Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    61s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 12:37

General

  • Target
    Loader.rar
  • Size 30.5MB
  • Sample260502-ptpxeafy21
  • SHA256 c65800dccff32c6d9161482b3bcc3aaa6b51757c217ef0e5aab9af38310cbe88
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 5 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 9 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
    "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Loader.rar"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:4740
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3008
    • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe"
      1⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4828
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        PID:4512
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\svchost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\svchost.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5064
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Comms\services.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Comms\services.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4520
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\conhost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\conhost.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3364
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemData\svchost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemData\svchost.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4800
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemData\svchost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemData\svchost.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2372
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\fontdrvhost.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\fontdrvhost.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4608

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Loader by Sexsoldier.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe
          • Size 16.0MB
          • SHA256 b79fe947040b74064ca1051b2891b71adb39ab5f0eef3cc673332bf55b280cf2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          conhost.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\conhost.exe
          • Size 729KB
          • SHA256 671bc85a8d8709362a69d47b16b4f76bfbfbf6ea2e271458d4554093196d536a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          svchost.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MergedApps_350f8a9f-1388-45e9-94fb-ab9008192ac0\svchost.exe
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 38153939c017d389a48b9e7f7aa6de1b61c2fa7ce0077f73c349faf010792cdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          autolauncher_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autolauncher_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 aac4f30ed2b98311382ea7cc55dc29d18e54c8fa4b2aae327a12be68f0393ab5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          autolauncher_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autolauncher_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 568c057efd5e0e184ed331d39a8ac7a42406a32b5e1dd9494cf1c91eaf294eb8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          autolauncher_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autolauncher_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 26b1823dd961241a5561f34aa513c7b1c69ec0d2ba56278cbd00409de35840af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          autolauncher_tracking.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autolauncher_tracking.txt
          • Size 33B
          • SHA256 8e8774d7c5149cda699e68d958e204e8cb661cac9e99ee1dd594f47f46412b7e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          Loader by Sexsoldier.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader\Loader by Sexsoldier.exe
          • Size 20.2MB
          • SHA256 913d1f1c9adc4bffc6e0157ae4a0f31018f28e98f6a12012b833f7f0d08bfccd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3008-32-0x00000221DB1E0000-0x00000221DB2F5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3364-67-0x00000000006B0000-0x000000000076C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-109-0x0000000007120000-0x0000000007158000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-112-0x0000000002790000-0x00000000027B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-69-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000001DBA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-111-0x0000000006880000-0x0000000006E88000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-110-0x00000000070E0000-0x00000000070EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-108-0x00000000070D0000-0x00000000070D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4520-126-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000DC7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4608-129-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000001627000-memory.dmp

          memory/4608-131-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000001627000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-31-0x0000024733590000-0x00000247336A5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-0-0x0000024733590000-0x00000247336A5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4828-35-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-63-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000E57000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-113-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000E57000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-115-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000E57000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-118-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000E57000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-125-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000E57000-memory.dmp