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Database Entry



GuLoader


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ece3ae892a0f73b9eed776be8750b45cafaa97b449b94991aad4b43963ee607b
SHA3-384 hash: a1e8f73ceebcf2475935de6c9a7d1cf2cbd95f9799d84a7f0ae9d727fe1343413cd3da8cd2d782132e6a86cee95c6e1b
SHA1 hash: bc31970cfffd744da4e9b0c99e2027db7e13b291
MD5 hash: f8040475bae3471a5fe998290ea1fded
humanhash: sink-solar-autumn-ink
File name:ece3ae892a0f73b9eed776be8750b45cafaa97b449b94991aad4b43963ee607b
Download: download sample
Signature GuLoader
File size:459'768 bytes
First seen:2026-02-05 15:40:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ea4e67a31ace1a72683a99b80cf37830 (75 x GuLoader, 71 x Formbook, 54 x Loki)
ssdeep 12288:7cODb7v0o8JvG5UFP+ibiucOTjjjjcjzjcjcjjYXgcNRlkBb/KRtbtps3iZaYMin:YO4njjjjcjzjcjcjjggYRlkl/KRt5QZs
Threatray 4'357 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T191A4D087FA80D1D2D91C487299B3873055BF7C78AA8D87C3B348725129332D65A3BE67
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon d292e8f0f0e8f0f0 (7 x GuLoader, 7 x PhantomStealer, 1 x Formbook)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe GuLoader signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:Hernioid
Issuer:Hernioid
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-01-23T02:16:42Z
Valid to:2027-01-23T02:16:42Z
Serial number: 6237d04b3b6ce69a082e00afe16ee4b8af0c48ac
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: d90affd5d6f2c0033dc572ba820266520e37dcf549070040e6a19e4572f77332
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
122
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ece3ae892a0f73b9eed776be8750b45cafaa97b449b94991aad4b43963ee607b
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-05 20:51:00 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg crypto-regex phantom stealer ims-api generic telegram evasion

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
injection obfusc virus
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug blackhole guloader installer installer installer-heuristic microsoft_visual_cc nsis signed soft-404
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-01-26T02:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-07T07:21:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Guloader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-26 06:36:31 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
35
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phantom_stealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phantom_stealer collection discovery installer macos persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
outlook_win_path
outlook_office_path
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Modifies registry class
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Enumerates system info in registry
Checks processor information in registry
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
Looks up external IP address via web service
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Adds Run key to start application
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Phantom_stealer family
PhantomStealer
Detects PhantomStealer payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot7991374459:AAGqLt4_FwfvWftSxNRxCJUe9JJnuwk3hag/sendMessage?chat_id=7362332542
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
269d232712c86983336badb40b9e55e80052d8389ed095ebf9214964d43b6bb1
MD5 hash:
34442e1e0c2870341df55e1b7b3cccdc
SHA1 hash:
99b2fa21aead4b6ccd8ff2f6d3d3453a51d9c70c
SH256 hash:
ece3ae892a0f73b9eed776be8750b45cafaa97b449b94991aad4b43963ee607b
MD5 hash:
f8040475bae3471a5fe998290ea1fded
SHA1 hash:
bc31970cfffd744da4e9b0c99e2027db7e13b291
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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:Ins_NSIS_Buer_Nov_2020_1
Author:Arkbird_SOLG
Description:Detect NSIS installer used for Buer loader
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits

File information


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