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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs 1 YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72b7ca91e4b3271b7c178
SHA3-384 hash: 1bd6d8906ddd53870f8a987883958a41ae3107113523dd3c83739740e500fb8e7da9ef4c821b77c238cce268adbb63b7
SHA1 hash: 4a7622e4b4a31c1ba7c87101d5de97caa61225d4
MD5 hash: fa3f0ce0da11cf960a7a0120e1f002dd
humanhash: uncle-eighteen-finch-pluto
File name:e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:8'334'336 bytes
First seen:2026-01-27 07:20:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1aae8bf580c846f39c71c05898e57e88 (261 x LummaStealer, 138 x SalatStealer, 24 x ACRStealer)
ssdeep 98304:M5CzBgfbVgHPaVdqVh3IEUeTAKl29NQCcSw0hQAkkhyGnG:MFbGa+/xeO8cD0J5n
TLSH T17B868C01FE874AF6E543263194A7A26F63349D058F35CBD7EB507B3AE877291583230A
TrID 55.3% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
13.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
8.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe RAT ValleyRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
ValleyRAT C2:
38.22.92.222:10801

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
38.22.92.222:10801 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1737869/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
159
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72b7ca91e4b3271b7c178.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-01-27 07:04:09 UTC
Tags:
golang auto-reg

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
dropper
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 crypt crypto golang packed soft-404 unsafe
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-27T01:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-28T05:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Gomal.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.a Trojan.Win64.Agent.sb Backdoor.Xkcp.TCP.ServerRequest Backdoor.Win32.Xkcp.cbf Backdoor.Agent.TCP.C&C Trojan-Spy.Win32.KeyLogger.sba
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Found malware configuration
Found pyInstaller with non standard icon
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1858125 Sample: e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09... Startdate: 27/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 82 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->82 84 Found malware configuration 2->84 86 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->86 88 5 other signatures 2->88 9 e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72.exe 2->9         started        11 e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72.exe 1 2->11         started        14 e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72.exe 2->14         started        process3 file4 16 ShellHost.exe 12 9->16         started        56 e2a93c5f24177b85a6...5760c06e351ef72.exe, PE32 11->56 dropped 20 e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72.exe 1 2 11->20         started        process5 dnsIp6 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unicodedata.pyd, PE32+ 16->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\select.pyd, PE32+ 16->42 dropped 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\python311.dll, PE32+ 16->44 dropped 50 7 other malicious files 16->50 dropped 78 Found pyInstaller with non standard icon 16->78 23 ShellHost.exe 3 16->23         started        66 45.207.199.73, 3000, 49715 SKHT-ASShenzhenKatherineHengTechnologyInformationCo Seychelles 20->66 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ShellHost.exe, PE32+ 20->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ShellHost.tmp, data 20->48 dropped 80 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 20->80 26 cmd.exe 1 20->26         started        file7 signatures8 process9 file10 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tmpes95ym3x.exe, PE32 23->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tmpe0qx3cfs.exe, PE32+ 23->54 dropped 28 tmpe0qx3cfs.exe 19 23->28         started        31 tmpes95ym3x.exe 10 1 23->31         started        35 conhost.exe 26->35         started        process11 dnsIp12 58 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unicodedata.pyd, PE32+ 28->58 dropped 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\select.pyd, PE32+ 28->60 dropped 62 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\python311.dll, PE32+ 28->62 dropped 64 14 other malicious files 28->64 dropped 37 tmpe0qx3cfs.exe 28->37         started        68 38.22.92.222 CYBERLYNK-PHXUS United States 31->68 70 Antivirus detection for dropped file 31->70 72 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 31->72 74 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 31->74 76 3 other signatures 31->76 file13 signatures14 process15 signatures16 90 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 37->90
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor discovery persistence pyinstaller spyware stealer
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Detects Pyinstaller
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Adds Run key to start application
Enumerates connected drives
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Downloads MZ/PE file
Detects ValleyRAT payload
ValleyRat
Valleyrat_s2 family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
38.22.92.222:10801
127.0.0.1:80
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e2a93c5f24177b85a6eb9f74c09a975760c06e351ef72b7ca91e4b3271b7c178
MD5 hash:
fa3f0ce0da11cf960a7a0120e1f002dd
SHA1 hash:
4a7622e4b4a31c1ba7c87101d5de97caa61225d4
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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: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:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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: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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


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