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Database Entry

BlackMatter

Vendor detections: 17

Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca
SHA3-384 hash:	ac96c6a18f0b21d4af5977d6472c7f8bb7ee163e9c4afc0cc96a3b18d509bf426b301e3a9528e3c9a133fcbbdfca0b9a
SHA1 hash:	30c5cfe45af2db1d7d84f6fc851b948da60f239d
MD5 hash:	54c28a9810cf56e77fd5f66c40b3f0f4
humanhash:	cat-gee-rugby-juliet
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	BlackMatter Create hunting rule
File size:	148'992 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-17 21:00:39 UTC
Last seen:	2026-03-19 16:03:26 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	41fb8cb2943df6de998b35a9d28668e8 (96 x BlackMatter, 9 x LockBit, 1 x DragonForce)
ssdeep	3072:G6glyuxE4GsUPnliByocWeprPVCph9mvecRxO2j8Hn:G6gDBGpvEByocWelPuh9XcGL
TLSH	T155E36D21F212D0B3C87718F12736B5B2F3DE4D2C29A56807EAD80F99BCA58132F55697
TrID	20.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 19.8% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 15.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 13.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 6.3% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Bitsight
Tags:	BlackMatter dropped-by-phorpiex exe

Bitsight

url: http://158.94.211.162/1.exe

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

131

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

LockBit

Details

LockBit

a PCG-lockbit seed, a RSA public key modulus, flags, hashes for excluded folders, files, and extensions, hashes for computer names, killed processes and services, a list of credentials, a ransom note, and information parsed from the ransom note

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/26733439-6bba-4297-889b-b03d2fe5be57/

Malware family:

lockbit

ID:

File name:

file

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-03-17 21:07:58 UTC

Tags:

braincipher ransomware lockbit darkside

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/1c5e8ec7-5c6a-429f-b7d0-259957227e79

Note:

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

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/57830/

Detection(s):

Win.Ransomware.LockBitBlack-10033143-1

Win.Ransomware.BlackMatter-9965914-0

Win.Ransomware.Lazy-10003135-0

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

70.0%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69b9c12c88c80c01586b6e89

Tags:

spawn

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Сreating synchronization primitives

Launching a service

Changing a file

Reading critical registry keys

Creating a file in the %AppData% directory

Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories

Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory

Modifies multiple files

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Moving a file to the %temp% directory

Creating a window

Searching for the window

Stealing user critical data

Creating a file in the mass storage device

Forced shutdown of a system process

Forced shutdown of a browser

Encrypting user's files

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Trojan.Ransom.BlackMatter

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

Detections:

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.BlackMatter.d PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dycler Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.bgvs Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Generic Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Lockbit.tre Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Encoder.sb Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Lockbit.gen

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

BlackMatter Ransomware

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/0da3f73e-eaf4-4799-93c6-6e2a2bb4eecb

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/54c28a9810cf56e77fd5f66c40b3f0f4

Detection:

lockbit

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.LOCKBIT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca

Threat name:

Win32.Ransomware.Lockbit

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-03-17 21:01:52 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

AV detection:

24 of 24 (100.00%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=4fm5fa5bfjnrudpber2e7ubckmcr2j6nd4efwazrs73u43zb67fa._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

lockbit

Similar samples:

error

BlackMatter

Result

Malware family:

lockbit

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:lockbit defense_evasion discovery ransomware spyware stealer

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260317-zt345sct7q/

Behaviour

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Modifies Control Panel

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in System32 directory

Sets desktop wallpaper using registry

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Drops desktop.ini file(s)

Enumerates connected drives

Indicator Removal: File Deletion

Checks computer location settings

Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Renames multiple (887) files with added filename extension

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

e159d283a12a5b1a0de124744fd02253051d27cd1f085b033197f74e6f21f7ca

MD5 hash:

54c28a9810cf56e77fd5f66c40b3f0f4

SHA1 hash:

30c5cfe45af2db1d7d84f6fc851b948da60f239d

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/b0879f86-c1e8-4e28-8c03-bc9fd9b47a70/

Malware family:

LockBit

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/e159d283a12a/report/overview.html

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:	CRIME_WIN32_RANSOM_BLACKMATTER Create hunting rule
Author:	Rony (@r0ny_123)
Description:	Detects Blackmatter ransomware

Rule name:	Darkside Create hunting rule
Author:	@bartblaze
Description:	Identifies Darkside ransomware.

Rule name:	Detect_all_IPv6_variants Create hunting rule
Author:	Bierchermuesli
Description:	Generic IPv6 catcher

Rule name:	lb_stack_string_decrypt_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	CTI Purple Team
Description:	This rule detects the code pattern of the Stack Strings decryption algorithm.

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
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.