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Database Entry

Amadey

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 36 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	c6b5457d0ea7da4288a3d3e052465d614d8ddd732682ebed0cd7e0619d426dee
SHA3-384 hash:	567d02195f7dda27143e0f6a19b0cbefeba28b75ce5c139b0e8c57270fc7c4105c58c670d69d0b5f3e4cf6827acc9302
SHA1 hash:	557b6c4b4fb642079fd209d872471f2c92962894
MD5 hash:	8c55e7f277080e016d096def7171a7ea
humanhash:	lion-december-social-apart
File name:	PhantomStart.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	Amadey Create hunting rule
File size:	65'821'514 bytes
First seen:	2025-06-26 19:22:48 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	5305619f500f3cf9c7f5cb3df5f39327 (3 x Amadey)
ssdeep	393216:rroS4hwfm/tBHtYl5wA/VTQl7t2iODG7qoYagUx+MLOeE3hykqLmonPG/FgQaYtO:vovhZ/qBt0oapgPVlcmKGctf
TLSH	T15AE76A42A7EB0491F9F76E7154F652274537BD066F3184CBB20C2B2A1F732E08A72766
TrID	61.4% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9) 15.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	TheRadarGuy
Tags:	Amadey exe

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

482

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Verdict:

Clean

Score:

89.1%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=685d9c2432ed47a3a8d797db

Tags:

n/a

Result

Verdict:

Clean

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Searching for the window

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

amadey amadey anti-debug base64 crypto expand fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc nexe oct overlay overlay packed virtual

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/685d9e6f45e80b29f8a031d0/reports/2f8dde2f-18ec-4de2-a0b9-bc53f77224bb/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/c6b5457d0ea7da4288a3d3e052465d614d8ddd732682ebed0cd7e0619d426dee

Score:

88%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/c6b5457d0ea7da4288a3d3e052465d614d8ddd732682ebed0cd7e0619d426dee

Gathering data

Threat name:

Win32.Malware.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-06-26 16:41:00 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

9 of 24 (37.50%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=y22uk7iou7nefcfd2pqfers5mfgy3xlte2box3im27qgdhkcnxxa._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

3/10

Tags:

discovery

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250626-x4nfbsxwg1/

Behaviour

Program crash

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Verdict:

Suspicious

Tags:

n/a

YARA:

n/a

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/443a4b5e-a457-4583-bc12-ac46091895ff

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

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms

Rule name:	Agent_BTZ Create hunting rule

Rule name:	APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:	Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:	https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh

Rule name:	attack_India Create hunting rule

Rule name:	BLOWFISH_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

Rule name:	botnet_plaintext_c2 Create hunting rule
Author:	cip
Description:	Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.

Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ComRAT Create hunting rule

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

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__MemoryWorkingSet Create hunting rule
Author:	Fernando Mercês
Description:	Anti-debug process memory working set size check
Reference:	http://www.gironsec.com/blog/2015/06/anti-debugger-trick-quicky/

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

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl 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:	Glasses Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Glasses family

Rule name:	GlassesCode Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Glasses code features

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	HUN_APT29_EnvyScout_Jul_2023_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Arkbird_SOLG
Description:	Hunting rule for detect possible Envyscout malware used by the APT29 group by patterns already used in the past

Rule name:	Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references

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

Rule name:	ldpreload Create hunting rule
Author:	xorseed
Reference:	https://stuff.rop.io/

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Nexe Create hunting rule
Author:	nwunderly

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	reverse_http Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

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

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

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:	Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

Rule name:	test_Malaysia Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing malaysia string

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	win_amadey_bytecodes_oct_2023 Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research

Rule name:	without_attachments Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

Rule name:	with_urls Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information

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

Web download

Amadey

exe c6b5457d0ea7da4288a3d3e052465d614d8ddd732682ebed0cd7e0619d426dee

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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