| File name: | DhackLoader.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f2d22655-854b-4b98-9b81-75b00e4fd8cb |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | June 21, 2025, 16:16:50 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections |
| MD5: | F7B142CE937009C3D2FB143FCECF41A2 |
| SHA1: | A317B7B0B5F2A1672BD0D301864F4BAFABFA4A47 |
| SHA256: | F93D0B96F57A49F09556C965448E4EE168BD497D531986ACAD8F37E73FF08047 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:9y755wzddLJboDgxgj9/gvSz7f5JQWYvz1l9MUnx8NLONl7cKVyJzgzU/WKPFZTX:mmBeM9K |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
Actions looks like stealing of personal data
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Steals credentials from Web Browsers
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
SALATSTEALER has been detected (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
Application launched itself
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Starts itself from another location
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Multiple wallet extension IDs have been found
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3756)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3820)
Process checks computer location settings
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
Reads the computer name
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3820)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3756)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 6584)
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3820)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3756)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
Creates files in the program directory
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Launching a file from a Registry key
- DhackLoader.exe (PID: 4156)
Create files in a temporary directory
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Detects GO elliptic curve encryption (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Checks current location (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 888)
Application based on Golang
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Found Base64 encoded file access via PowerShell (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
UPX packer has been detected
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Found Base64 encoded access to Windows Defender via PowerShell (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
Found Base64 encoded access to environment variables via PowerShell (YARA)
- explorer.exe (PID: 3884)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (64.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.7) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 0000:00:00 00:00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 3 |
| CodeSize: | 3280896 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 4096 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 8777728 |
| EntryPoint: | 0xb7fca0 |
| OSVersion: | 6.1 |
| ImageVersion: | 1 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
147
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 856 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 888 | powershell.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows PowerShell Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2620 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3756 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\explorer.exe" - | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\explorer.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3820 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\explorer.exe" - | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\explorer.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3884 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FileZilla\explorer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FileZilla\explorer.exe | DhackLoader.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Modules
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| 4156 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\DhackLoader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\DhackLoader.exe | DhackLoader.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 6584 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\DhackLoader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\DhackLoader.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 2 Modules
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Total events
8 906
Read events
8 904
Write events
2
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (4156) DhackLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | explorer |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FileZilla\explorer.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4156) DhackLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | svchost |
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\svchost.exe | |||
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
1
Text files
2
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4156 | DhackLoader.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\svchost.exe | executable | |
MD5:F7B142CE937009C3D2FB143FCECF41A2 | SHA256:F93D0B96F57A49F09556C965448E4EE168BD497D531986ACAD8F37E73FF08047 | |||
| 888 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_l2thvamv.pjq.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 3884 | explorer.exe | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\explorer.exe | executable | |
MD5:F7B142CE937009C3D2FB143FCECF41A2 | SHA256:F93D0B96F57A49F09556C965448E4EE168BD497D531986ACAD8F37E73FF08047 | |||
| 888 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2tecx131.ii4.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 3884 | explorer.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\explorer.exe | executable | |
MD5:F7B142CE937009C3D2FB143FCECF41A2 | SHA256:F93D0B96F57A49F09556C965448E4EE168BD497D531986ACAD8F37E73FF08047 | |||
| 4156 | DhackLoader.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FileZilla\explorer.exe | executable | |
MD5:F7B142CE937009C3D2FB143FCECF41A2 | SHA256:F93D0B96F57A49F09556C965448E4EE168BD497D531986ACAD8F37E73FF08047 | |||
| 888 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache | binary | |
MD5:8B8A832FCE2174C8FEE26B70F2483FBB | SHA256:0FBA3A37EF443507F533A7C3F31C0B5826EA416B95FDE43479E02D4E0C29400B | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
33
DNS requests
16
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.25.50.8:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6016 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6016 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2520 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
7000 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4156 | DhackLoader.exe | 1.1.1.1:443 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4156 | DhackLoader.exe | 188.114.97.3:443 | — | — | — | unknown |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3884 | explorer.exe | 1.1.1.1:443 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3884 | explorer.exe | 188.114.96.3:443 | — | — | — | unknown |
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |