General
- Target Merluis.zip
- Size 116.7MB
- Sample260416-ppsshaft9m
- SHA256 71bf366f690036077650b19fdf215d9fcf601e210b9b7278ed18b94551c33e3d
- MD5 59b3707080750516146c6699478fdca0
- SHA1 0a70f68035053ecc5a2b7b7abd719135633b7f08
- SHA512 870faeeeb1477d8770c22e26cd6dcbfca2b345043276328673b7993356512ad373bd57ba6be639b89bb990bbc5f2b50b6ce1ce3edd37c9fe9404250298cd50e1
- SSDEEP 3145728:pKAm2+fOIni+p0D8jMEofdcSGBV/F9sj4:5H+vn3KD8jMhfdcSGL/F9sk
- TLSH T1784833C311692B20F8171BAF6A46138278A83A77D0CFED6EF791B1550EDCFE39694109
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Merluis.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
25 signatures
300 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Merluis.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
15 signatures
300 seconds
Malware Config
Targets
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- Target Merluis.exe
- Size 116.7MB
- SHA256 a60007d2f163abc208e36a5e52d54e41d1b84b4b5ca6345d652089d92c00bc92
- MD5 31e2f8a466891fec1be2ae7b42776e61
- SHA1 ae8564b968ef46e12d364889e984657ccca27903
- SHA512 3aaa16a6e98f72dd761d82fff57df0f558af066b3be14eea9ff53e095244b8b56fd357cb80ae176c032c907681faf7fcfed94be99273307a3a8b76211a8bdf5e
- SSDEEP 1572864:6TdB8GNTaPYdN0uo4iwnrljK6+gLJ8bshzU3sKoC8fLvlhAycCH0GRapt5tXQ+28:6T0GQqNCMnhJ8wS3sUklhAm07nHFN2Vi
- TLSH T1DA4833C311751A34E8570BBF2E4A138378D93A77D0CFE95ABBA4B1540EDCEA3D688116
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Detects HadeStealer
Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Looks for VMWare services registry key.
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
Enumerates processes with tasklist
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- Target Merluis.exe
- Size 212.5MB
- SHA256 2f8200c46a7e9a356c2c68b922043594e47f8e9187abaf7298906f495b8dc343
- MD5 b052e1d1d1d02e0c06bc6ae167a3ba44
- SHA1 5d158492d82a4452c3183c09680d06575e00e347
- SHA512 529671d0f2ebd79b159bf4b4961a1ce952ec3dce20a13a09b7163516d43a2adf7d1ff58dee552531d3bd8240113bacc39ce1460c38155f76c23c069e9ee31553
- SSDEEP 1572864:efXoDQCi/etwxAgy9k/CljnWqIJQkezlLMNGjpR8n+WX9ov4Ma0gmsLCKZaZWE/b:4usCD7lHjlbqE
- TLSH T18EB88C03E29A41D9C01DD175575AA233FE71B8454B28B6DF2BA407522F76EF82B3DB20
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Looks for VMWare services registry key.
Adds Run key to start application
Enumerates processes with tasklist
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Ignore Process Interrupts
1Modify Registry
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
5