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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c8ba065f978992b8bb6b29cacb171ff3bca2d28b6e3d0177d5e74c8cb7ebe3e3
SHA3-384 hash: 696da03b1f7a509a6cbb8a1848682144dd4961ad45f5f0ab128cf4833086b009cce03b91ce4aedebcdb3806a8cab8275
SHA1 hash: f69ced04484fa69e290058086a650708ec9e68e5
MD5 hash: cbfec12fd817aa30d7d34c787e4635fc
humanhash: carbon-alaska-illinois-pennsylvania
File name:c8ba065f978992b8.bin
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:3'592'900 bytes
First seen:2026-10-27 03:25:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (1'291 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 67 x Vidar)
ssdeep 98304:niJ2oaNEfaVbzxGvBkBWZGVLTfh7wpEES4Of:iJiafuIO7rhWEES4k
TLSH T180F5335BF1AF47B3F7D9A931560FC66458B09FE40A20D38AD4DBAA9F0886BD0C241375
TrID 52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter Tuxxin
Tags:exe SalatStealer UPX
File size (compressed) :3'592'900 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :12'570'820 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Unpacked file: c888b8997df67714ef24a824d03f07e42596d1a4db1c85f625944429493f45a5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
159
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-27 03:28:58 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer upx susp-powershell golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
injection obfusc crypt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Sending a custom TCP request
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-10-26T09:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-26T09:59:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Salat Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1992399 Sample: c8ba065f978992b8.bin.exe Startdate: 27/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 33 tonapi.io 2->33 35 sa1atik.cn 2->35 37 2 other IPs or domains 2->37 45 Found malware configuration 2->45 47 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->47 49 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->49 51 6 other signatures 2->51 8 c8ba065f978992b8.bin.exe 2 4 2->8         started        13 s4hII6QiLwip.exe 30 1 2->13         started        15 IKbpGrjg.exe 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 39 196.196.208.18, 443, 49747, 49756 PACKETEXCHANGEGB United States 8->39 41 dns.google 8.8.8.8, 443, 49744, 49753 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 8->41 43 2 other IPs or domains 8->43 29 C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\IKbpGrjg.exe, PE32 8->29 dropped 31 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\s4hII6QiLwip.exe, PE32 8->31 dropped 53 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->53 55 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 8->55 57 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 8->57 19 IKbpGrjg.exe 8->19         started        59 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 13->59 61 Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets 13->61 63 Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking 13->63 21 powershell.exe 26 13->21         started        file6 signatures7 process8 process9 23 WmiPrvSE.exe 2 21->23         started        25 conhost.exe 21->25         started        27 ReAgentc.exe 2 21->27         started       
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-26 08:13:54 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer credential_access defense_evasion discovery spyware stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
UPX packed file
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Detect SalatStealer payload
Family: salatstealer
UAC bypass
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c8ba065f978992b8bb6b29cacb171ff3bca2d28b6e3d0177d5e74c8cb7ebe3e3
MD5 hash:
cbfec12fd817aa30d7d34c787e4635fc
SHA1 hash:
f69ced04484fa69e290058086a650708ec9e68e5
Detections:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
SH256 hash:
f37c68a697c0a4156e615abd396c28f68cc85e604e081d2bad3214917dc23f58
MD5 hash:
1d41ad752f7910163930efe5bca05e69
SHA1 hash:
8290d936040c0cf992d0621649d1ef259556aeac
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Malware family:
SalatStealer
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:suspicious_PEs
Author:txc
Description:This rule detected suspicious PE files, based on high entropy and low amount of imported DLLs. This behaviour indicates packed files or files, that hide their true intention.
Rule name:UPX
Author:kevoreilly
Description:UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9

File information


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

Web download

SalatStealer

Executable exe c8ba065f978992b8bb6b29cacb171ff3bca2d28b6e3d0177d5e74c8cb7ebe3e3

(this sample)

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