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Database Entry

SantaStealer

Vendor detections: 13

Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81
SHA3-384 hash:	ef7176db1a3fd1b38127fd69fbcc4d3fb2528be582cbc98a0cfe3d80e30d0bb897859866e5f1c1fa7befda38c7a18a0c
SHA1 hash:	cc514536ad84fca256cb1e5f7255f18a6809e6d0
MD5 hash:	1f7aa3a0425d198ff16df8e903d56aac
humanhash:	sink-black-illinois-pasta
File name:	4J8576A0E8V3.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	SantaStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	2'696'704 bytes
First seen:	2026-04-12 08:07:45 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f1d840d6eae17d90e2995a85b3633177 (1 x SantaStealer)
ssdeep	49152:i795t5WNFN8llgHKWmBNzD+CnySA88RvCEOV70eM1VM6Wys:i795vWNP2lsV+f+CnW86CEOVEDjWy
TLSH	T16DC5029F31E62069F9E83330D47577B60ED2BD8A78E49E8CC694552C7E0D02D498E2F9
TrID	45.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 18.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 13.9% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 5.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9) 5.6% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	0000000000000000 (898 x AgentTesla, 540 x Formbook, 316 x RedLineStealer)
Reporter	tcains1
Tags:	exe SantaStealer

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

122

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

njrat

ID:

File name:

kk.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-04-11 05:48:37 UTC

Tags:

auto generic violetworm worm njrat xenorat rat stealerium bladabindi evasion pastebin xworm remote uac telegram metasploit stealer github loader stealeriumstealer amsi-bypass santastealer coinminer miner

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/cb4d375c-622d-4993-b5c0-27b25ab9931b

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/61212/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.PWS.Siggen5.32603.14661.26815.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69db52f4497adb4669a0cf2c

Tags:

autorun agentb lien

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

DNS request

Query of malicious DNS domain

Unauthorized injection to a system process

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm dllhost lolbin packed stealer unsafe

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69db52f75ea31bc68a223d60/reports/8f7af220-2d16-4c05-9622-5a821009fc52/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Trojan.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x64

First seen:

2026-04-08T14:58:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-04-12T06:58:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Agentb.gen HEUR:HackTool.Multi.AmsiETWPatch.gen Trojan.Win64.Agentb.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/1d808f81-50da-494a-a020-044c1af60d59

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/1f7aa3a0425d198ff16df8e903d56aac

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.SANTASTEALER

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81

Threat name:

Win64.Trojan.RustyStealer

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-04-08 21:28:54 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

20 of 36 (55.56%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5iulqxux7x7hom26qysvqyqs6dpwjtxocxecsdixw5pgbftjjwaq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

9/10

Tags:

credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260412-j1qvdsaz5s/

Behaviour

Checks processor information in registry

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

Views/modifies file attributes

Browser Information Discovery

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager

Executes dropped EXE

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

Badlisted process makes network request

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81

MD5 hash:

1f7aa3a0425d198ff16df8e903d56aac

SHA1 hash:

cc514536ad84fca256cb1e5f7255f18a6809e6d0

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c4cf5a45-ccbf-4723-96a6-db94bd4a307a/

SH256 hash:

162371c0f4b79fa2a7ba4eefc6f5c270c5a2c02a50b1ffecb4d0cb02d3fffe66

MD5 hash:

df3d9410072aad59a26682a0693b404e

SHA1 hash:

4521d2384e22271057d57a16a4dedb231e349ee6

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c4cf5a45-ccbf-4723-96a6-db94bd4a307a/

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ea28b85e97fd/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ea28b85e97fdfe77335e8625586212f0df64ceee15c8290d17b75e6096694d81

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:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	detect_powershell Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	dgaagas Create hunting rule
Author:	Harshit
Description:	Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	has_telegram_urls Create hunting rule
Author:	Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:	Detects Telegram URLs

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Rust Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Rust programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	Rustyloader_mem_loose Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	Corroded buerloader
Reference:	https://app.any.run/tasks/83064edd-c7eb-4558-85e8-621db72b2a24

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
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 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.