blihanstealer | 99e8e7a35d649ce44468b115817b73dece1edbfd6eb85392e416e7917f7395c4

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
submitted
07/08/2026, 09:06

Sharing

Copy URL Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target
2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_elex_qilin.exe
Size 83KB
Sample260807-k29vbseh76
SHA256 99e8e7a35d649ce44468b115817b73dece1edbfd6eb85392e416e7917f7395c4
MD5 a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce
SHA1 40d253239c5718a1b0fe3a52d38f3982437ac8a6
SHA512 04f75e4b5f3fe6f0ea8009db7831569959e2e3c68ff95e682f4d1105a25d63fff0ff05e4b06ef5cf32f0f82ad4aa6ca4ac726ff6f3095ad78a5d9a1a78ddb55b
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8hs:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHz
TLSH
T1A983E54B4E65CDDFD804103BABEAA22C86E3FC451CCCF35657EEC80664C2918C99E997
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/4344-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000700000001b888-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4344-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5816-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4984-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4984	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4984	microsofthelp.exe
5816	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-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_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	2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_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 4344 wrote to memory of 4984	4344	2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_a2a11d7b14626be81f0088c2974a89ce_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:4344
- 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:4984

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5816

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

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

microsofthelp.exe

Path C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
Size 84KB
SHA256 8f90a19180d83955902027acfa9cfc741d0ff920e9ffef39aea082b36643f147
MD5 108d9a4edbe1445ec3d856b1fc35472e
SHA1 3358c601684d0f5f8480d701e8c533ef7030a9ef
SHA512 0e43b0b64d35edc55d0a0d5a48c6ea9732d49d77c72da0e32ed685d92923a6c6dc017665dbc5e0b85ed63129f9cd65a868d213a2480b2eec961eaa3342d30a76
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8hZ:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHO
TLSH
T16383E54B4EA5CDDFD804103BABEAA22C86E3FC451CCCF35557EEC80664C2918C99E997
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Submit Download

memory/4344-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/4344-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/4984-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/5816-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads