🤲🏼 NEW | abuse.ch Community Hub! Earn recognition 🏅 for the malware intelligence you share, climb the leaderboards 📈, and connect with like-minded contributors who share your hunting focus 🤝. Ready to unlock your profile? Go to the Community Hub →

MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 c56e802f6c74bb4a2bd19469e1998c088458766f38fbed4cb21a37e2df9ed5e3. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs 1 YARA 24 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c56e802f6c74bb4a2bd19469e1998c088458766f38fbed4cb21a37e2df9ed5e3
SHA3-384 hash: 788dab675dd8224e75fe6325c5848999b220dd8369cd10218ad8afef4c72d43bcc0a04e865b8de155ef8f3cd99b335cf
SHA1 hash: 59340af843a9f246b1f5293dd9d4f92eb9b0053c
MD5 hash: 344a695031c45cdd7821ff7dccfef53b
humanhash: victor-xray-oregon-artist
File name:344A695031C45CDD7821FF7DCCFEF53B.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:8'032'256 bytes
First seen:2025-10-24 23:30:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1c8a6bac1240271abb350f8d2e442b42 (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 98304:xtpnnrAnjXlLZCQg7tGb85bt4R80wsAyMjGe+LB3CB7sFnwuajGezPF4:x3cnjVlCQgpGbpNwSLBmQFnPjiK
TLSH T166860102ADA743A2DD0D71FC74AC233959E09D5F0F2442A65FE7DD29CF2E050AA62D1B
TrID 38.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
20.5% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
13.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
8.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 64ce8c8e8c84a4a4 (4 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe RAT ValleyRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
ValleyRAT C2:
206.238.221.168:7788

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
206.238.221.168:7788 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1624159/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
160
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
344A695031C45CDD7821FF7DCCFEF53B.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-24 23:32:59 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup valley winos rat silverfox backdoor blackmoon valleyrat

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

Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a process with a hidden window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-vm anti-vm crypt evasive fingerprint iceid keylogger microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-22T05:12:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-23T01:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.WOC.gen Backdoor.Win32.WOC.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Spy.Win64.AntiAV.gen HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Farfli.gen Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.sb Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.a Backdoor.Win32.Poison.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.KeyLogger.sba Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.sb
Malware family:
Microsoft Corporation
Verdict:
Unknown
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat, ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Disables UAC (registry)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1801660 Sample: 71GhwBu9Fs.exe Startdate: 25/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->46 48 Found malware configuration 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->50 52 6 other signatures 2->52 9 71GhwBu9Fs.exe 1 2->9         started        process3 signatures4 54 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 9->54 12 71GhwBu9Fs.exe 1 18 9->12         started        process5 file6 30 C:\Users\user\Desktop\setup.exe, PE32 12->30 dropped 32 C:\ProgramData\yidongwenj\movedcs.exe, PE32 12->32 dropped 34 C:\Program Files\PzEPGfV\shouhujincheng.exe, PE32 12->34 dropped 36 3 other malicious files 12->36 dropped 56 Disables UAC (registry) 12->56 16 qusdjcxzzsa.exe 12->16         started        signatures7 process8 signatures9 40 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->40 42 Allocates memory in foreign processes 16->42 44 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->44 19 cmd.exe 9 1 16->19         started        22 subst.exe 1 16->22         started        24 ghn.exe 16->24         started        26 4 other processes 16->26 process10 dnsIp11 38 206.238.221.168, 49715, 7788 COGENT-174US United States 19->38 28 conhost.exe 22->28         started        process12
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-21 18:11:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
valleyrat
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:blackmoon family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor banker defense_evasion discovery evasion trojan upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Enumerates connected drives
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Badlisted process makes network request
Blackmoon family
Blackmoon, KrBanker
Detect Blackmoon payload
Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
UAC bypass
ValleyRat
Valleyrat_s2 family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
206.238.221.168:7788
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan
YARA:
Windows_Generic_Threat_3f060b9c
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c56e802f6c74bb4a2bd19469e1998c088458766f38fbed4cb21a37e2df9ed5e3
MD5 hash:
344a695031c45cdd7821ff7dccfef53b
SHA1 hash:
59340af843a9f246b1f5293dd9d4f92eb9b0053c
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:BlackMoon
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects BlackMoon
Rule name:blackmoon_payload_v1
Author:RandomMalware
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: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:Hacktools_CN_Panda_andrew
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Disclosed hacktool set - file andrew.exe - sethc.exe Debugger backdoor
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defender features
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_BlackMoon
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using BlackMoon RunTime
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_3f060b9c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_4b0b73ce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_DustyWarehouse_a6cfc9f7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Winos_464b8a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_valley_rat_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.valley_rat.

File information


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

Comments