Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/03/2026, 15:50

General

  • Target
    f4c5d60c27d9cb4a45574151e9bc57786a044f44d990f.exe
  • Size 761KB
  • Sample260301-s92spaav3a
  • SHA256 f4c5d60c27d9cb4a45574151e9bc57786a044f44d990f92ea3930fe980d62650
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 111.170.36.160:8585

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 3. 1

Signatures

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 19 IoCs
  • ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Valleyrat_s2 family
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f4c5d60c27d9cb4a45574151e9bc57786a044f44d990f.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f4c5d60c27d9cb4a45574151e9bc57786a044f44d990f.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:764
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_launcher.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_launcher.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2568
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_launcher.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_launcher.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3184

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Edge.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\Edge.exe
        • Size 16B
        • SHA256 7d9a366b7540f1b27e13a9930522821631e5705c9ce33b56f0e269a07f56fc15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Microsoft-Edge.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\Microsoft-Edge.exe
        • Size 338KB
        • SHA256 098875912bbea286eced7b68560a46f0b00c02615755af8e9b77dcebf1b699f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        active_desktop_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_launcher.exe
        • Size 89KB
        • SHA256 eed4315d8a7eebdae9f75fd5c120e51feef58ca49b86921ce0123ca3e5f8b808
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        active_desktop_render.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\jk\active_desktop_render.dll
        • Size 245KB
        • SHA256 fec4304b758d3876a3ec834401cf347010818f0e2f3a8a456f8014ded3e847c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2568-26-0x00000000013D0000-0x000000000140F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-27-0x0000000001430000-0x0000000001488000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-40-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003396000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-29-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003396000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-25-0x0000000001430000-0x0000000001488000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-24-0x0000000001430000-0x0000000001488000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-23-0x0000000001430000-0x0000000001488000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-28-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003396000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-22-0x0000000001430000-0x0000000001488000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-44-0x00000000015C0000-0x000000000176C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2568-42-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003396000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-33-0x0000000002EC0000-0x0000000002F18000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-34-0x0000000002EC0000-0x0000000002F18000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-32-0x0000000002EC0000-0x0000000002F18000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-35-0x0000000002EC0000-0x0000000002F18000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-39-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-41-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-38-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-43-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-45-0x00000000011A0000-0x000000000134C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-37-0x0000000002EC0000-0x0000000002F18000-memory.dmp