blihanstealer | f45c78c0dbfa165af77ded5b64a22dcf1e42f783c66b4f53f58a69b6b82b277d

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
01/08/2026, 15:58

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General

Target
2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_elex_qilin.exe
Size 96KB
Sample260801-tewhvsdb22
SHA256 f45c78c0dbfa165af77ded5b64a22dcf1e42f783c66b4f53f58a69b6b82b277d
MD5 ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926
SHA1 d307dddf5ebfcb33dfb43122342bb9068deac427
SHA512 c1a4a07c1a59fa19fa6545a6924b8ead147b14beddfd2e794263a2fd94115b65f10bd91bd86a8a1c2f35facb7e032cfb7373e4fc978041c6f425e3cdb36e0787
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWhb:E6t
TLSH
T1DDA3B34B4F71CDDBE810143E97AAA21C86D3FC541CCCF35A96EED84670C291C899E9A7
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
behavioral1/memory/1148-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral1/files/0x001200000002416d-3.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral1/memory/1148-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral1/memory/4848-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral1/memory/4424-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4424	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4424	microsofthelp.exe
4848	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-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_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	2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_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 1148 wrote to memory of 4424	1148	2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_elex_qilin.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_ba1496da568b2290ae2993a507466926_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:1148
- 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:4424

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4848

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 96KB
SHA256 75cb79e12981de535cbe30c8a251682903b659ef8f4e3942f14dd716f0bad164
MD5 1b18758feef10d885de21a3cd508fc9b
SHA1 7ce557600d7e879bebce12836b218c29b63add55
SHA512 d4aabe9fe3a09e81e246801d2e3bfcbd99311e4a83f99c92850dcb55db6916e7ffe061f800216445e547494fa532fa0ac6e97aa582c9e4d2b8e745cae2b260c2
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWhZ:E6t
TLSH
T180A3B34B4F71CDDBE810143E97AAA21C86D3FC541CCCF35A96EED84670C291C899E9A7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1148-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/1148-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4424-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4848-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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