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Database Entry



PaloRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c997b7cfddbdff7214ce5eeb1c7e65f627d12c4464e9f10364374b0121ece68b
SHA3-384 hash: b36d16835b5bfb8ff67877192981c70da8fc09e681bd04cd07244e437ebdb5816b7e244c4543baef2597c329397b310d
SHA1 hash: a9c1b1d7bb7e3b6cb54a8de0918adf6375577451
MD5 hash: a1e482fd0ad35a730d7dbebe97860576
humanhash: snake-north-triple-river
File name:c997b7cfddbdff7214ce5eeb1c7e65f627d12c4464e9f10364374b0121ece68b
Download: download sample
Signature PaloRAT
File size:20'480 bytes
First seen:2026-06-02 11:26:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'013 x AgentTesla, 19'919 x Formbook, 12'332 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 384:iMDKlGl3iDgZYVwX0LQsCEZuZ2UG9xanOobdCbVPDjMPxmYfihB8C5Ey34:XOEl3xDE7uQcj4V2mYe88Ey3
TLSH T10792D74577E84624E2BF0A74D8B706608670FAA69C33CB9D0EC560DE5C77A444AE3B36
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Threatray
Tags:exe PaloRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
147
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-06-02 11:29:31 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg discord exfiltration stealer evasion ip-check

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
dropper virus msil
Result
Verdict:
Suspicious
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Setting a keyboard event handler
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-05-19T16:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-03T19:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan-PSW.Multi.Disco.gen PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.MSIL.Agent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Disco.sb
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Infostealer.DiscordStealer
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-05-19 22:53:12 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
21 of 36 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
palorat
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery persistence
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Adds Run key to start application
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c997b7cfddbdff7214ce5eeb1c7e65f627d12c4464e9f10364374b0121ece68b
MD5 hash:
a1e482fd0ad35a730d7dbebe97860576
SHA1 hash:
a9c1b1d7bb7e3b6cb54a8de0918adf6375577451
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_DiscordURL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables Discord URL observed in first stage droppers
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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: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.

File information


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