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SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 59 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: dcac68a58f09eec59bce587a86d91ea1570919edc8100715ed83bcb1a0fea364
SHA3-384 hash: cfe5b4a30aa403e1cacbb3696e639844f36ca6529f5eda91a89a42ff751a0ff08aeb477e747695d02c90b671da5b9ea1
SHA1 hash: 9d1b68e159ab961fbc2a698065d090afac7450dd
MD5 hash: 824a0ef05857141f251523a56b979b1f
humanhash: bacon-nebraska-hydrogen-wyoming
File name:winwsdriver.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:3'593'728 bytes
First seen:2026-07-29 18:19:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (488 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 42 x RedLineStealer)
ssdeep 49152:uuz+6sGu4lwcWs4k9BxW+v5QPhFzdhcIuN5awP/Q57WvIDmQqNlUDc535FQR3ESJ:uEGU9Bf5+hjc35GpWPQolUwx5h
TLSH T114F533A4D80B961EC2D25CBCB6F850F4BAFC58E18F70551EB4106D0DD0A606EF53BA8B
TrID 52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter Alex_sev
Tags:exe salat SalatStealer UPX
File size (compressed) :3'593'728 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :12'571'648 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Unpacked file: bb24b382d5de5194bbb4cdf6d8127a3e82a205ccad251bcbc19100f876cd64d7

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
157
Origin country :
AU AU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a service
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Loading a system driver
Modifying a system file
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Blocking the User Account Control
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto packed packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-07-29T02:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-30T15:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-29 18:20:45 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer discovery stealer upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
UPX packed file
Detect SalatStealer payload
Family: salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
dcac68a58f09eec59bce587a86d91ea1570919edc8100715ed83bcb1a0fea364
MD5 hash:
824a0ef05857141f251523a56b979b1f
SHA1 hash:
9d1b68e159ab961fbc2a698065d090afac7450dd
SH256 hash:
fab3aefb0527cc65bed72cf92802906a89ba5c4012407f36a3c132a4d237d8d6
MD5 hash:
e1a68f85d0b422b78f834228c63f629c
SHA1 hash:
aef6a013a5bb920e6ae77f841056dc1c8ec87b30
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:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
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: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: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:Salat
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Salat Payload
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_PEs
Author:txc
Description:This rule detected suspicious PE files, based on high entropy and low amount of imported DLLs. This behaviour indicates packed files or files, that hide their true intention.
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:UPX
Author:kevoreilly
Description:UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_SalatStealer_03d2a4ee
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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SalatStealer

Executable exe dcac68a58f09eec59bce587a86d91ea1570919edc8100715ed83bcb1a0fea364

(this sample)

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