Signed Overwolf Binary Sideloads ValleyRAT Malware in India Tax Scam

    Date: 08/26/2026

    Severity: High

    Summary

    A ValleyRAT campaign targeting organizations in India impersonates the Indian Income Tax Department through bilingual Hindi-English phishing emails and fake tax notices. Victims are directed to download a ZIP archive containing a legitimately signed Overwolf executable, which sideloads a malicious DLL and encrypted payload to deploy ValleyRAT. The campaign uses authentic tax provisions and government-style formatting to make the phishing lure appear credible. 

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    Domains/Urls

    dnfyb.vip

    https://dnfyb.vip/

    http://taobaoker.vip/

    https://taobaoker.vip/

    https://kangyue.vip/

    https://wayaya.vip/

    https://cpxxw.vip/

    https://usheng.vip/

    http://wayaya.vip/

    http://yakin.vip/

    http://tanlianmeng.vip/

    http://kangyue.vip/

    http://nsseo.vip/

    https://nsseo.vip/

    https://dywwl.vip/

    https://rpaai.vip/

    https://kejiwei.vip/

    http://cpxxw.vip/

    http://usheng.vip/

    http://dnfyb.vip/

    http://dywwl.vip/

    http://rpaai.vip/

    http://kejiwei.vip/

    http://shhswz.vip/

    http://suoguan.vip/

    http://zbrhcggp.vip/

    IP Address

    103.240.196.115

    Hash

    62e3ba37a23669139a222cd43ec2b202277a4030

    f062e682ee38b33141ba03b17880b9cacca0e376

    7de942da8993a45a5a7547de0a883f9b13f2f71c

    061f3e304c65f3f062f2aacc41b6d6f8a4f43816

    ab530af5603ce3f98b51b3c6f612074e020f572e

    d03fb03e8969e7ecbd763aa4bdc67a4629e19b10

    2d830905581ae5c29d1e6bad27c6b63a097f79d7

    07846091fdeb1011cbd80d9ca45fd7dcb40b5c40

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection

    Detection Query 1 :

    domainname like "http://kejiwei.vip/" or url like "http://kejiwei.vip/" or siteurl like "http://kejiwei.vip/" or domainname like "https://kangyue.vip/" or url like "https://kangyue.vip/" or siteurl like "https://kangyue.vip/" or domainname like "https://nsseo.vip/" or url like "https://nsseo.vip/" or siteurl like "https://nsseo.vip/" or domainname like "http://taobaoker.vip/" or url like "http://taobaoker.vip/" or siteurl like "http://taobaoker.vip/" or domainname like "dnfyb.vip" or url like "dnfyb.vip" or siteurl like "dnfyb.vip" or domainname like "https://usheng.vip/" or url like "https://usheng.vip/" or siteurl like "https://usheng.vip/" or domainname like "http://dywwl.vip/" or url like "http://dywwl.vip/" or siteurl like "http://dywwl.vip/" or domainname like "http://shhswz.vip/" or url like "http://shhswz.vip/" or siteurl like "http://shhswz.vip/" or domainname like "http://wayaya.vip/" or url like "http://wayaya.vip/" or siteurl like "http://wayaya.vip/" or domainname like "https://taobaoker.vip/" or url like "https://taobaoker.vip/" or siteurl like "https://taobaoker.vip/" or domainname like "http://usheng.vip/" or url like "http://usheng.vip/" or siteurl like "http://usheng.vip/" or domainname like "https://kejiwei.vip/" or url like "https://kejiwei.vip/" or siteurl like "https://kejiwei.vip/" or domainname like "http://yakin.vip/" or url like "http://yakin.vip/" or siteurl like "http://yakin.vip/" or domainname like "https://dnfyb.vip/" or url like "https://dnfyb.vip/" or siteurl like "https://dnfyb.vip/" or domainname like "http://tanlianmeng.vip/" or url like "http://tanlianmeng.vip/" or siteurl like "http://tanlianmeng.vip/" or domainname like "https://cpxxw.vip/" or url like "https://cpxxw.vip/" or siteurl like "https://cpxxw.vip/" or domainname like "http://kangyue.vip/" or url like "http://kangyue.vip/" or siteurl like "http://kangyue.vip/" or domainname like "http://nsseo.vip/" or url like "http://nsseo.vip/" or siteurl like "http://nsseo.vip/" or domainname like "http://dnfyb.vip/" or url like "http://dnfyb.vip/" or siteurl like "http://dnfyb.vip/" or domainname like "http://suoguan.vip/" or url like "http://suoguan.vip/" or siteurl like "http://suoguan.vip/" or domainname like "http://cpxxw.vip/" or url like "http://cpxxw.vip/" or siteurl like "http://cpxxw.vip/" or domainname like "http://zbrhcggp.vip/" or url like "http://zbrhcggp.vip/" or siteurl like "http://zbrhcggp.vip/" or domainname like "https://wayaya.vip/" or url like "https://wayaya.vip/" or siteurl like "https://wayaya.vip/" or domainname like "https://dywwl.vip/" or url like "https://dywwl.vip/" or siteurl like "https://dywwl.vip/" or domainname like "http://rpaai.vip/" or url like "http://rpaai.vip/" or siteurl like "http://rpaai.vip/" or domainname like "https://rpaai.vip/" or url like "https://rpaai.vip/" or siteurl like "https://rpaai.vip/"

    Detection Query 2 :

    dstipaddress IN ("103.240.196.115") or srcipaddress IN ("103.240.196.115")

    Detection Query 3 :

    sha1hash IN ("7de942da8993a45a5a7547de0a883f9b13f2f71c","62e3ba37a23669139a222cd43ec2b202277a4030","f062e682ee38b33141ba03b17880b9cacca0e376","061f3e304c65f3f062f2aacc41b6d6f8a4f43816","ab530af5603ce3f98b51b3c6f612074e020f572e","d03fb03e8969e7ecbd763aa4bdc67a4629e19b10","2d830905581ae5c29d1e6bad27c6b63a097f79d7","07846091fdeb1011cbd80d9ca45fd7dcb40b5c40")

    Reference:    

    https://www.forcepoint.com/blog/x-labs/valleyrat-overwolf-sideload-tax-scam                                      


    Tags

    Financial ServicesPhishingGovernment Services and FacilitiesDLLMalwareValleyRATRATIndia

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