blihanstealer | 2b02e2c5f75ef5f2f26480deb34bedc4970021df37032989ad6fe342fc43e6e8

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
140s
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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12/08/2026, 03:45

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General

Target
2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_elex_qilin.exe
Size 94KB
Sample260812-ea5hmsxhrf
SHA256 2b02e2c5f75ef5f2f26480deb34bedc4970021df37032989ad6fe342fc43e6e8
MD5 292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d
SHA1 980a8ed8779ca2f9fd59405e8b68527daa51b28f
SHA512 e5e51e0311aa59cb5a92bda788f808608ad73549bf7f2b5dd843538945b185c3e2650f4dccc0ea33c07b51befdad41f0419b34a9944f313a1f18f94324f12251
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh0:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHn
TLSH
T1E493B34B4E71CDDBE810143EA7AAA21C86D3FC441CDCF35A96EED84670C2918899E967
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/2256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000016cdc-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/2256-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3632-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4224-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4224	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4224	microsofthelp.exe
3632	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"	2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_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	2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_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 2256 wrote to memory of 4224	2256	2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_292fbc4f7e1e5dd1ab75f3f39fe1591d_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:2256
- 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:4224

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3632

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 95KB
SHA256 b55f8f0d845aed77c68ecb31f12744fa8addfe8aa95f2c19a79050b7aeb1ea9e
MD5 3faa89fffff784a565674d545ed5cc4f
SHA1 2e34bc78c1bee01f18a3c2dac0ac8d64f2d507b1
SHA512 a052fb5cc183b7604c9df4f17d82ed1922ab18cee5e15144a7553aca99e6e1726a14b8c69fbbe932b806d22f149f433e092c4efca69101195ab8f95fd5c8206c
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrhg:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHv
TLSH
T16693B34B4E71CDDBE810143E9BEAA21C86D3FC441CDCF35A96EED84670C2918C99E967
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2256-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3632-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4224-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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