Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/02/2026, 07:50

General

  • Target
    13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
  • Size 8.0MB
  • Sample260220-jpfkaaez7e
  • SHA256 ce84659bf96dbdf2560f7c96518ee6ae1a8c2ff55ede4e79457c12f248c2909a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 45.207.199.73:10801

  • 127.0.0.1:80

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 2.16

Signatures

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 7 IoCs
  • ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Valleyrat_s2 family
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • GoLang User-Agent 2 IoCs

    Uses default user-agent string defined by GoLang HTTP packages.

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c start "" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3168
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1336
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c start "" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Defender.exe
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4308
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Defender.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Defender.exe
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:2540
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v WindowsUpdate /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe /f
          4⤵
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:4420
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5436

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\13433E435060376939019BA6AEB1F079.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 ce84659bf96dbdf2560f7c96518ee6ae1a8c2ff55ede4e79457c12f248c2909a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Defender.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Defender.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 2959d077654c67dbc5bc55047036e4d1627d249de009fedaddc2e5025dc5acb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Defender.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Defender.ini
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 abf7c02ff347fbec0fd86e0424791e1fcaace65581c2bfd365496faeb579b0da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2540-19-0x00000000243D0000-0x0000000024402000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-20-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-14-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-15-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-17-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-16-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-18-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-10-0x0000000001BF0000-0x0000000001BF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-21-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-13-0x00000000221A0000-0x0000000022221000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-22-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-23-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-24-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-25-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-26-0x0000000022230000-0x0000000022252000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-29-0x0000000023A10000-0x0000000023AD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-30-0x0000000024550000-0x0000000024588000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-37-0x0000000023A10000-0x0000000023AD2000-memory.dmp