blihanstealer | 7eb820501ccc4e1a41c54cb17bbe8f62171e0970920bd767c4182de27ba58004

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
143s
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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25/08/2026, 10:45

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General

Target
2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_elex_qilin.exe
Size 95KB
Sample260825-mtjdhs1akh
SHA256 7eb820501ccc4e1a41c54cb17bbe8f62171e0970920bd767c4182de27ba58004
MD5 6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59
SHA1 5366c39c941e45b866adfdc099f3d9eed49fbc64
SHA512 740921a14121097715dd2c6f2a8ff4de62942c656e57de5de4a1cbdfb6f701ba84973d6544f5fb1f7e953b5dd2d227d3ec403770dfc968d23e9a03484ea80969
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8h5:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHO
TLSH
T1C9A3B24B4EA1CEDBD804103BABEAA25C86E3FC451DDCF35657EEC80674C2918C98E957
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/3780-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x000d000000019cd9-6.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3780-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5368-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4700-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4700	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4700	microsofthelp.exe
5368	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"	2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_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	2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_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 3780 wrote to memory of 4700	3780	2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_6fa0abfd47a409e86ba4ddd0034c7d59_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:3780
- 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:4700

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5368

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 e35d4b98ba1793f463a38bfcad01a99a74f5f1a94b07b079c788aebc3b8ab695
MD5 ade8b8d9626501b61e21e7878e1bd81e
SHA1 8b3de1589ecef4c6881074a315494d4a6596f845
SHA512 9b87e73957392f03742db594c63f6450bd5372655abc1fd3e72fbdce05e597661fb7d02edd8bdb8270d7197d34ff1d2836ca4d5315f219d72162e64460445b4c
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8he:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHh
TLSH
T11FA3B24B4EA1CEDBD804103BABEAA25C86E3FC451DDCF35657EEC80664C2918C98E957
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/3780-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3780-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4700-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5368-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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