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AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: efb66153fb82e130439f0d5252bca14cfa5697f6c3523d56df2a41558e555b94
SHA3-384 hash: 870c85543a9bf17b32849472b70e814fd16b987d4f24172c082d38d0c58501c1556fa5b1df0b78b14f13c5cccd780f01
SHA1 hash: 7602bb9c3b909f22ebb60e06ef9f6bf862085ecd
MD5 hash: 102b41f0d4660c390fc3706b79f91de3
humanhash: seventeen-magnesium-earth-william
File name:STEINFTPP.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:967'597 bytes
First seen:2026-01-15 08:34:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:n4zGpYF2WSOQNQx5yJ/9WULSHhtxCkIn8:465DJ6cz8
Threatray 3'327 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1662523403E7B1DA689D8C72230EF4B8A1FE05E6C809658F7A3760CDF5D7695D818F06A
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla ps1


Avatar
abuse_ch
AgentTesla FTP exfil server:
ftp.tradease.com.au:21

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
48
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
95.7%
Tags:
ransomware virus shell lien
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
aspnet_compiler base64 evasive lolbin obfuscated obfuscated powershell reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
First seen:
2026-01-12T21:58:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-15T12:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Stealer.FTP.C&C Trojan-PSW.Agensla.TCP.C&C Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1851177 Sample: STEINFTPP.ps1 Startdate: 15/01/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 21 ip-api.com 2->21 27 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->27 29 Found malware configuration 2->29 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 7 other signatures 2->33 7 powershell.exe 22 2->7         started        10 svchost.exe 1 1 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 35 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->35 37 Writes to foreign memory regions 7->37 39 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->39 13 aspnet_compiler.exe 15 2 7->13         started        17 aspnet_compiler.exe 7->17         started        19 conhost.exe 7->19         started        23 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 10->23 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 25 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49681, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 13->25 41 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 13->41 43 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 13->43 45 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 13->45 47 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 17->47 49 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 17->49 51 Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent) 17->51 signatures9
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-PowerShell.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-13 06:40:17 UTC
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla discovery execution keylogger spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
AgentTesla
Agenttesla family
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:AgentTeslaV2
Author:ditekshen
Description:AgenetTesla Type 2 Keylogger payload
Rule name:AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekshen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:AgentTeslaV5
Author:ClaudioWayne
Description:AgentTeslaV5 infostealer payload
Rule name:Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
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__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect packed .NET executables. Mostly AgentTeslaV4.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing Windows vault credential objects. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:malware_Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV2
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgenetTesla Type 2 Keylogger payload
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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)
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_779cf969
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_AgentTesla_ebf431a8
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/attack-chain-leads-to-xworm-and-agenttesla

File information


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Web download

AgentTesla

PowerShell (PS) ps1 efb66153fb82e130439f0d5252bca14cfa5697f6c3523d56df2a41558e555b94

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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