General

  • Target
    29072026_1335_Call for volunteers.lnk.zip
  • Size 1KB
  • Sample260729-qvxt3shc23
  • SHA256 1d4309e8a88a159d3df31e8059dbaabab5a16158bcd4683cead913a868735095
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 134.122.128.66:6666

  • 134.122.128.66:8888

  • 134.122.128.66:5050

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 6.15

Targets

    • Target
      Call for volunteers.lnk
    • Size 6KB
    • SHA256 fa163d8e34b5dc22074514bcf8b5cdc91ae6e03a5d99cda681124f750b5aeb81
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: ValleyRat

      ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

    • Badlisted process makes network request

      Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation

      Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks