Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/04/2026, 12:07

General

  • Target
    new.exe
  • Size 157KB
  • Sample260423-paex4act2x
  • SHA256 c334a090dc8358c06e04734cf0b25e7f9df34971dc8d4553fb9ee452aed2be24
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • ph365.org:6606

  • ph365.org:7707

  • ph365.org:8808

  • ph365.org:443

  • ph365.org:80

Mutex
  • dtL0bZ76Y6PH

Attributes
  • delay

    10

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    Game update.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\new.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\new.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Game update" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Game update" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5908.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5036
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3532
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3396
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4784

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp5908.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5908.tmp.bat
        • Size 155B
        • SHA256 517f8f10dbd581d479546c04f4b8238a9fdc09f67abc69954197955914c98fc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Game update.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Game update.exe
        • Size 157KB
        • SHA256 c334a090dc8358c06e04734cf0b25e7f9df34971dc8d4553fb9ee452aed2be24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3396-14-0x0000000004AE0000-0x0000000004BC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-15-0x0000000002780000-0x000000000278A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-18-0x0000000002780000-0x000000000278A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-17-0x0000000004AE0000-0x0000000004BC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3760-3-0x00000000056E0000-0x000000000577C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3760-8-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005623000-memory.dmp

        memory/3760-2-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005810000-memory.dmp

        memory/3760-1-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005623000-memory.dmp

        memory/3760-0-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4784-13-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005753000-memory.dmp

        memory/4784-20-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030DA000-memory.dmp