Analysis
- max time kernel
10s - max time network
122s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/07/2026, 22:17
General
- Target 85ec743443fe4830daddd95a454fc05b6434adf486a6889134b5d50c29570c9d.exe
- Size 63KB
- Sample260702-17ffnsct8q
- SHA256 85ec743443fe4830daddd95a454fc05b6434adf486a6889134b5d50c29570c9d
Malware Config
Extracted
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asyncrat
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Default
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delay
1
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install
true
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install_file
vortex.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
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local_host
127.0.0.1
Signatures
- Family: AsyncRat
AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\85ec743443fe4830daddd95a454fc05b6434adf486a6889134b5d50c29570c9d.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\85ec743443fe4830daddd95a454fc05b6434adf486a6889134b5d50c29570c9d.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "vortex" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "vortex" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"'3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF112.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vortex.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
tmpF112.tmp.bat
vortex.exe
memory/8-1-0x00007FF8B8C8F000-0x00007FF8B8C90000-memory.dmp
memory/8-0-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F56000-memory.dmp
memory/8-2-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-3-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-4-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-5-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-6-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-7-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-8-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp
memory/8-13-0x00007FF8B8B00000-0x00007FF8B94A4000-memory.dmp