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Database Entry
SantaStealer
Vendor detections: 9
| SHA256 hash: | ad7b8182e54718f79dbcebcdb33ce56af0320008d0f2755df213b32047907f37 |
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| SHA3-384 hash: | f5468a4d006f953a6e400bb5ac009237cef00330dfeb5ad3711b430ab8c11941f3cf3668b02ea48a1da56a332aaedb22 |
| SHA1 hash: | a328c2bbb694573da43c8bfee505a0aee8bca437 |
| MD5 hash: | 9122a08a2362074924e1b46ad31593e5 |
| humanhash: | neptune-april-saturn-victor |
| File name: | file |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | SantaStealer |
| File size: | 3'204'028 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-02-02 19:16:18 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-02-02 20:23:10 UTC |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | b29f7bc6c3cf27ba78272829148a5262 (9 x SantaStealer) |
| ssdeep | 98304:Q8xwEuR8bq788JMAkvNgkr2U3leK7jGFCGbaJ:Q5EA824rA21h7j3b |
| TLSH | T1C8E52363FB8772E0D5E445F1887851F26911AC5317402F3BF07CBA292EE952B7A32972 |
| TrID | 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9) 5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) |
| Magika | pebin |
| Reporter |  Bitsight |
| Tags: | b dropped-by-gcleaner exe MIX5.file SantaStealer |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
144
Origin country :
USVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
file.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-02 19:19:17 UTC
Tags:
telegram stealer auto-sch santastealer susp-powershell
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
injection obfusc virus
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug explorer installer-heuristic lolbin overlay packed
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Tedy.Generic
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-02-02T16:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-03T12:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Xploder.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.PowerShell.d Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PsDownload.sb Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.lzy Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Verdict:
Suspicious
Score:
74%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.SANTASTEALER
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.SantaStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-02 19:17:41 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
8/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Browser Information Discovery
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ad7b8182e54718f79dbcebcdb33ce56af0320008d0f2755df213b32047907f37
MD5 hash:
9122a08a2362074924e1b46ad31593e5
SHA1 hash:
a328c2bbb694573da43c8bfee505a0aee8bca437
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.30
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat |
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| Rule name: | CP_Script_Inject_Detector |
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| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__API |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DetectEncryptedVariants |
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| Author: | Zinyth |
| Description: | Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded |
| Rule name: | detect_powershell |
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| Author: | daniyyell |
| Description: | Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution |
| Rule name: | Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation |
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| Author: | daniyyell |
| Description: | Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts. |
| Rule name: | dgaagas |
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| Author: | Harshit |
| Description: | Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
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| Author: | Justin Cornwell |
| Description: | CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset |
| Rule name: | has_telegram_urls |
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| Author: | Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re> |
| Description: | Detects Telegram URLs |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore |
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| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers |
| Rule name: | pe_detect_tls_callbacks |
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| Rule name: | RANSOMWARE |
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| Author: | ToroGuitar |
| Rule name: | Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage |
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| Author: | XiAnzheng |
| Description: | May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP) |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Dropped by
Gcleaner
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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