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
11/05/2026, 02:17
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
AsyncRat.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
AsyncRat.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target AsyncRat.exe
- Size 56KB
- Sample260511-cqtpzaas71
- SHA256 e21df37bfcee66180ae1004df03b569333c23bad60f1cde991352d594b0a1aee
- MD5 cc87e3d95bc3770b3e2ff26927375112
- SHA1 dc3e9a1c70da60211de4bac60feeed9713abfd91
- SHA512 27108f9add4c037bfcbfa390aac2879c29f65352d3a6c14884a813201bb730146792ee7b05fa264182768d941837ed2efad61c683e71b5ef97261ce69cb46a52
- SSDEEP 1536:2uf09TH2w24+q+3lM3beX7PvCdNkejNUHLRU:2ufoTH2w2w+1M3be2DkINYU
- TLSH T1E5436C0037E8813BF2BE4FB8ACF21145467AF2A77602D65D1CC8519B5B13BC6DA426F9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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asyncrat
Version
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0.5.8
Botnet
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Default
C2
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prefer.it.com:443
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prefer.it.com:8848
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prefer.it.com:8080
Mutex
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TBqzBekQyHvO
Attributes
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delay
3
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install
true
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install_file
AsyncRat.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
aes.plain
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024456-8.dat family_asyncrat - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312252282-3884318443-358092420-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation AsyncRat.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4796 AsyncRat.exe 1380 AsyncRat.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncRat.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncRat.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncRat.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 368 timeout.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4696 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
pid Process 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe 4400 AsyncRat.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4400 AsyncRat.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4796 AsyncRat.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4400 wrote to memory of 3760 4400 AsyncRat.exe 85 PID 4400 wrote to memory of 4184 4400 AsyncRat.exe 87 PID 3760 wrote to memory of 4696 3760 cmd.exe 89 PID 4184 wrote to memory of 368 4184 cmd.exe 90 PID 4184 wrote to memory of 1380 4184 cmd.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncRat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncRat.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4400 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "AsyncRat" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"' & exit2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3760 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "AsyncRat" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4696
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2CE7.tmp.bat""2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4184 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:368
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1380
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4796
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\AsyncRat.exe.log
- Size 522B
- SHA256 2412679218bb0a7d05ceee32869bbb223619bde9966c4c460a68304a3367724b
- MD5 acc9090417037dfa2a55b46ed86e32b8
- SHA1 53fa6fb25fb3e88c24d2027aca6ae492b2800a4d
- SHA512 d51f7085ec147c708f446b9fb6923cd2fb64596d354ed929e125b30ace57c8cb3217589447a36960e5d3aea87a4e48aaa82c7509eced6d6c2cecd71fcfe3697b
- TLSH T11EF097303722E1E489423F521C1C3A9943EF079AA360EE2C3958036ED825227AB212E3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2CE7.tmp.bat
- Size 152B
- SHA256 d960bb350c6d1321e191e5560f1b5b4f864ac8df629790056639cc7394b03cb7
- MD5 d55d5248333a94e4476114d8f3a9adee
- SHA1 c56ec2a67360cd41c78810a47d50274acc9b7b7e
- SHA512 c0295e63bee6961af178ad2acd07cbd11663d771e30cc88fa3ea75c206548f46c323c562823d357f1d2aea9519676a06a15ec3ed6d67c59cc471c87f8f6b1383
- TLSH T142C02B42B2D5EB6F2E05342313FADC8C91766C593F40BB40C30844AD128054CF0E9341
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncRat.exe
- Size 56KB
- SHA256 e21df37bfcee66180ae1004df03b569333c23bad60f1cde991352d594b0a1aee
- MD5 cc87e3d95bc3770b3e2ff26927375112
- SHA1 dc3e9a1c70da60211de4bac60feeed9713abfd91
- SHA512 27108f9add4c037bfcbfa390aac2879c29f65352d3a6c14884a813201bb730146792ee7b05fa264182768d941837ed2efad61c683e71b5ef97261ce69cb46a52
- SSDEEP 1536:2uf09TH2w24+q+3lM3beX7PvCdNkejNUHLRU:2ufoTH2w2w+1M3be2DkINYU
- TLSH T1E5436C0037E8813BF2BE4FB8ACF21145467AF2A77602D65D1CC8519B5B13BC6DA426F9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH