blihanstealer | eecf5e7c0947f8ddab61a6098f0c1175fb54c1e5fdeec2ce0bb11bcbb26a6d5d

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
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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08/09/2026, 23:03

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General

Target
2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.exe
Size 97KB
Sample260908-21vsfsaa27
SHA256 eecf5e7c0947f8ddab61a6098f0c1175fb54c1e5fdeec2ce0bb11bcbb26a6d5d
MD5 74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e
SHA1 2f1786cc18278bf839cf9f932a88004ed9fb0530
SHA512 cbde0d7a44b0e66660c41e11b619158689dc72e322ed7705b3b2f61f0a56be1aa184fd609a9ea14aadb6a6d4edbf65acf8f5f471b1232b5ce20f539d59a67934
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWhv:E6t
TLSH
T19CA3B24B4F71CDDBE800143E9BAAA21C86D3FC541CCCF35A96EED84270C291C899E967
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/3008-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x00160000000115f1-7.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3008-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/4548-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/3232-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3232	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3232	microsofthelp.exe
4548	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-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\HidePlugin.dll	microsofthelp.exe
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.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	microsofthelp.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 3232	3008	2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_74b851279431883941635c0b26c4543e_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:3008
- 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:3232

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4548

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 97KB
SHA256 8339e1c52b001cd0e6e2ad8a4ac1acbcab8d97effc56dcda923b280c5d60b834
MD5 fe0cf5be831f70252196882b835e1bc8
SHA1 176a9c6ffdf097cce09712350069a9585dede165
SHA512 84630bd3d4a03a176d3e7ad8986f193f1bc48b077a04fb361f545f9315b24ed06f927174e885b099450336cb6c53e0957d7dabb915278793f2b296ce61c30add
SSDEEP 3072:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAcBHUIF2kvEHrH1hyhuhrh1hKh2h7hWhD:E6t
TLSH
T166A3A34B4F71CDDBE800143E9BAAA21C86D3FC541CDCF35A96EED84670C291C899E967
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/3008-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3232-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4548-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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