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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e952886ff2c74ead54a7ab09263fcd24bb75d7bc73ad1eceef82f530a2872f87
SHA3-384 hash: 112e427fe7312d39b2929a2c1d95f7b3a12f00cda4f98d620c73bdbce6fcbea4096f10a642ee8e1e1dc4bd3aadf34c7c
SHA1 hash: 805b9c1f56d4fc45615f2954c738dd6de4b56b04
MD5 hash: 9ecd0e59be44dec7ee82d1b07806bc88
humanhash: mike-october-papa-charlie
File name:Initial_Draft_of_Mr_Stephen's_Home_Renovation_Design_Proposal.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:9'316'120 bytes
First seen:2026-10-29 19:41:08 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-29 20:24:23 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 0b082dcda3b468d5b063b04825999c2a (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 196608:12iuKFiKPlkNX0eYM94BrPTz83rFmRDglppL4K+ZIdP/pWnD:lJdCD49aTPFRB6
TLSH T1A69633CBE7DE41B2D1975878D9A40D06E9A1B801C3B08A8733D5DAFD2F5BED06528B13
TrID 37.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
28.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
11.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
11.3% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
11.3% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon cb8d5d5555555507 (3 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter smica83
Tags:exe ValleyRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
200
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-29 19:50:03 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg valleyrat rat silverfox winos external-template

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
infosteal injection dropper sage
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-10-28T20:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-30T17:24:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.troj.spyw
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contain functionality to detect virtual machines
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Early bird code injection technique detected
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1994882 Sample: Initial_Draft_of_Mr_Stephen... Startdate: 29/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 38 us2.roaming1.live.com.akadns.net 2->38 40 roaming.svc.cloud.microsoft 2->40 42 6 other IPs or domains 2->42 52 Found malware configuration 2->52 54 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->54 56 Yara detected ValleyRAT 2->56 58 2 other signatures 2->58 8 Initial_Draft_of_Mr_Stephen's_Home_Renovation_Design_Proposal.exe 4 17 2->8         started        12 VGAuthCLI.exe 1 2->12         started        14 VGAuthCLI.exe 1 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 file5 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\VGAuthCLI.exe, PE32+ 8->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\glib-2.0-0.dll, PE32+ 8->30 dropped 60 Early bird code injection technique detected 8->60 16 VGAuthCLI.exe 2 2 8->16         started        20 WINWORD.EXE 118 110 8->20         started        22 conhost.exe 12->22         started        24 conhost.exe 14->24         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 32 45.192.211.63, 10086, 49738, 49753 ANTBOX1-AS-APAntboxNetworksLimitedHK Hong Kong SAR China 16->32 44 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 16->44 46 Contain functionality to detect virtual machines 16->46 48 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 16->48 50 4 other signatures 16->50 26 conhost.exe 16->26         started        34 52.110.4.38, 443, 49756 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 20->34 36 52.110.4.9, 443, 49745 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 20->36 signatures9 process10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Znyonm
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-28 22:24:15 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
15 of 23 (65.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery persistence trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Enumerates connected drives
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e952886ff2c74ead54a7ab09263fcd24bb75d7bc73ad1eceef82f530a2872f87
MD5 hash:
9ecd0e59be44dec7ee82d1b07806bc88
SHA1 hash:
805b9c1f56d4fc45615f2954c738dd6de4b56b04
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:MULTI_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_4f67e0b3_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (archive, etat extrait)
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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.
Rule name:VIGIA_VShell_60ae8b63
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_3055c14a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign
Rule name:WIN_Malware_ACRStealer_ForgeAuto_1084c837_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects ACRStealer (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_74566f98
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_79234c04
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

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