Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/06/2026, 07:29
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
hotro.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
hotro.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260618-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target hotro.exe
- Size 45KB
- Sample260620-jbfm5ae13t
- SHA256 8f3bd0334bc49e09274cf8d03f7f7f8789f8e36c50d5841d22c7bd1bee76472c
- MD5 eac0bd6a9c44ec4500a0795c118ba0ed
- SHA1 5ee4211a273edba0efc8ad328dd79b93acf70520
- SHA512 8a5a26f5603db78e5e13021e6da06614493e206ccee9e172e2b8bfffaaba1a36d0b46c51583c7bd4142c42bd4fccee25a7d313ccaa7a3339d343eceaa02d96dd
- SSDEEP 768:Fuu91TwQsOnFWUFN1/mo2qD1Blte40WMOPI0IzjbogXbitDBjzjbWyzeBDZSx:Fuu91TwSb2o2UM30I3b/X2tDFzjKyzwS
- TLSH T1A4231A003BE8812BF2BE4F78ADF26245467AF2737603D68A1CC451D75613BC696426FE
- 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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socolive19.cv:443
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socolive19.cv:80
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socolive19.cv:25
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socolive19.cv:8443
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socolivejifa.co:443
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socolivejifa.co:80
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socolivejifa.co:25
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socolivejifa.co:8443
Mutex
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4FcPJLU75rBh
Attributes
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delay
9
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install
true
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install_file
hotro.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
aes.plain
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000900000002428c-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-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation hotro.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4512 hotro.exe 4592 hotro.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 hotro.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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language hotro.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language hotro.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 4808 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 4208 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
pid Process 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe 3696 hotro.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3696 hotro.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4512 hotro.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4512 hotro.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3696 wrote to memory of 1100 3696 hotro.exe 97 PID 3696 wrote to memory of 3724 3696 hotro.exe 99 PID 1100 wrote to memory of 4208 1100 cmd.exe 101 PID 3724 wrote to memory of 4808 3724 cmd.exe 102 PID 3724 wrote to memory of 4592 3724 cmd.exe 105
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hotro.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hotro.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3696 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hotro" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"' & exit2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1100 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hotro" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4208
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6992.tmp.bat""2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3724 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:4808
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4592
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4512
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\hotro.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\tmp6992.tmp.bat
- Size 149B
- SHA256 7bf311f4d87e632d377a582850c7c3ad35e192eaa6a3657151e62327e856fd28
- MD5 de1ea33353f626969128453be2c45ecd
- SHA1 8c5823b9f70a69bae7c298576dbd926698d89466
- SHA512 8e4d717105aa8b3d4d8c663989aafec0531eeb130cff63631694d43a3be80a305c058524b1fd03665c743a1c64a5809609b84fe5bd142a02ef7054d3947d1eef
- TLSH T15EC02B825ACDEA0F280A74170EFBE58C91767C5D3F44BF00C704400E568044CF4D9349
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hotro.exe
- Size 45KB
- SHA256 8f3bd0334bc49e09274cf8d03f7f7f8789f8e36c50d5841d22c7bd1bee76472c
- MD5 eac0bd6a9c44ec4500a0795c118ba0ed
- SHA1 5ee4211a273edba0efc8ad328dd79b93acf70520
- SHA512 8a5a26f5603db78e5e13021e6da06614493e206ccee9e172e2b8bfffaaba1a36d0b46c51583c7bd4142c42bd4fccee25a7d313ccaa7a3339d343eceaa02d96dd
- SSDEEP 768:Fuu91TwQsOnFWUFN1/mo2qD1Blte40WMOPI0IzjbogXbitDBjzjbWyzeBDZSx:Fuu91TwSb2o2UM30I3b/X2tDFzjKyzwS
- TLSH T1A4231A003BE8812BF2BE4F78ADF26245467AF2737603D68A1CC451D75613BC696426FE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH