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Database Entry

PhantomStealer

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a
SHA3-384 hash:	0bbd96332effb5a32c215a59bb2b5c5421f5cfe86ccad38398d8464b24fc72fcfcb123d53f7b1d2e7fe44981fde6a9ee
SHA1 hash:	8aab7cf8930de6e7796cab2447bcd0211e9f9ef5
MD5 hash:	2519e7b005a0bd8e444eafa32d41141c
humanhash:	single-chicken-east-speaker
File name:	Purchase order.pdf.com
Download:	download sample
Signature	PhantomStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	1'232'896 bytes
First seen:	2026-07-27 06:52:10 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'125 x AgentTesla, 20'148 x Formbook, 12'362 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	24576:GvSRp50166sYqKksJhmUMkj3RAKqK38GpkIdwFYZkpx93LyR:GUpe66X9ksvnMkOhKMMkIdwr9uR
TLSH	T16D45011523069E41E0E687F6B870D37472680DDF79E2C3D69FEAAFF738293805854692
TrID	73.9% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13) 6.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 4.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	adrian__luca
Tags:	exe PhantomStealer

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

188

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

RoboSki

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/3d5a11ee-6479-4fc5-a6fd-262429d3e617/

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-07-27 07:24:47 UTC

Tags:

netreactor auto-reg stealer telegram exfiltration ip-check evasion

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/14ca1db8-c635-4e0b-abb1-d77762bd0ba4

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/76385/

Detection(s):

Win.Packed.Malwarex-10060428-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a file in the %AppData% directory

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Adding an access-denied ACE

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Unauthorized injection to a recently created process

Restart of the analyzed sample

Creating a file

Сreating synchronization primitives

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Setting a keyboard event handler

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Blocking the Windows Defender launch

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

masquerade packed

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a67004c047e8b044050f4b5/reports/23f7750d-b19e-4ee6-a18a-8eb9784ddf72/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Trojan.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-07-24T06:25:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-07-29T04:47:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/60952372-e4ec-4193-9a1e-95ee4ec6eb2a

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

5 match(es)

Tags:

.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.48 Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/2519e7b005a0bd8e444eafa32d41141c

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a/

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.PureLogStealer

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-07-24 08:38:46 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

22 of 36 (61.11%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=v6hdsgceat4h5jj7ffcuzibbdvizsejjzwqshb7oltfruloyhv5a._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

PhantomStealer

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/4f0bece0-6932-440e-9412-316362382160

Result

Malware family:

phantom_stealer

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:phantom_stealer collection discovery evasion execution persistence spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260727-hnkbeaxwct/

Behaviour

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

outlook_office_path

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

Adds Run key to start application

Looks up external IP address via web service

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Family: PhantomStealer

Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

https://api.telegram.org/bot8844032205:AAGNsRV0rtVoFDCzw65Mz8wXSzBFxZUXQk8/sendMessage?chat_id=8387621100

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a

MD5 hash:

2519e7b005a0bd8e444eafa32d41141c

SHA1 hash:

8aab7cf8930de6e7796cab2447bcd0211e9f9ef5

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/78a77f5e-9b31-4a4a-9c91-89fca553ef06/

SH256 hash:

63c70c8a37f2f6b66402f3b1516121c3102057f260fbd9bdd38fc469f7b5308e

MD5 hash:

0c4e52fb9c494b96519dce693d762d44

SHA1 hash:

54bc4e3e032508507d409d69ed30393a92dba229

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/78a77f5e-9b31-4a4a-9c91-89fca553ef06/

SH256 hash:

8a48851d7433324b549be64c2ee23af8b50851f8c03abc87d2e4f67aaa5df07a

MD5 hash:

773156128b90510bd3b6f7b12e53beb0

SHA1 hash:

a239c798d27c9342746738a0a685552146cf5233

Detections:

triage_net_infostealer_wsh

triage_vidar_infostealer

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/78a77f5e-9b31-4a4a-9c91-89fca553ef06/

SH256 hash:

e4e98c56847f65b0ec79dd0fcd73f780be8e5b64a78def50b3d447c6a22aab6d

MD5 hash:

3e279146474e41a20e10d71196dea18c

SHA1 hash:

c3abd761f47fc10a6e546d214517de85e1cb64a0

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/78a77f5e-9b31-4a4a-9c91-89fca553ef06/

Malware family:

PhantomStealer

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/af8e39184404/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerHiding__Active Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defender features

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxComputerNames Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing possible sandbox analysis VM names

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxUserNames Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing possible sandbox analysis VM usernames

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	malware_PhantomStealer Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	phantom stealer

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	Skystars_Malware_Imphash Create hunting rule
Author:	Skystars LightDefender
Description:	imphash

Rule name:	SUSP_NET_Shellcode_Loader_Indicators_Jan24 Create hunting rule
Author:	Jonathan Peters
Description:	Detects indicators of shellcode loaders in .NET binaries
Reference:	https://github.com/Workingdaturah/Payload-Generator/tree/main

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	TelegramAPIMalware_PowerShell_EXE Create hunting rule
Author:	@polygonben
Description:	Hunting for pwsh malware using Telegram for C2

Rule name:	telegram_bot_api Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing Telegram Bot API

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
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.

File information

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

Malspam

PhantomStealer

exe af8e39184404f87ea53f29454ca0211d51991129cda12387ee5ccb1a2dd83d7a

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via e-mail attachment

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/76385/

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