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Database Entry



SnakeKeylogger


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af5e834d991974e9fefb6fd302023242b289f01fb82f8961182540d4c6b9786d
SHA3-384 hash: c3a58170635901e59a31912ddcba6b9a53079d5597eb7b45206b6bf11ab22836e1bb17db0abea4d8e9ec4d8817411561
SHA1 hash: 282a0f5b317dd0b69ada0724fd2a62966dc6cfc0
MD5 hash: 8aed9b5244d017df5e006b51f1be3a62
humanhash: carpet-sixteen-papa-seventeen
File name:PI-52-2025.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SnakeKeylogger
File size:1'081'856 bytes
First seen:2025-03-24 02:56:44 UTC
Last seen:2025-04-08 07:22:51 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'204 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:2m7baljV3sk5X5sZLlF9wT2y1A5vy+hsPB4Uq:PwV3s4JsZLlSJe5rhwfq
Threatray 2'923 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T139353376DEEDBFFAC81D353E545E0077768D00F20D796FB61A4A025A24A025EBB010AF
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe SnakeKeylogger

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
444
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
PI-52-2025.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-03-24 02:59:34 UTC
Tags:
evasion snake keylogger purecrypter telegram stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
autorun snake
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed packed packer_detected
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Snake Keylogger, VIP Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
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 dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Yara detected VIP Keylogger
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1646485 Sample: PI-52-2025.exe Startdate: 24/03/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 29 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->29 31 api.telegram.org 2->31 33 3 other IPs or domains 2->33 41 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->41 43 Found malware configuration 2->43 45 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->45 51 12 other signatures 2->51 8 PI-52-2025.exe 5 2->8         started        12 wscript.exe 1 2->12         started        signatures3 47 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 29->47 49 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 31->49 process4 file5 23 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\SyncRoot.exe, PE32 8->23 dropped 25 C:\Users\...\SyncRoot.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->25 dropped 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\SyncRoot.vbs, ASCII 8->27 dropped 57 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 8->57 59 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 8->59 61 Writes to foreign memory regions 8->61 63 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 8->63 14 InstallUtil.exe 15 2 8->14         started        65 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 12->65 18 SyncRoot.exe 2 12->18         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 35 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49739, 49759 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 14->35 37 checkip.dyndns.com 193.122.6.168, 49717, 49720, 49724 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 14->37 39 2 other IPs or domains 14->39 67 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 14->67 69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 18->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 18->71 73 Writes to foreign memory regions 18->73 75 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 18->75 20 InstallUtil.exe 2 18->20         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 53 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 20->53 55 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 20->55
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Androm
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-23 20:11:44 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
vipkeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vipkeylogger collection discovery keylogger stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Drops startup file
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
VIPKeylogger
Vipkeylogger family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
af5e834d991974e9fefb6fd302023242b289f01fb82f8961182540d4c6b9786d
MD5 hash:
8aed9b5244d017df5e006b51f1be3a62
SHA1 hash:
282a0f5b317dd0b69ada0724fd2a62966dc6cfc0
SH256 hash:
8be77dfa55d5d4c79b0d3fbc188b71cf531c4d520cf669b43941081a07896e47
MD5 hash:
819aac6c209bc388a0ba66618d9b3c3d
SHA1 hash:
a709512f3a41b4aeec9fd4fdb06aae5c79237d99
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
SH256 hash:
78f73e1734daa918b253517c75971fbb8df773a3d77d02a752e9a0ad1711a677
MD5 hash:
f9d2985aa1c41cca281321fffb5ed424
SHA1 hash:
3a7a58d2dcae2762882357ae34d372744b1dbb9d
SH256 hash:
19efdf03cb94895935225795f68bb9abfded1869687367013b8b4eee3cc99372
MD5 hash:
4e29f75c0c51b9dec76955f0382d9541
SHA1 hash:
4899aa8e3f57339cbaec8faab777897a76fe1c3a
SH256 hash:
ec966f592a87627a7e66d20b9eb93fb5c0a1658e6d6075e8fcff5e798d4589fa
MD5 hash:
ded1b8a8799c9c73428073bb36a3193a
SHA1 hash:
6659c47641edf41fa9db69ff7a8708f41fb54783
Detections:
win_404keylogger_g1 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_DotNetProcHook INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
SH256 hash:
9d4ef40517801759f8b5cd9651f79f9c41d6cb2aadd6edf0331c9804c1c7cb00
MD5 hash:
59992d7d52c1b3a586245cae747b1bfa
SHA1 hash:
cf7546920efffc50a64d27bad858e68e2f1b4d6d
Malware family:
VIPKeylogger
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:crime_snake_keylogger
Author:Rony (r0ny_123)
Description:Detects Snake keylogger payload
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_DotNetProcHook
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables with potential process hoocking
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:telegram_bot_api
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing Telegram Bot API
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_SnakeKeylogger_af3faa65
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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Malspam

SnakeKeylogger

Executable exe af5e834d991974e9fefb6fd302023242b289f01fb82f8961182540d4c6b9786d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high

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