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hotstar.exe

The executable hotstar.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named EasyBank triggered daily at a specified time. The file has been seen being downloaded from a.operatorteam.xyz.
MD5:
2be74ff06ce0f314e6ea17ee1f20b2ad

SHA-1:
9a6088278c1397c2c86109617520037181299775

SHA-256:
154f2fef76feb5f7c6e3e4ab71c6fbd838b715aebf53a0230faf913a76895d44

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:00:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.7.7.4

File size:
294.5 KB (301,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{a111435b-6ab9-4b16-a111-1435b6ab0d6d}\hotstar.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2013 9:24:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ZAe6tCVmjMx+c8nZPZgxs1pUQ30eMGF6gysjv:i7WgJc8Zaq1p6epFZysjv

Entry address:
0x681E

Entry point:
E8, 0D, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, 0C, 41, 00, E8, 1C, 17, 00, 00, E8, DA, 13, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A0, 11, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, D3, 06, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3991

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
EasyBank

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 3:19 PM)


The file hotstar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://a.operatorteam.xyz/hp/?q=SxhCWpnbV8BwC/XZTVEzufa1Tb35rkpgrDtCfQzLt3DwQ7StpAAWhNBo0DK8id2xQrsZoAqjLW4PbJIW55n8FzzOPCaDP/HI2Vs3vToQor6hJw5r8vMcLn7QxMNg1twqM2gD LcQeWPA1lc4rSFNd7prM26jhXV/vHEHagKA5d35LkIkn W9zqoIsJGPoy3A45s3hhDjVfDjRaPpDivEryevFPCJLTnaitfO2wQHDMOOK/NLAmwM7iEjQxxRWFOLMnTxtnpdeCVmBlJIewE3sy7WgGHl7Y2A4DrHiH2ENjoyJIx/.../&external_id=1435592957903689491

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