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SantaStealer


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26
SHA3-384 hash: 25f9fe4e2d206a3abf441b1747a21f14be68defee6ea3b6344e322410a586f0141b6b9349396018eb2d967d230ad5c35
SHA1 hash: 6d5718935a651606dab21f697843052738c6ac66
MD5 hash: be0e7aa84d2e0eae2d5905dea734ec8d
humanhash: stairway-winter-california-burger
File name:Set-up.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SantaStealer
Create hunting rule
File size:10'045'318 bytes
First seen:2026-02-04 15:29:04 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-04 16:41:34 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash fcc736760ffc18b2096bf8dc1a972ac5 (3 x SantaStealer)
ssdeep 24576:Qo8xwVg7ftS93x6Hsxeyt39tacwXOBRO68jHxihwYMmhyABpZlxPXubBGnWXtOqn:Qo8xwKpS93xvBnAXpTDV
Threatray 53 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T126A6BFD9D16E44D2DC053FF9A8142AC79B2446328A7400683A6F7D898F774FEC05EEB6
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:exe SantaStealer

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
111
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=backstage_event&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3VETVFZX3FkLWFteUJYYWJvQndrM1NPM2FEd3xBQ3Jtc0tudThBNHlicWQ1UjZIeDR6MG1ic3NnSXpPWnN3VFZUSURYVnZiYW83SWVTekVxcmFQR0NVSHVITnpTZGhkZWhGcXdDSnNhT2ZQd2F4ci1JYjIwRTExZFN1NjZ0cWtyOU45ZDM5VEJSM1lHdXlxT2gwYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Frkns.link%2F8g9zr
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-02-04 11:46:22 UTC
Tags:
smb telegram stealer santastealer susp-powershell
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/f3d90f49-ad0b-47bd-97de-b8d9690aea03

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/51708/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=698365736b1af47db72cd73d
Tags:
injection vmdetect obfusc virus
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm hacktool installer-heuristic overlay packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/698365d0930564ff3c89dee7/reports/ecd782dd-91e1-4162-ba12-7678d7bee6ae/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sba PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-Downloader.Win32.PsDownload.sb Trojan.Win32.Shellcode.mbv Trojan.Win32.PowerShell.d
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/75b18208-a107-4d46-8e82-921fd1c0ddbc
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
56 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1863371
Signature
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1863371 Sample: Set-up.exe Startdate: 04/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 56 14 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->14 16 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->16 7 Set-up.exe 2->7         started        process3 signatures4 18 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 7->18 10 powershell.exe 15 7->10         started        process5 process6 12 conhost.exe 10->12         started       
Score:
96%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/be0e7aa84d2e0eae2d5905dea734ec8d
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.Win32.Shellcode
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26
Threat name:
Win64.Dropper.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-02-04 15:28:00 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
7 of 36 (19.44%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=7gal3lzlys66vmdthfyqubpuq5axhuppkpscbblmeehwuegy3ita._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
donutloader
Create hunting rule
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SantaStealer
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88a6b0a90955921c56942e09cd9a011f48e65d565463395180269f3a9f460c01
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ad7b8182e54718f79dbcebcdb33ce56af0320008d0f2755df213b32047907f37
SantaStealer
d90588cf6dbbe83e9a847a1276a78ebfa90f5d42a3a740c6683c04057ea707b8
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dafe76fa2fb61a285d0a949a3c56cefe4789de22591ba88ae70e35b0cd5cab78
SantaStealer
dbbf1b73a04af751d23c352dbd9abd2050254420df06998db425a581206ee58a
SantaStealer
ec4409bf99a789c882e18ed005e79f4f9b25248ad864306f75be1af1215098e0
SantaStealer
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Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260204-sw2krscx3g/
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Views/modifies file attributes
Browser Information Discovery
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Badlisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26
MD5 hash:
be0e7aa84d2e0eae2d5905dea734ec8d
SHA1 hash:
6d5718935a651606dab21f697843052738c6ac66
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/66cd661f-f8ec-43ce-8cfb-ae63dbc0ae66/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.75
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/f980bdaf2bc4bdeab07339710a05f4874173d1ef53e420856c210f6a10d8da26

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
Create hunting rule
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Create hunting rule
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Create hunting rule
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Create hunting rule
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Create hunting rule
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:dgaagas
Create hunting rule
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Create hunting rule
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Create hunting rule
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:vmdetect
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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

Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/51708/

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