Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/05/2026, 14:45

General

  • Target
    hyperastro.exe
  • Size 49KB
  • Sample260510-r4sr6ady6k
  • SHA256 be325b9cc973ccd930094f73b3886ed98a178fa691ab1b8a77cd2143aea4e299
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.6A

Botnet
  • null

C2
  • hyper.in.net:6606

  • hyper.in.net:7707

  • hyper.in.net:8808

  • hyper.in.net:64

  • hyper.in.net:44

  • hyper.in.net:443

  • swingmasters.in.net:6606

  • swingmasters.in.net:7707

  • swingmasters.in.net:8808

  • swingmasters.in.net:64

  • swingmasters.in.net:44

  • swingmasters.in.net:443

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:6606

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:7707

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:8808

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:64

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:44

  • astrologerkalidasji.in.net:443

Mutex
  • hyperastro_mutex

Attributes
  • delay

    5

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    hyperastro.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

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

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

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

  • 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 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hyperastro.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hyperastro.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:768
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn "'hyperastro"' /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hyperastro.exe"'
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3352
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3767.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3092
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2908
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hyperastro.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hyperastro.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4252

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        hyperastro.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\hyperastro.exe.log
        • Size 871B
        • SHA256 fc9a4ce0e2bd7b632291798d9b436861bd9006b858ee148811201ebfe6458e26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmp3767.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3767.tmp.bat
        • Size 154B
        • SHA256 183ca1cfa9fa845312bc6058bf2aedf56f1fd6ad8e9d02375081462d6df89873
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        hyperastro.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hyperastro.exe
        • Size 42.3MB
        • SHA256 24d97184394753dbd44dd5ff6598df82c0c0ae918d2ddba4c3c7a2c5334e8c2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/768-10-0x0000000001710000-0x0000000001741000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-3-0x0000000001780000-0x000000000178C000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-5-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-0-0x0000000000F00000-0x0000000000F12000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-11-0x0000000001780000-0x000000000178C000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-4-0x0000000003040000-0x0000000003052000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-2-0x0000000001710000-0x0000000001741000-memory.dmp

        memory/768-1-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/2908-14-0x000001D5C5100000-0x000001D5C5131000-memory.dmp

        memory/4252-19-0x00000000019F0000-0x0000000001A21000-memory.dmp

        memory/4252-21-0x0000000003000000-0x0000000003012000-memory.dmp

        memory/4252-20-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000002FFC000-memory.dmp