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Database Entry



PhantomStealer


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e89b2694d79be1e2c98d0cad3e2e75b83fdd9f334756d34eba62d21eb3605fd7
SHA3-384 hash: 98d08196e92a439c5b115826e1d4ab4b08f0c31e19608b70cb82b286e38a88cdf3d575ac12c984f01042ba13ad72eb4e
SHA1 hash: f93be2456ec3ed611d7ca876f8d4d02e98b88f13
MD5 hash: bf4ac7501a877bddb7908b6c46a5d878
humanhash: missouri-east-seven-freddie
File name:salary difference & leave adjustment.pdf.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature PhantomStealer
File size:17'809 bytes
First seen:2026-04-13 13:10:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 384:KSTTDSJ2JbBGQK+lsuwP+tPGIn9TPFf3F3aa0lF8TGK8g2irc:KSDK2pBjOGIePN4RCCg2ig
TLSH T10A82C82B9A05DFF00A3E3255659BA816A9204363B5382D4D7C8FC19D3F7A610CBE15FE
Magika vba
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:PhantomStealer vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
xtreme shell sage
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 base64 encrypted evasive guloader masquerade obfuscated powershell powershell
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
PowerShell/TrojanDownloader.Agent
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-04-12T22:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-15T04:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.JS.SAgent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded IEX Cmdlet
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-WScript.Trojan.GuLoader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-13 05:37:44 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
12 of 38 (31.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Enumerates system info in registry
Kills process with taskkill
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Enumerates processes with tasklist
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Detects PhantomStealer written in C#
Family: PhantomStealer
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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:detect_tiny_vbs
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects tiny VBS delivery technique
Rule name:SUSP_PS1_JAB_Pattern_Jun22_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects suspicious UTF16 and Base64 encoded PowerShell code that starts with a $ sign and a single char variable
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

File information


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