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Database Entry



DefendNot


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 32 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f5c9e4ad8ca1843aaa87eb0e3ea160e8256c5da50349ac186bb7ee83704224f2
SHA3-384 hash: 8886848e2d6b56431795190c512d2ed5ee7a9b971c251a1845bbc8da521f5b13b298e50128faf93b92cde3e098255f7b
SHA1 hash: e43bcdcd1db7aab0af5cab1fac4a714244fa4dde
MD5 hash: a3dc49c98a65d1be73b6239ef879f119
humanhash: undress-three-freddie-golf
File name:592482_vcomp140_12652a425a.exe
Download: download sample
Signature DefendNot
File size:11'587'072 bytes
First seen:2026-09-25 21:45:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d42595b695fc008ef2c56aabd8efd68e (1'398 x Vidar, 331 x RemusStealer, 134 x Stealc)
ssdeep 98304:kEBBm3eksOLFo0Auxn2BJcdf0m+ApQJneLpxRAE2bKRPNqQ5hLLJ/slTlXT+mYV5:khetOxrncncOApmneSrbnQ5Z5sTjVYH
TLSH T1ADC69D03ECA545E9C1ADE5358A669263BB717C480F2523D33B90F3282F76BD06EB6750
TrID 33.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
25.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
10.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
10.1% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter aachum
Tags:87-120-104-147 DefendNot DefendnotLoader exe


Avatar
iamaachum
C2:
errakgrwenmjibedi.cc
kaiangelsystems.rest

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
162
Origin country :
ES ES
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-22 12:59:39 UTC
Tags:
autoit stealer evasion loader rust auto-reg auto generic susp-powershell golang defendnot tool

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

Behaviour
Creating a file
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Loading a suspicious library
Forced system process termination
Searching for synchronization primitives
Сreating synchronization primitives
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto dropper golang packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-22T11:51:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-24T08:22:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
defendnot Loader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Suspicious powershell command line found
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected defendnot Loader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1978381 Sample: 592482_vcomp140_12652a425a.exe Startdate: 25/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 kaiangelsystems.rest 2->42 44 errakgrwenmjibedi.cc 2->44 64 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->64 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->66 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->68 70 5 other signatures 2->70 8 592482_vcomp140_12652a425a.exe 9 2->8         started        12 defendnot-loader.exe 2->12         started        14 explorer.exe 2->14 injected signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 36 C:\Windows\XqdHlihB\defendnot.dll, PE32+ 8->36 dropped 38 C:\Windows\XqdHlihB\defendnot-loader.exe, PE32+ 8->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\...\updater_qrgIxNVq.exe, PE32+ 8->40 dropped 72 Suspicious powershell command line found 8->72 74 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 8->74 76 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 8->76 17 updater_qrgIxNVq.exe 8->17         started        20 defendnot-loader.exe 8->20         started        22 powershell.exe 23 8->22         started        26 3 other processes 8->26 78 Writes to foreign memory regions 12->78 80 Allocates memory in foreign processes 12->80 82 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 12->82 24 Taskmgr.exe 12->24         started        46 errakgrwenmjibedi.cc 104.21.57.9, 443, 49724 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 14->46 48 kaiangelsystems.rest 172.67.186.110, 443, 49725 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 14->48 84 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 14->84 86 Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check) 14->86 file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 17->50 52 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 17->52 54 Writes to foreign memory regions 17->54 56 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 17->56 58 Found API chain indicative of debugger detection 20->58 60 Allocates memory in foreign processes 20->60 62 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 20->62 28 Taskmgr.exe 20->28         started        30 conhost.exe 22->30         started        32 conhost.exe 26->32         started        34 conhost.exe 26->34         started        process10
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win64.Dropper.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-23 00:59:17 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
HACKTOOL_DefendNot
Result
Malware family:
defendnot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:defendnot defense_evasion discovery execution hacktool persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes a command shell one-liner
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Enumerates connected drives
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Detects Defendnot
Family: Defendnot
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f5c9e4ad8ca1843aaa87eb0e3ea160e8256c5da50349ac186bb7ee83704224f2
MD5 hash:
a3dc49c98a65d1be73b6239ef879f119
SHA1 hash:
e43bcdcd1db7aab0af5cab1fac4a714244fa4dde
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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:command_and_control
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group
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:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:golang_duffcopy_amd64
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:IronTiger_HTTPBrowser_Dropper
Author:Cyber Safety Solutions, Trend Micro
Description:Iron Tiger Malware - HTTPBrowser Dropper
Reference:http://goo.gl/T5fSJC
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RemusStealer_GoPayload
Author:burger
Description:Detects RemusStealer Go-compiled payload
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
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: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/

File information


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DefendNot

Executable exe f5c9e4ad8ca1843aaa87eb0e3ea160e8256c5da50349ac186bb7ee83704224f2

(this sample)

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