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Database Entry



Vidar


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f2981eda4319fb3d9677b2d5c183c45e69972c6f25721fc2fe746e422ca2c2e4
SHA3-384 hash: 3c79f24b5949fb45424a2f50afa6ed8d50ba13f90bce13dc8a220bde696de8cbf8a26dcd17a01211cce7f0586e697ba6
SHA1 hash: 0c342f1964c9a171c6e268b1eef57f8548628b90
MD5 hash: 16bb850b63a5a213fdde16b8df615577
humanhash: delta-hot-earth-autumn
File name:f2981eda4319fb3d9677b2d5c183c45e69972c6f25721fc2fe746e422ca2c2e4.bin
Download: download sample
Signature Vidar
File size:2'313'728 bytes
First seen:2026-08-30 14:41:33 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-02 01:26:24 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 8329c46c809815bc572f208fdd794284 (6 x Vidar)
ssdeep 3072:xOBRrLUOPed9xOi756fJnhsRSK2C22/m4ESZo3XRYzXIkQfyKzdQMx:k/rLVPW0nsP2Xy+TJfrzOG
TLSH T1CDB56D7162C2A1B2CA4D33743A3E77FD9D609B222B04CDDBDBC4FC186EA91D256B1416
TrID 38.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
26.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
11.8% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
11.7% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
11.7% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe vidar

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
7
# of downloads :
201
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-30 14:51:22 UTC
Tags:
stealer telegram vidar ddr

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Behavior that indicates a threat
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 cmd crypto evasive hacktool lolbin masquerade packed rundll32 vidar
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-30T10:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-31T18:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file has a writeable .text section
Searches for specific processes (likely to inject)
Self deletion via cmd or bat file
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 ftp login credentials
Yara detected Vidar stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.VidarPWS
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-30 14:42:33 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 37 (75.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vidar botnet:7860569445207f1198f3127a2e0d4a29 discovery stealer
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Detect Vidar Stealer
Family: Vidar
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://t.me/k04ael
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199809363512
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f2981eda4319fb3d9677b2d5c183c45e69972c6f25721fc2fe746e422ca2c2e4
MD5 hash:
16bb850b63a5a213fdde16b8df615577
SHA1 hash:
0c342f1964c9a171c6e268b1eef57f8548628b90
Detections:
triage_gcleaner_loader
Malware family:
SteamExfiltrator
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:Check_Dlls
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__QueryInfo
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_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:infostealer_win_vidar_strings_nov23
Author:Sekoia.io
Description:Finds Vidar samples based on the specific strings
Reference:https://twitter.com/crep1x/status/1722652451319202242
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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: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:Windows_Trojan_Vidar_5e3e5c75
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WIN_FileFix_Detection
Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects FileFix social engineering technique that launches chained PowerShell and PHP commands from file explorer typed paths
Reference:FileFix social engineering with PowerShell and PHP commands
Rule name:WIN_WebSocket_Base64_C2_20250726
Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects configuration strings used by malware to specify WebSocket command-and-control endpoints inside Base64-encoded data. It looks for prefixes such as '#ws://' or '#wss://' that were found in QuasarRAT configuration data.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

Vidar

Executable exe f2981eda4319fb3d9677b2d5c183c45e69972c6f25721fc2fe746e422ca2c2e4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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