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Database Entry


SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
SHA3-384 hash: 3da1cbeafde4c5eb484749a80df8271e8a6d97a95ec34ec0f13266b8b5b2f8a39e9e352dc4fff251aa9e93abeeedf6d3
SHA1 hash: 1119d050d9aa85631bd8702c9fe697bcce28871d
MD5 hash: 35aabf0e4b2317e0cc4f864080ca7de9
humanhash: idaho-avocado-whiskey-cold
File name:Love.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
Create hunting rule
File size:3'354'256 bytes
First seen:2026-02-02 14:14:51 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-02 15:32:00 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash b29f7bc6c3cf27ba78272829148a5262 (9 x SantaStealer)
ssdeep 98304:E8xwuJ+ipSwCo1Qwh7ezS5EjqwTC4yGe5/:E5uJ+wCoQa7gfmwT2R
TLSH T129F523B6F747BAD8D1D94470882A06B32361EC23A2505B7FB5BCB21B5EA071B6734437
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:exe SantaStealer

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
98
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Love.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-01 06:22:53 UTC
Tags:
telegram stealer auto-sch santastealer
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/43a95405-1664-4f71-85bc-4845e26a7b7e

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/51227/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=697ef13c848d0f834c8c53eb
Tags:
injection obfusc virus
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug installer-heuristic overlay packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6980b18f552d46acbff03017/reports/8dbce72a-d851-4341-8ece-d18eebbc0fbb/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Tedy.Generic
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-02-01T03:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-01T05:46:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Xploder.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PsDownload.sb Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.lvp Trojan.Win32.PowerShell.d Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ff6e51f3-464f-4377-ad1d-512ec1d30a36
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1861666
Signature
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1861666 Sample: Love.exe Startdate: 02/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 60 19 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->19 21 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->21 7 Love.exe 2->7         started        10 svchost.exe 1 1 2->10         started        process3 dnsIp4 23 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 7->23 25 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 7->25 13 powershell.exe 15 7->13         started        17 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 10->17 signatures5 process6 process7 15 conhost.exe 13->15         started       
Score:
68%
Verdict:
Susipicious
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/35aabf0e4b2317e0cc4f864080ca7de9
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.SANTASTEALER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.SantaStealer
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-01 06:23:04 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5rcatp4zu6e4raxbr3ialz47j6nskjek3bsda33vxynpcikqtdqa._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260202-rkwppsa17d/
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
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
MD5 hash:
35aabf0e4b2317e0cc4f864080ca7de9
SHA1 hash:
1119d050d9aa85631bd8702c9fe697bcce28871d
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/3d66954d-ae6d-4ff2-a437-855da77681bb/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.30
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0

YARA Signatures

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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: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:RANSOMWARE
Create hunting rule
Author:ToroGuitar
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)

File information

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Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/51227/

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