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Database Entry
SantaStealer
Vendor detections: 11
| SHA256 hash: | f53d493686ad5e22de411f03c6bce47ca352945f891052b4761292966fba826f |
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| SHA3-384 hash: | 6e950b7b1887c5a09551916ebea1b0cc7dfc49c5b0e4ace5ddb93abf83947161ac4b55635c41b533e7891dad5cb6af7e |
| SHA1 hash: | d124179c6738cc5ffeccd9a84f6c61725438a871 |
| MD5 hash: | d1742a2c13c38f3cc29a23eafbdddcf3 |
| humanhash: | timing-idaho-finch-hamper |
| File name: | zCg4Tsb.exe |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | SantaStealer |
| File size: | 5'988'352 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-03-02 09:52:58 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-03-02 10:45:51 UTC |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | e4e7c560e86639269dcf5a60c8dbca8c (10 x SantaStealer) |
| ssdeep | 98304:Scs27aEcstF2PJLqZgu3wLNydV7UIfwD5lmwB7n27wXvoZI8w4umKR4:Scs7EcWuFq9KNSlfwD31p27EQZjPQ4 |
| TLSH | T1085633F72BE60C05E6D4F971E4A73287C5B51C259AC6832C57BAE20036BD6F04A1CB1B |
| 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 |
| Reporter |  abuse_ch |
| Tags: | exe SantaStealer |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
111
Origin country :
SEVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
redline
ID:
1
File name:
_a93a1a1329d86384295dd87e4a5b4595afcfd8259ee43290416623fd17949769.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-01 23:57:43 UTC
Tags:
auto redline stealer amadey botnet uac evasion goproxy generic rdp smtp tightvnc rmm-tool teamviewer phishing xor-url gcleaner loader credentialflusher github golang baidu-antivirus-sys vuln-driver upx crypto-regex
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
emotet cobalt lien
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug crypto packed
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan.Generic
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Clean
File Type:
exe x64
Verdict:
Suspicious
Result
Threat name:
ReflectiveLoader, SantaStealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Drops executable to a common third party application directory
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
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
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal communication platform credentials (via file / registry access)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected ReflectiveLoader
Yara detected Santa Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
99%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.TIGHTVNC
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Amadey
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-01 16:57:39 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
7/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f53d493686ad5e22de411f03c6bce47ca352945f891052b4761292966fba826f
MD5 hash:
d1742a2c13c38f3cc29a23eafbdddcf3
SHA1 hash:
d124179c6738cc5ffeccd9a84f6c61725438a871
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_OutputDebugStringA_iat |
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| Rule name: | CP_Script_Inject_Detector |
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| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__API |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DetectEncryptedVariants |
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| Author: | Zinyth |
| Description: | Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded |
| Rule name: | FreddyBearDropper |
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| Author: | Dwarozh Hoshiar |
| Description: | Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip. |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
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| Author: | Justin Cornwell |
| Description: | CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset |
| Rule name: | grakate_stealer_nov_2021 |
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| Rule name: | Heuristics_ChromeABE |
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| Author: | Still |
| Description: | attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers |
| Rule name: | HKTL_Meterpreter_inMemory |
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| Author: | netbiosX, Florian Roth |
| Description: | Detects Meterpreter in-memory |
| Reference: | https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleteamsec/comments/hjux11/meterpreter_memory_indicators_detection_tooling/ |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers |
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| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers. |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore |
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| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers |
| Rule name: | pe_detect_tls_callbacks |
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| Rule name: | RANSOMWARE |
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| Author: | ToroGuitar |
| Rule name: | ReflectiveLoader |
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| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | Detects a unspecified hack tool, crack or malware using a reflective loader - no hard match - further investigation recommended |
| Reference: | Internal Research |
| Rule name: | SEH__vectored |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware |
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| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html |
| Rule name: | telebot_framework |
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| Author: | vietdx.mb |
| Rule name: | ThreadControl__Context |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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