)
ssdeep 98304:1cKT5FisDYaUAy28DkSEkPETXpBEY6zVumJ5VmCWgGdwzpwY21iV:1cKDiaYaRF/mEjogamCbGqzb4iV
Threatray 6 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T15CA69D03EC9519A9C1EAA231C9B69253BA717C495B3123C73F90F7382E77BD06AB4750
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 abuse_ch
Tags:exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
113
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
osamabinladenclient.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-26 06:05:41 UTC
Tags:
evasion auto-sch auto-startup

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
dropper ewind virus shell
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching the process to interact with network services
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a file
Searching for the window
Blocking the Windows Defender launch
Blocking the User Account Control
Changing the hosts file
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 crypto diztakun evasive expand fingerprint golang lolbin packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-03-26T03:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-03-26T05:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.adwa.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)
Disable Task Manager(disabletaskmgr)
Disable Windows Defender real time protection (registry)
Disables the Windows task manager (taskmgr)
Disables UAC (registry)
Installs new ROOT certificates
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May disable shadow drive data (uses vssadmin)
Modifies the hosts file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Mutes Antivirus updates and installments via hosts file black listing
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Shadow Copies Deletion Using Operating Systems Utilities
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data
Uses regedit.exe to modify the Windows registry
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1891871 Sample: osamabinladenclient.exe Startdate: 01/04/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 api.ipify.org 2->44 48 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper 2->52 54 3 other signatures 2->54 8 osamabinladenclient.exe 4 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 46 api.ipify.org 104.26.12.205, 443, 49687 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 8->46 38 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, ASCII 8->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.vbs, ASCII 8->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\import.reg, Windows 8->42 dropped 56 May disable shadow drive data (uses vssadmin) 8->56 58 Installs new ROOT certificates 8->58 60 Mutes Antivirus updates and installments via hosts file black listing 8->60 62 5 other signatures 8->62 13 reg.exe 1 1 8->13         started        16 powershell.exe 23 8->16         started        18 vssadmin.exe 1 8->18         started        20 12 other processes 8->20 file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 64 Disable Task Manager(disabletaskmgr) 13->64 66 Disables the Windows task manager (taskmgr) 13->66 22 conhost.exe 13->22         started        68 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 16->68 24 WmiPrvSE.exe 16->24         started        26 conhost.exe 16->26         started        70 Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware) 18->70 28 conhost.exe 18->28         started        72 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 20->72 74 Disables UAC (registry) 20->74 76 Disable Windows Defender real time protection (registry) 20->76 30 conhost.exe 20->30         started        32 conhost.exe 20->32         started        34 conhost.exe 20->34         started        36 3 other processes 20->36 process10
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery evasion execution impact persistence ransomware trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Interacts with shadow copies
Modifies registry key
Runs .reg file with regedit
Runs net.exe
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Windows directory
Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
Drops file in System32 directory
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Disables automatic submission of suspicious files to Microsoft by Windows Defender
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies file permissions
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
Drops file in Drivers directory
Deletes shadow copies
Contains code to disable Windows Defender
Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
UAC bypass
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ac8c29bfb3ce7256201f44f38ec70ab25b99ad907e388cb7df82ee1962ed21dc
MD5 hash:
4e7cea3e3eaf195805374b5669a98074
SHA1 hash:
ddb6328b6eb0d3d25cf5bdde016d069cc48a27b6
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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:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
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__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in 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:golang_duffcopy_amd64
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_DisableWinDefender
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing artifacts associated with disabling Widnows Defender
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defender features
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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/

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