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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d6d16e69a38f871d1860b9dbfa6250dc64705a63c7d2ab17404f6aed5428797f
SHA3-384 hash: b42a0db98b4b18ae64736d5f50751fba6e44a638deb027bac5fe53f6e2a1ed1e49e3936987bf9732e2d446f6a2d626ae
SHA1 hash: fa8b9f2ab6d4299adf0cf08cdc3a5f1b9c4291d8
MD5 hash: fac7bebb1c1a332f3d913d4376c9efb1
humanhash: queen-autumn-mars-west
File name:d6d16e69a38f871d1860b9dbfa6250dc64705a63c7d2ab17404f6aed5428797f
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:342'136 bytes
First seen:2026-10-19 16:15:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 551920a564f0da077e7c568c1940defb (14 x Prometei)
ssdeep 6144:aRzeTJQJfChxxTnECpq9XkCnNNCoo/iSq9opz5Pv5Pi12dwyl:aJZJfChLjE4q9X7HGqZ9opzvi1yl
TLSH T17374C07775B8F15EC88517328F62C7C293993F908993806F7EB4530F29278A91A35B72
TrID 50.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
10.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
10.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
8.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
7.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Rocketguy
Tags:exe honeypot Prometei


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Rocketguy
Captured by a RocketCore internet honeypot; not present in MalwareBazaar at capture time.

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
182
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-19 16:43:31 UTC
Tags:
n/a

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

Behaviour
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Running batch commands
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-19 16:16:16 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
30 of 36 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery execution
Behaviour
Gathers system information
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Executes a command shell one-liner
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Checks computer location settings
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
d6d16e69a38f871d1860b9dbfa6250dc64705a63c7d2ab17404f6aed5428797f
MD5 hash:
fac7bebb1c1a332f3d913d4376c9efb1
SHA1 hash:
fa8b9f2ab6d4299adf0cf08cdc3a5f1b9c4291d8
Detections:
triage_prometei_cryptominer Prometei_Main
SH256 hash:
a03a134bb4c4074511d597c6b1a8e573578e7dab379d9f5513b84dd47423acc0
MD5 hash:
1a4600136a5334421bd75ad257813933
SHA1 hash:
89150ecb47f96870179f6aea271b732137063cb0
Detections:
triage_prometei_cryptominer Prometei_Main
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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: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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Prometei_Main
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Prometei botnet main modules.
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.prometei
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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
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.
Rule name:WIN_Malware_ACRStealer_ForgeAuto_1084c837_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects ACRStealer (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

File information


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

Web download

Prometei

Executable exe d6d16e69a38f871d1860b9dbfa6250dc64705a63c7d2ab17404f6aed5428797f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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