Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/04/2026, 12:12

General

  • Target
    sexgay.exe
  • Size 47KB
  • Sample260429-pdfc2afw2k
  • SHA256 391e8c4bf443fe7a8045a5d7da6f207c694208fedd6f4052b32d00d474b41f80
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • akele.com.mx:8080

  • akele.com.mx:8888

  • akele.com.mx:8848

  • akele.com.mx:9527

  • akele.com.mx:1604

  • akele.com.mx:4782

  • akele.com.mx:6606

  • akele.com.mx:7707

  • akele.com.mx:5552

  • akele.com.mx:4444

  • akele.com.mx:9999

Mutex
  • H47ZQzfSqTKV

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    google_register.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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sexgay.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sexgay.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4976
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "google_register" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "google_register" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3459.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:5116
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4780
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4584

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp3459.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3459.tmp.bat
        • Size 159B
        • SHA256 d0870df78fcffc731e1aab18a9274b49a958f0d4a5c8ef32d979c7f61c0fec64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        google_register.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\google_register.exe
        • Size 47KB
        • SHA256 391e8c4bf443fe7a8045a5d7da6f207c694208fedd6f4052b32d00d474b41f80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4584-18-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005263000-memory.dmp

        memory/4584-19-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004DB7000-memory.dmp

        memory/4584-17-0x0000000002800000-0x000000000280A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-16-0x0000000002770000-0x000000000277A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-8-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-9-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005CAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-0-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000902000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-3-0x0000000005790000-0x000000000582C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-2-0x00000000052C0000-0x0000000005326000-memory.dmp

        memory/4976-1-0x00000000052B0000-0x00000000052C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-13-0x00000000014C0000-0x0000000001523000-memory.dmp