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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae8868d7d2ccc713edea9da8988cb6668a2a4fb13b2942ebdf2c1bec10418fe0
SHA3-384 hash: 841b98434f38afd05f5e4661483bbffd973d7442986ed50a90128f4de92bdd4f27618d3f1794e209410919d5fd501fb3
SHA1 hash: eeedd839996e4051ed841d26e6f265f224670519
MD5 hash: 12664b948f26835464650d6ccb052537
humanhash: georgia-winner-uncle-edward
File name:file
Download: download sample
File size:107'008 bytes
First seen:2026-07-23 23:09:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 8fd6b27e4deb150227d1cf6ead9a96fb
ssdeep 1536:DD8MoMpFwJQmJ2cpzLBdOpuSsxI+MUWo45QuW:38V5lpzLbO1VUT45QuW
TLSH T115A36C2134C5C472E15621778865C7B58E2EF8700F36AACB7BC547AD8F266D2CE26387
TrID 50.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
10.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
10.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
8.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
7.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:dropped-by-phorpiex exe


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://178.16.54.109/5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
183
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug evasive explorer fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc phorpiex
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
PE
First seen:
2026-07-23T19:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-23T19:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-23 23:10:26 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
9 of 36 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae8868d7d2ccc713edea9da8988cb6668a2a4fb13b2942ebdf2c1bec10418fe0
MD5 hash:
12664b948f26835464650d6ccb052537
SHA1 hash:
eeedd839996e4051ed841d26e6f265f224670519
Detections:
win_samsam_auto
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CAS_Malware_Hunting
Author:Michael Reinprecht
Description:DEMO CAS YARA Rules for sample2.exe
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
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:win_samsam_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

File information


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

Web download

Executable exe ae8868d7d2ccc713edea9da8988cb6668a2a4fb13b2942ebdf2c1bec10418fe0

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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