Analysis

  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    60s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/06/2026, 20:03

General

  • Target
    aa0531a5a54c8d437ae021a4bf16cbec0d509637bf394f194397ded2befbf5e6.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260619-ysw4rsbs8r
  • SHA256 aa0531a5a54c8d437ae021a4bf16cbec0d509637bf394f194397ded2befbf5e6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • journeytomecca.co.uk:80

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:22

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:8080

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:8880

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2052

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2082

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2086

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2095

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:443

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2053

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2083

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2087

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:2096

  • journeytomecca.co.uk:8443

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:80

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:22

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:8080

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:8880

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:2052

  • www.journeytomecca.co.uk:2082

Mutex
  • emElWquE0xnv

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    8xhx.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
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa0531a5a54c8d437ae021a4bf16cbec0d509637bf394f194397ded2befbf5e6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa0531a5a54c8d437ae021a4bf16cbec0d509637bf394f194397ded2befbf5e6.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3276
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "8xhx" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "8xhx" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2612
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1498.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:5396
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:2068
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3300

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tmp1498.tmp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1498.tmp.bat
          • Size 148B
          • SHA256 efde712b310ceacde8f5f2108bcf29194361caeaddf3a52bd3ebe8a4c3eacc83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8xhx.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\8xhx.exe
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 aa0531a5a54c8d437ae021a4bf16cbec0d509637bf394f194397ded2befbf5e6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3276-0-0x0000000074982000-0x0000000074983000-memory.dmp

          memory/3276-1-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000062000-memory.dmp

          memory/3276-2-0x0000000074970000-0x000000007512C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3276-3-0x0000000004B40000-0x0000000004BDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3276-8-0x0000000074970000-0x000000007512C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-12-0x00000000747D0000-0x0000000074F8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-14-0x00000000747D0000-0x0000000074F8C000-memory.dmp