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SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 41 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: daac12b6aae9e8f1f45feba3b56466eb4a3e491d2a70e75a062f12d6b9730c3b
SHA3-384 hash: 232235d526d26b9f39afbc9fff5ecfb9049a148ebed8bcfbd5151895d1793c1d4cd33cf5bfe9c7eb9af78f4251c25b1a
SHA1 hash: 9f806b56bd7a95082ddefbb06de0383e7ed023ec
MD5 hash: a80b23f2269dcd7fc7a4431a49fe65eb
humanhash: mexico-salami-sink-bacon
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:11'668'480 bytes
First seen:2026-01-20 19:02:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4f2f006e2ecf7172ad368f8289dc96c1 (126 x SalatStealer, 40 x LummaStealer, 17 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 49152:dBtyvoqO48pgmwT+JzUUIYiXebWg3CNcdBi5w5jkNv4p3cuU5bGaWjQIeTQJQGzw:TQvoqNmCjxw5+4NIUBQL2AKP+y
TLSH T1B0C65A11FA9B64F5E9031831415BB23F27315E048B28DB9BFB547F6AFC7B681292B205
TrID 45.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe SalatStealer upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 706f5bfe13df20914e1109ac98f6781e7eadbb3f7e993836773e4f7b9bd6f336
File size (compressed) :3'297'280 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :11'668'480 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Packed file: 706f5bfe13df20914e1109ac98f6781e7eadbb3f7e993836773e4f7b9bd6f336

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
131
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_daac12b6aae9e8f1f45feba3b56466eb4a3e491d2a70e75a062f12d6b9730c3b.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-20 19:05:32 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer ms-smartcard golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
infosteal vmdetect
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm crypto golang vidar
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-18T11:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-19T04:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win64.Salat.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb Trojan-Banker.Win32.Agent.gen
Malware family:
SalatStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
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
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
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)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854246 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 20/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 43 salat.cn 2->43 45 dns.google 2->45 47 cloudflare-dns.com 2->47 55 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->55 57 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->57 59 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->59 61 6 other signatures 2->61 8 tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe 1 2->8         started        11 file.exe 2 4 2->11         started        15 g1qYO35voVfVQs.exe 1 2->15         started        17 6 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 8->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 8->71 73 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->73 19 tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe 30 3 8->19         started        49 dns.google 8.8.8.8, 443, 49692, 49700 GOOGLEUS United States 11->49 51 cloudflare-dns.com 104.16.248.249, 443, 49691, 49699 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 11->51 53 salat.cn 172.67.194.254, 443, 49694, 49702 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 11->53 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe, PE32 11->39 dropped 41 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\g1qYO35voVfVQs.exe, PE32 11->41 dropped 75 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 11->75 77 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 11->77 23 g1qYO35voVfVQs.exe 11->23         started        25 g1qYO35voVfVQs.exe 15->25         started        27 g1qYO35voVfVQs.exe 17->27         started        29 tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe 17->29         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 35 C:\Program Files\...\tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe, PE32 19->35 dropped 37 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe, PE32 19->37 dropped 63 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 19->63 65 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->65 67 Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets 19->67 31 tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe 19->31         started        33 tflKu4ZBkZK9B2.exe 19->33         started        signatures10 process11
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE Memory-Mapped (Dump)
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-18 17:06:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
salatstealer
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer credential_access discovery spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Detect SalatStealer payload
Salatstealer family
salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
daac12b6aae9e8f1f45feba3b56466eb4a3e491d2a70e75a062f12d6b9730c3b
MD5 hash:
a80b23f2269dcd7fc7a4431a49fe65eb
SHA1 hash:
9f806b56bd7a95082ddefbb06de0383e7ed023ec
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:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:Heuristics_ChromeABE
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:Rooter
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter
Rule name:RooterStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter Identifying Strings
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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SalatStealer

Executable exe daac12b6aae9e8f1f45feba3b56466eb4a3e491d2a70e75a062f12d6b9730c3b

(this sample)

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