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Database Entry



Neshta


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c430eda3d7263ffd0e07235b29cd7f54961c51091e4ab3bc38d72891c6233e61
SHA3-384 hash: 8b5e27b45a767fe24465cb80179ffbfd0231c337fcc69f56284d2c17aecd169f41d08419aa4200bccfae4e36af8b2d2a
SHA1 hash: 858c642bbd6eeee3cd8cef3d20ab3453561ba06f
MD5 hash: 2f88e06d6e5adf6721527bf8d6553fbf
humanhash: michigan-sad-michigan-vermont
File name:FresheR.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Neshta
File size:319'488 bytes
First seen:2025-04-17 09:30:19 UTC
Last seen:2025-04-17 13:14:21 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 9f4693fc0c511135129493f2161d1e86 (253 x Neshta, 15 x Formbook, 14 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep 3072:sr85CuQXuBAYM9Ws4BtGKq7b7LkqYmiL1YTKBgfisbbYNbbOAI6D2D/F/+h6f1+S:k9fb7b3u6bXdr
TLSH T1BA64D78AAFE85821E6FF8437D2B1C014C6FE7463492D8E2D16D1E8193A39954DF0AF53
TrID 82.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 6 (262638/61)
4.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
3.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
3.1% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
2.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika pebin
Reporter cocaman
Tags:exe Neshta

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
5
# of downloads :
441
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
FresheR.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-04-17 06:02:15 UTC
Tags:
snake keylogger telegram evasion stealer ims-api generic

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

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the Windows directory
Modifying an executable file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a window
Creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches
Stealing user critical data
Infecting executable files
Forced shutdown of a browser
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
borland_delphi cmd evasive fingerprint hacktool lolbin neshta netsh overlay packed packer_detected stealer stealer
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.
Malware family:
Snake Keylogger
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
Neshta, Snake Keylogger, VIP Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Drops executable to a common third party application directory
Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS)
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Found malware configuration
Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)
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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
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)
Yara detected Neshta
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Yara detected VIP Keylogger
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1667324 Sample: FresheR.exe Startdate: 17/04/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 23 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->23 25 api.telegram.org 2->25 27 2 other IPs or domains 2->27 35 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->35 37 Found malware configuration 2->37 39 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->39 45 10 other signatures 2->45 7 FresheR.exe 5 2->7         started        signatures3 41 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 23->41 43 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 25->43 process4 file5 15 C:\Windows\svchost.com, PE32 7->15 dropped 17 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\chrome.exe, PE32 7->17 dropped 19 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\FresheR.exe, PE32 7->19 dropped 21 137 other malicious files 7->21 dropped 47 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 7->47 49 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 7->49 51 Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS) 7->51 53 2 other signatures 7->53 11 FresheR.exe 15 2 7->11         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 29 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49731 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 11->29 31 checkip.dyndns.com 158.101.44.242, 49711, 49714, 49716 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 11->31 33 reallyfreegeoip.org 104.21.80.1, 443, 49712, 49713 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 11->33 55 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 11->55 57 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 11->57 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Virus.Neshta
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-04-17 01:21:29 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
24 of 24 (100.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
neshta netsha vipkeylogger
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
vipkeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:neshta family:vipkeylogger collection discovery keylogger persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies system executable filetype association
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Detect Neshta payload
Neshta
Neshta family
VIPKeylogger
Vipkeylogger family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot8016404655:AAEsTfOcR-DjhV53FmbGXK9eLPYnncPBO-w/sendMessage?chat_id=7551782158
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
keylogger snake_keylogger trojan neshta Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1 404keylogger
YARA:
Windows_Trojan_SnakeKeylogger_af3faa65 EXE_Virus_Neshta_March2024 Windows_Virus_Neshta_2a5a14c8 MAL_Neshta_Generic MALWARE_Win_Neshta MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c430eda3d7263ffd0e07235b29cd7f54961c51091e4ab3bc38d72891c6233e61
MD5 hash:
2f88e06d6e5adf6721527bf8d6553fbf
SHA1 hash:
858c642bbd6eeee3cd8cef3d20ab3453561ba06f
Detections:
win_404keylogger_g1 win_neshta_g0 Neshta
Malware family:
VIPKeylogger
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:crime_snake_keylogger
Author:Rony (r0ny_123)
Description:Detects Snake keylogger payload
Rule name:EXE_Virus_Neshta_March2024
Author:Yashraj Solanki - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Bridewell
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_References_Messaging_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_TelegramChatBot
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Neshta
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Neshta
Rule name:MAL_Envrial_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Encrial credential stealer malware
Reference:https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/953313514629853184
Rule name:MAL_Envrial_Jan18_1_RID2D8C
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Encrial credential stealer malware
Reference:https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/953313514629853184
Rule name:MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1
Author:Arnim Rupp
Description:Detects malware by known bad imphash or rich_pe_header_hash
Reference:https://yaraify.abuse.ch/statistics/
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:neshta_v1
Author:RandomMalware
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
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
Rule name:Windows_Virus_Neshta_2a5a14c8
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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Malspam

Neshta

Executable exe c430eda3d7263ffd0e07235b29cd7f54961c51091e4ab3bc38d72891c6233e61

(this sample)

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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play Multimediagdi32.dll::StretchDIBits
SHELL_APIManipulates System Shellshell32.dll::ShellExecuteA
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeA
kernel32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
kernel32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programskernel32.dll::WinExec
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA
kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
kernel32.dll::FindFirstFileA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA

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