Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260617-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
29/06/2026, 10:44
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
GameUpdate.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
GameUpdate.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target GameUpdate.exe
- Size 193KB
- Sample260629-ms17yaa13w
- SHA256 2334bf4c2d4585e71e085a0c86ab587a460e5c74b87c8defb8d29c999bee3001
- MD5 591e5a592819f694ebd94c02fac08fad
- SHA1 5cf1bbfc1d67857b584b0fb248e7c26686ad54dd
- SHA512 4eabbd1519b531b262deb669377afee5a88482e57b9350e66017344253e5bb8842ec88aa2e3cc6f06083444636d6996adc8239021d53b1fa0663627d12b4d6e8
- SSDEEP 3072:MujY6TU0r29k4wK3bX3VbYVkuuPwhWt14X+Cxp6WGxzfw8xvmoV:MujYi6Wg3bnPnPqk14X+Q6WGxzY8xOm
- TLSH T17814075E37CD1346C9A9AAF088EB02930F4E7FE6D7D6CA42DF36311A41321A0947F959
- 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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gavanglink.store:80
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gavanglink.store:443
Mutex
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qvKW2bC4OuFM
Attributes
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delay
3
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install
true
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install_file
GameUpdate.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
aes.plain
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c59d-10.dat family_asyncrat - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2288 GameUpdate.exe 6076 GameUpdate.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 GameUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language GameUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language GameUpdate.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 - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 3040 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 5948 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
pid Process 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe 5536 GameUpdate.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5536 GameUpdate.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2288 GameUpdate.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5536 wrote to memory of 5972 5536 GameUpdate.exe 89 PID 5536 wrote to memory of 4500 5536 GameUpdate.exe 91 PID 5972 wrote to memory of 5948 5972 cmd.exe 93 PID 4500 wrote to memory of 3040 4500 cmd.exe 94 PID 4500 wrote to memory of 6076 4500 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GameUpdate.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GameUpdate.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5536 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "GameUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"' & exit2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5972 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "GameUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5948
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpFB82.tmp.bat""2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4500 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:3040
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:6076
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2288
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C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exesihost.exe1⤵PID:4856
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeexplorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS2⤵PID:3656
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C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca1⤵PID:3036
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C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca1⤵PID:2400
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
- Size 599B
- SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
- MD5 658ab8c32d4cc5deb36ac5f63da4658b
- SHA1 30c12cd871ff0c2c4098d794e9ae4f2540586813
- SHA512 a73030c008ef3c2e274f11c90bfe79fa8ae402f76801c710bed8cc1ab1218a84858ea566b772be4bade8ef639a019c57d297028df15b64b3753482cf0f3c8f85
- TLSH T12AF05C83EB6A1B72C456123DC8EE56E47B31D1846EC11367A2107B1D3C2B7192D174BD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpFB82.tmp.bat
- Size 154B
- SHA256 693f7889dfcc50f31b2174952c2ddeef528eb42e425c10a756f70dc57746c348
- MD5 e04953ad642f9805418d4f64e848f2bf
- SHA1 bcb72d177d343822b8dcfb3e0898588e0c5fd1c7
- SHA512 72c6246d90cc02fd93a511da27f3193652b7c315547db3bfd8232aabc27816428947c915e46114dea311cc3859c9d010c014b0e054fdef5ec7e5fc50c3615579
- TLSH T128C02B8265C6FB1E3809241306FEE8CE91B66C593F44BB50C704889E72C0458F4DD386
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameUpdate.exe
- Size 193KB
- SHA256 2334bf4c2d4585e71e085a0c86ab587a460e5c74b87c8defb8d29c999bee3001
- MD5 591e5a592819f694ebd94c02fac08fad
- SHA1 5cf1bbfc1d67857b584b0fb248e7c26686ad54dd
- SHA512 4eabbd1519b531b262deb669377afee5a88482e57b9350e66017344253e5bb8842ec88aa2e3cc6f06083444636d6996adc8239021d53b1fa0663627d12b4d6e8
- SSDEEP 3072:MujY6TU0r29k4wK3bX3VbYVkuuPwhWt14X+Cxp6WGxzfw8xvmoV:MujYi6Wg3bnPnPqk14X+Q6WGxzY8xOm
- TLSH T17814075E37CD1346C9A9AAF088EB02930F4E7FE6D7D6CA42DF36311A41321A0947F959
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH