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SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 27 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970
SHA3-384 hash: 0dfd9dede70907d4f37b9884aa267f09c56e5510e6369a8c358bfc8c3d3dae926e4a1ab338c9855f2f413a7750f2201c
SHA1 hash: a9774021d6e2f3f91e5f8a8aed8c50e77a2d1e7b
MD5 hash: b7f2153d2845d16eab34a1738c75e937
humanhash: quebec-steak-bakerloo-april
File name:JSON Mod Manager v9.9.0 Installer.msi
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
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File size:2'772'992 bytes
First seen:2026-04-13 18:38:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 49152:0aMg3NXXsPro7AQO3SIcqj3Hr/jUTwzHnJWl8ggdvIKg0daPs4mwk0UoH7Q281Ei:XXsIoSMXrXzoqem/0UgEf1E
TLSH T1D9D5021532CF631ED9A543F3C13AA27DEFC66FC64DF4D826A557309B28B4AC8581C186
TrID 84.7% (.MSP) Windows Installer Patch (44509/10/5)
15.2% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter KnownSpotter
Tags:msi SantaStealer

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
49
Origin country :
CA CA
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSI
Details
MSI
an embedded setup program or component
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/3efd533b-9220-427b-999c-00d6ee2bc108/
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/61432/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69dd368a45787c53e53965ae
Tags:
crypt virus spawn
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug installer overlay packed wix
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69dd3820d920e19044fa5a3a/reports/0b8df984-1555-42f7-b22a-91ec454eadaa/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan/Generic
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2026-04-13T11:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-13T23:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win64.Agentb.sb Trojan.Win64.Agentb.lihc Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-PSW.Stealer.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb HEUR:Trojan.OLE2.Alien.gen
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970/results?tab=lookup
Score:
97%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ARCHIVE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.SANTASTEALER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Ravartar
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-13 18:07:34 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
4
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=2kheucimypvi77b6kvzenwfyc6hydpatmzeurv357euc26lg5fya._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260413-xawjvahw6x/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Browser Information Discovery
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Enumerates connected drives
Loads dropped DLL
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/d28e4a090cc3/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:dgaagas
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Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:Disable_Defender
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Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
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Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
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Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Rust
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Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Rust programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Rustyloader_mem_loose
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Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Corroded buerloader
Reference:https://app.any.run/tasks/83064edd-c7eb-4558-85e8-621db72b2a24
Rule name:SEH__vectored
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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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.

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SantaStealer

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi d28e4a090cc3ea8ffc3e557246d8b8178f81bc13664948d77df9282d7966e970

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Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/61432/

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