Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
156s - 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, 12:29
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe
- Size 45KB
- Sample260511-pn91dsds4j
- SHA256 0c604e6ac5659ba1b31e53f949fd350568026455e49a784b746996798476c2be
- MD5 5ec4726a93c05594e90ce6b5e90a7264
- SHA1 839295c2edd782ad82fa16857da8c068a0874452
- SHA512 2d7cc247386985904f5142485172a49e2ac36259d8a012c0b4ccdf7a89f47196fa7b9aae02637816869153fd7596a5ad52e56569cac11e2ccf526c6333981512
- SSDEEP 768:puCgNTAolrhWU5ieLmo2qr91xtgWQ2wPI7qmjb3gX3ieiyeTNvnVxzeuBDZ7x:puCgNTA2Z2Mlpb17qKbQXSei3NvnDze4
- TLSH T198230A003BE9C12BF2BE5F78ADF26145867AF1633603D6491CC441DB5623BC69A426FE
- 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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phaixemsex.net:443
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www.phaixemsex.net:443
Mutex
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FRV5OP3bsTBr
Attributes
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delay
0
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install
true
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install_file
AsyncClient.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
aes.plain
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000a00000002166e-11.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-1-5-21-914486190-3969805341-592249730-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5440 AsyncClient.exe 828 AsyncClient.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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncClient.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncClient.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 4192 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 4308 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
pid Process 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5440 AsyncClient.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5352 wrote to memory of 1080 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 86 PID 5352 wrote to memory of 5896 5352 AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe 88 PID 5896 wrote to memory of 4192 5896 cmd.exe 90 PID 1080 wrote to memory of 4308 1080 cmd.exe 91 PID 5896 wrote to memory of 828 5896 cmd.exe 95
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncClient_phaixemsex_net_HjuGFUXQ.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5352 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "AsyncClient" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"' & exit2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1080 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "AsyncClient" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4308
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1604.tmp.bat""2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5896 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:4192
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:828
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5440
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1604.tmp.bat
- Size 155B
- SHA256 9c819348606846df3d2842fbe819ebcb7b8a0dae605dff3c4e79b777f467b3fb
- MD5 7101a6b7e4ed81f7e22a01ccf19701ed
- SHA1 869e66c3d98ed3bb4b63a6607ef5d1995765e905
- SHA512 d955f0ca4439614de6ea891f412dd8de7f49a79f7ce8cced4dfb4b59a616dc5937b6259a95b59da9ab8e91b238c4dcb209a086bd5b959960fcff3f6a46971206
- TLSH T19DC08C46A2C5AA6E2809746302BAD4CCA17668293E44BB50C308409E5280559E0A9242
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AsyncClient.exe
- Size 45KB
- SHA256 0c604e6ac5659ba1b31e53f949fd350568026455e49a784b746996798476c2be
- MD5 5ec4726a93c05594e90ce6b5e90a7264
- SHA1 839295c2edd782ad82fa16857da8c068a0874452
- SHA512 2d7cc247386985904f5142485172a49e2ac36259d8a012c0b4ccdf7a89f47196fa7b9aae02637816869153fd7596a5ad52e56569cac11e2ccf526c6333981512
- SSDEEP 768:puCgNTAolrhWU5ieLmo2qr91xtgWQ2wPI7qmjb3gX3ieiyeTNvnVxzeuBDZ7x:puCgNTA2Z2Mlpb17qKbQXSei3NvnDze4
- TLSH T198230A003BE9C12BF2BE5F78ADF26145867AF1633603D6491CC441DB5623BC69A426FE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH