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Database Entry



SnakeKeylogger


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fa98a8ee2e614edd5a9d072cdd9d6c5b7034cbff4f4c431901a548bb5eaccb0e
SHA3-384 hash: cc41bc27fa184f63db7f84944e4b6c5130ec8c74b394d052a1901a9bad5c86aa238325b755b0d13007d258587cda00e7
SHA1 hash: 950eb897d6a0714ecef206ca9852ebf4ac693e5e
MD5 hash: d1634724e36570f459f2330d72e6c2e6
humanhash: wisconsin-nine-cold-hydrogen
File name:fa98a8ee2e614edd5a9d072cdd9d6c5b7034cbff4f4c431901a548bb5eaccb0e
Download: download sample
Signature SnakeKeylogger
File size:538'112 bytes
First seen:2025-03-10 11:25:38 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash fc6683d30d9f25244a50fd5357825e79 (92 x Formbook, 52 x AgentTesla, 23 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:CquErHF6xC9D6DmR1J98w4oknqOOCyQf6503dtfae8wP9e2Ag:Hrl6kD68JmlotQf6itpaeNle2N
Threatray 88 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1D3B412868AD5DA23C3A8237480368D946A657832CED8B75E8724E51FFC31347EC1AF4D
TrID 35.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
35.0% (.EXE) Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (26569/9/4)
8.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'034 x Formbook, 1'183 x CredentialFlusher, 666 x AgentTesla)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe SnakeKeylogger

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
332
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
22022025_1441_21022025_quotationrequest9CR-1MOQ625323.pdf.z
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-02-22 14:55:52 UTC
Tags:
arch-exec evasion snake keylogger telegram stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
autorun autoit
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Searching for the window
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
autoit compiled-script formbook lolbin microsoft_visual_cc mpcmdrun overlay packed packed packed packer_detected upx
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Snake Keylogger, VIP Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Yara detected VIP Keylogger
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1634845 Sample: ctTrvHxBXO.exe Startdate: 11/03/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 30 reallyfreegeoip.org 2->30 32 api.telegram.org 2->32 34 3 other IPs or domains 2->34 42 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->42 44 Found malware configuration 2->44 46 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->46 52 10 other signatures 2->52 8 ctTrvHxBXO.exe 6 2->8         started        12 wscript.exe 1 2->12         started        signatures3 48 Tries to detect the country of the analysis system (by using the IP) 30->48 50 Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication) 32->50 process4 file5 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\cyclop.exe, PE32 8->26 dropped 58 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 8->58 14 cyclop.exe 3 8->14         started        60 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 12->60 18 cyclop.exe 2 12->18         started        signatures6 process7 file8 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\cyclop.vbs, data 14->28 dropped 62 Antivirus detection for dropped file 14->62 64 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 14->64 66 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 14->66 72 2 other signatures 14->72 20 RegSvcs.exe 15 2 14->20         started        68 Writes to foreign memory regions 18->68 70 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->70 24 RegSvcs.exe 2 18->24         started        signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 36 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49719, 49727 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 20->36 38 us2.smtp.mailhostbox.com 208.91.198.143, 49725, 587, 62595 PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRYUS United States 20->38 40 2 other IPs or domains 20->40 54 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 24->54 56 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 24->56 signatures12
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-21 00:18:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
52
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
vipkeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vipkeylogger collection discovery keylogger stealer upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Browser Information Discovery
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
VIPKeylogger
Vipkeylogger family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan 404keylogger
YARA:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
fa98a8ee2e614edd5a9d072cdd9d6c5b7034cbff4f4c431901a548bb5eaccb0e
MD5 hash:
d1634724e36570f459f2330d72e6c2e6
SHA1 hash:
950eb897d6a0714ecef206ca9852ebf4ac693e5e
SH256 hash:
f4aea5cf1f974de516ef0a783c00adabec79a3eca68da767ee63dbe6f4bbe7bc
MD5 hash:
48e60083bf8799f8b175ae90a50656c5
SHA1 hash:
f2a9b96a479ef04505059b8dafbafdc9ea7282d8
Detections:
AutoIT_Compiled
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:crime_snake_keylogger
Author:Rony (r0ny_123)
Description:Detects Snake keylogger payload
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_DotNetProcHook
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables with potential process hoocking
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_TelegramChatBot
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot
Rule name:MAL_Envrial_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Encrial credential stealer malware
Reference:https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/953313514629853184
Rule name:MAL_Envrial_Jan18_1_RID2D8C
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Encrial credential stealer malware
Reference:https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/953313514629853184
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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:SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Author:Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)
Description:Detects imphash often found in malware samples (Maximum 0,25% hits with search for 'imphash:x p:0' on Virustotal) = 99,75% hits
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:telegram_bot_api
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing Telegram Bot API
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_SnakeKeylogger_af3faa65
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::GetAce
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::timeGetTime
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.DLL::LoadLibraryA
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW

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