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Database Entry

Plugx

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	db3e3e3e6e836405c6f5accb97a290645365bd3c36db310259103fbc50e39e6c
SHA3-384 hash:	71b35d8670ed07c2e3739efe219b84797fa1d5dec3feb310a0764d5f38429125d4ddc64eb0e18618096898d917f52801
SHA1 hash:	61785185e59182d8e07b041f6055947bbdbc2580
MD5 hash:	2f8e853b25458fab9fd244fbe19ace33
humanhash:	jersey-muppet-jersey-minnesota
File name:	Echelon.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	Plugx Create hunting rule
File size:	64'546'271 bytes
First seen:	2025-08-20 20:16:01 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	6349935017fab6295626f276167fc0e5 (7 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
ssdeep	393216:fgO1vAM4wCChmN4og3J0CzGFbyjCujm6KI46B5RVs+p+kQ2SR7rGvHvTUlAX6/Nd:YO1/4wC/K+GOShrsxwbE9AM
TLSH	T1C9E74942A6EB45D0F9F7AE3155F652274537BD066F3184CB620C1B2A5F332E08A73B62
TrID	61.4% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9) 15.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 7.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 6.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 2.9% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	e8cc92ba868ecc70 (5 x Plugx, 1 x LummaStealer)
Reporter	burger
Tags:	exe Plugx stealer

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

124

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

Echelon.exe

Verdict:

No threats detected

Analysis date:

2025-08-20 20:15:39 UTC

Tags:

api-base64

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/5a7cd0c6-25aa-4bbd-a887-c4c161729e0a

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Verdict:

Clean

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68a62d3b8fd55a79c529806a

Tags:

n/a

Result

Verdict:

Clean

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Sending a custom TCP request

Verdict:

Suspicious

Labled as:

Malware_47.9

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/db3e3e3e6e836405c6f5accb97a290645365bd3c36db310259103fbc50e39e6c

Result

Threat name:

n/a

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj

Score:

48 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1761423

Signature

Yara detected NexeCompiled Binary

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

89%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/db3e3e3e6e836405c6f5accb97a290645365bd3c36db310259103fbc50e39e6c

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/db3e3e3e6e836405c6f5accb97a290645365bd3c36db310259103fbc50e39e6c

Threat name:

Win32.Malware.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-08-20 20:17:13 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

5 of 24 (20.83%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=3m7d4ptoqnsalrxvvtfzpiuqmrjwlpj4g3ntcaszca73yuhdtzwa._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

3/10

Tags:

discovery

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250820-y2al5abr2t/

Behaviour

Program crash

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Verdict:

Suspicious

Tags:

apt plugx

YARA:

malware_PlugX_config

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/68ad8bb4-ea2e-4b43-b59a-64fdb6818483

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_202409_html_FedEx_phish Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects potential HTML FedEx phishing forms

Rule name:	Agent_BTZ Create hunting rule

Rule name:	APT_Bitter_ZxxZ_Downloader Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team (@SI_FalconTeam)
Description:	Detects Bitter (T-APT-17) ZxxZ Downloader
Reference:	https://www.secuinfra.com/en/techtalk/whatever-floats-your-boat-bitter-apt-continues-to-target-bangladesh

Rule name:	attack_India Create hunting rule

Rule name:	BLOWFISH_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for Blowfish constants

Rule name:	botnet_plaintext_c2 Create hunting rule
Author:	cip
Description:	Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.

Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ComRAT Create hunting rule

Rule name:	CP_AllMal_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	ldpreload Create hunting rule
Author:	xorseed
Reference:	https://stuff.rop.io/

Rule name:	malware_PlugX_config Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect PlugX in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Nexe Create hunting rule
Author:	nwunderly

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PlugX Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect PlugX in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	reverse_http Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

Rule name:	test_Malaysia Create hunting rule
Author:	rectifyq
Description:	Detects file containing malaysia string

Rule name:	WHIRLPOOL_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for WhirlPool constants

Rule name:	win_amadey_bytecodes_oct_2023 Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research

Rule name:	WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726 Create hunting rule
Author:	dogsafetyforeverone
Description:	Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.

Rule name:	without_attachments Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the no presence of any attachment
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

Rule name:	with_urls Create hunting rule
Author:	Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:	Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:	http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information

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