blihanstealer | fce26d8a4269927cf97042c0802095229fe3f311d39d0ec45b6c8b899a42c9b8

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
133s
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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02/08/2026, 12:19

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General

Target
2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_elex_qilin.exe
Size 82KB
Sample260802-phpghahh43
SHA256 fce26d8a4269927cf97042c0802095229fe3f311d39d0ec45b6c8b899a42c9b8
MD5 004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf
SHA1 ee987239c95be112f499c61f58eb59589b865000
SHA512 3df9a93ae2e8ef6e26f1d3fa28a0fc47734f5f4e3d1bdae31a09940756d67a5dc1e07ea7331589bf56893232d8a608786f3ca2a5e08ac388dd9463162a2c2246
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8hb:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHY
TLSH
T1D983E54B4EA5CDDBD804103BABEAA22C86E3FC451DCCF35657EEC80674C2918C99E957
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/3156-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000900000001b1b7-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3156-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/1360-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5568-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5568	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5568	microsofthelp.exe
1360	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-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_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	microsofthelp.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_elex_qilin.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3156 wrote to memory of 5568	3156	2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_004bd64c1644b817e32329855f31d8bf_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:3156
- 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:5568

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1360

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 83KB
SHA256 1eea6f99cbbad2fd57cfb49fadeb81de5a4da2d2b9461a7fb866ae61d56d10aa
MD5 3679ea2521d0356e21d21ca7f95064cc
SHA1 d007e6670327a4104bd89670ef2bcb44c12506d5
SHA512 b67b099a9b988ac7c054951fed3c3fdd117d38c934d8aa2a94d3c2c1703f390da8d00b1c890f327d484bee8b332ab36973511af5dcb785bc83944c54a4209c8e
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8h/:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoH8
TLSH
T11283E54B4EA5CDDBD804103BABEAA22C86E3FC451DCCF35657EEC80674C2918C99E957
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1360-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3156-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3156-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5568-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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