blihanstealer | 0f76cf49b8192392f686feb7f7308270ddac9864f6944ee17f42f70104d85996

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
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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08/08/2026, 08:57

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General

Target
2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_elex_qilin.exe
Size 96KB
Sample260808-kw2xjaxtfx
SHA256 0f76cf49b8192392f686feb7f7308270ddac9864f6944ee17f42f70104d85996
MD5 35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e
SHA1 a37f4ab87016164f08ca99f925a12f97b3da816b
SHA512 9f38e99c0a4155ad440ceeae6bfd4de054d96cc4c0def3451e98ecfa366232d4634bf3507fae6e58a49d33996bb9bca22885fb7b5951787e4ece1079190f552d
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWht:E6t
TLSH
T15EA3B34B8E71CDDBE810143E97EAA21C86D3FC441CDCF35A96EED84670C291C899E967
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/2728-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000019cc0-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/2728-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4360-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/1096-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1096	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1096	microsofthelp.exe
4360	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-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_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	2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_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 2728 wrote to memory of 1096	2728	2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_elex_qilin.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_35b94fb3bf3b5cceb5c3cedfc16ee79e_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:2728
- 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:1096

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4360

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 4a4a106a5a44d12a56dc71d32e93885d298f52b443d04bdb1380e9e311ce2480
MD5 cd855ff79a2dd62b36bc40b40b316f89
SHA1 a06e1dc81cbb9430500097bc3886e8b9051be389
SHA512 257e5aae8b55dbdf6a4e92cc6ecf291aaa0bfb3c6595f25c9ada9c41ef8c8dfeaf66d0ff60e83b273c6dad91a6148c0f140b615d23f335caecfb99ef3b1526d8
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWhx:E6t
TLSH
T1BFA3B34B8E71CDDBE810143E97EAA21C86D3FC441CDCF35A96EED84670C291C899E967
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1096-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2728-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2728-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4360-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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