blihanstealer | 5f26adc026c6305e5d6929647d53bcbad353a4acc558af77dd230a3939010347

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
130s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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23/07/2026, 07:53

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General

Target
2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe
Size 91KB
Sample260723-jq7edstfkf
SHA256 5f26adc026c6305e5d6929647d53bcbad353a4acc558af77dd230a3939010347
MD5 4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6
SHA1 45e5d78ba7969f02aae375816198d7c54e4cb695
SHA512 0a18cd6b0690925be340335f99cb6a90661c8d38a8e263d2ae2ad4c49efa33d8beaea463817c2758d57a5a2ac9751e6f12bcd302323e7f0d1f1fbf3e29acc339
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrhm:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHp
TLSH
T11D93D44B4F71CDDBE810143EA7AAA11C86D3FC441CCCF35A96EED84674C2918C99EA67
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery blihanstealer persistence stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

blihanstealer

Mutex

pomdfghrt

Attributes

user_agent
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; CIBA; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)

Signatures

Family: BlihanStealer
Blihan is a stealer written in C++.
trojan stealer blihanstealer

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000e000000016cb6-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5668-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4364-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4364	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4364	microsofthelp.exe
5668	microsofthelp.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1014449518-1831897916-4205727055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe
File created	C:\Windows\HidePlugin.dll	microsofthelp.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	microsofthelp.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4788 wrote to memory of 4364	4788	2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_4006876b0007b1ad7d35ade888b9d1e6_elex_qilin.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4788
- C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
  "C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4364

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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microsofthelp.exe

Path C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
Size 91KB
SHA256 a871861396f71162f9bcc0b1a3713a827349a664ae0f8bf43fececa4e81fb6ce
MD5 ccda570f61cf2e2fc86a74cd1518580d
SHA1 1db08cf5e859c899b62be71d1112d125be45f244
SHA512 bb5451fc6712fc3822427e7e39031ab365fcff22ef60055cb0dd8bfd8542015551b85409dab49f9776fb5ae56103954b2d31c6ba027236ce23923da56db766a8
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh9:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHm
TLSH
T16E93D54B4F71CDDBE810143EA7AAA11C86D3FC441CCCF35A96EED84670C2918C99EA67
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4364-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5668-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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