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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b40c805adee587f29be6f98e986b92b11a545122703ab4eaea4b0fa3c3e02483
SHA3-384 hash: c8be63c5a674986806929ead707a58092838451f11b7a2b4ab1fbfe6a7d2c4c14046d37ee9c5964cfb5549d1e8fabbe5
SHA1 hash: 5bc427ec099e18056e052e57be56627158028323
MD5 hash: b08bef15760d186eaa84d7d841498479
humanhash: connecticut-ten-cold-michigan
File name:LetsVPN.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:31'921'974 bytes
First seen:2026-07-01 14:05:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 608505ff1e7e27ff4a42ea9c4e9f4192 (5 x LummaStealer, 5 x NetSupport, 3 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 786432:Tt/o9kq4o2+gfnzPE3dLVjI/J+wjIqFOtC3/6eJD:e4o2DzPKFgOqFOAvjJD
Threatray 171 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1EB671221F24AC13BE56901B1592D9A9F5129BF7A0B7140C7B3DC3E7E2BB54C21236E1B
TrID 29.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
22.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon c0ccece874d4d4fc (7 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter Ling
Tags:exe SilverFox Trojan/SilverFox.se[sd] ValleyRAT


Avatar
CNGaoLing
Trojan/SilverFox.se[sd]
IOC (IP 103.45.64.246:443)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
148
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
LetsVPN.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2026-07-01 13:56:15 UTC
Tags:
ransomware

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
dropper shell sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a service
Loading a suspicious library
Launching a process
Modifying a system file
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Changing a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context advanced_installer anti-debug anti-vm base64 crypto downloader evasive expired-cert fingerprint fingerprint installer installer installer-heuristic lolbin microsoft_visual_cc msiexec packed reconnaissance runonce wiper
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-01T08:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-01T11:00:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.PowerShell.opi PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Xkcp.TCP.ServerRequest Backdoor.Win32.GGCode.pc Backdoor.Agent.TCP.C&C Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.a Backdoor.Win32.GGCode.sb
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Sonbokli
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-01 09:13:10 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
867
AV detection:
4 of 36 (11.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
adware defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation ransomware spyware trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Gathers network information
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Modifies system certificate store
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Enumerates connected drives
Network Service Discovery
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Drops file in Drivers directory
Modifies Windows Firewall
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:APT_Sandworm_ArguePatch_Apr_2022_1
Author:Arkbird_SOLG
Description:Detect ArguePatch loader used by Sandworm group for load CaddyWiper
Reference:https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/12/industroyer2-industroyer-reloaded/
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GenericGh0st
Author:Still
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ClearMyTracksByProcess
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables calling ClearMyTracksByProcess
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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:Windows_Generic_Threat_4b0b73ce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign

File information


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

Web download

ValleyRAT

Executable exe b40c805adee587f29be6f98e986b92b11a545122703ab4eaea4b0fa3c3e02483

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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