blihanstealer | 9a4dda3efb8f48a92f1862302061f6f59c58719b74e23401f9b7154af0fdb6a7

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, 18:35

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General

Target
2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_elex_qilin.exe
Size 96KB
Sample260802-w8jghavyf1
SHA256 9a4dda3efb8f48a92f1862302061f6f59c58719b74e23401f9b7154af0fdb6a7
MD5 53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf
SHA1 26f7f7057fa35da3f739bee6769ac864c09ce99e
SHA512 51c70e1e8a5e8f1e7da3d86d2ff77dca6f0e2a0036d90e21f4f3f03ec30a09c7cd318bf4961fd92062b6eea7ce4e16b2008a44ac241a98f27cb7b08b4be4c4b9
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWh/:E6t
TLSH
T191A3B34B4F71CDDBE800143E9BAAA21C86D3FC541CDCF35A96EED84670C291C899E967
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/5812-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001b1b7-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5812-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5436-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/956-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
956	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
956	microsofthelp.exe
5436	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_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_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	2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_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 5812 wrote to memory of 956	5812	2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_53e39792a34409eed0a4612644420dcf_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:5812
- 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:956

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5436

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 b9c0aeb92acfbfc689b18d338e5dd5ec4fedf8ec6ed7100474311abe7998bf47
MD5 29f1f71cbc6042cc7c7a0c02db2c3055
SHA1 afb2e8639359d1720797675975e1e62b1b7bc6cc
SHA512 83c7b3967481b33eba7efc9b1266422cfb7be016481f69b578149bb3b2dd17ec655f299f2382d4f7915dec276ae63c5f1035cf5f360d2b5cefd1b792afc32258
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWh3:E6t
TLSH
T183A3B34B4F71CDDBE800143E9BAAA21C86D3FC541CDCF35A96EED84670C291C899E967
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/956-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5436-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5812-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5812-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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