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Database Entry



SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af7036c4895cfdad8647f27d618a468e157b4db33243ca220fa7f68979ed615a
SHA3-384 hash: c9e95629f5d35dda6d4ed0749b180acc70f7462e96e993c8c18b6725ef511bca71d8f51396449950d4e526a61fce03e8
SHA1 hash: af2b416e082e7c3a3945a4f6c7d80b8cfbd52139
MD5 hash: 0cafe08cfc60ef2ddcbd3c9802363fe7
humanhash: oscar-july-arkansas-leopard
File name:aurora_keygen.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
File size:7'254'016 bytes
First seen:2026-01-19 16:24:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 09bf3c2c0d1e1c721043f5ca267758f5 (31 x SantaStealer, 3 x BRAT)
ssdeep 24576:pmsNgEadIHFSTeRz4BtaO5HgKBHWXKNCnjk0elfLd2osHbH4ShhEVRjO+VqwVF8m:p9PcaFNTlZxgJyqFK2XKyGo8xw
TLSH T1CA76C0CAD16B40D6CC067FF598142BC39B3096324A34042836ABBE595F779FAC11EEB5
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
dhash icon f0d2d8c488acb4ec (63 x SantaStealer, 36 x Stealc, 3 x DonutLoader)
Reporter burger
Tags:exe SantaStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
130
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
aurora_keygen.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-19 16:23:15 UTC
Tags:
telegram stealer santastealer susp-powershell

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
vmdetect virus
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-01-19T13:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-19T18:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan-PSW.Win64.Stealer.aqlw PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malware family:
Santastealer
Verdict:
Malicious
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.MetaStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-19 16:24:11 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
af7036c4895cfdad8647f27d618a468e157b4db33243ca220fa7f68979ed615a
MD5 hash:
0cafe08cfc60ef2ddcbd3c9802363fe7
SHA1 hash:
af2b416e082e7c3a3945a4f6c7d80b8cfbd52139
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:sus_pe_free_without_allocation
Author:Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut)
Description:Detects an executable importing functions to free memory without importing allocation functions, often indicative of dynamic import resolution
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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