Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/07/2026, 12:08
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe
- Size 45KB
- Sample260722-payefaee84
- SHA256 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729
- MD5 bd84e18e0057f99c3dbf8508065f1cf4
- SHA1 2feb3d93513df0635e8dc93d27365920c7d59d99
- SHA512 61750339fb49a4316f7ef62a107e767d2bffa95701b40c6d61cf414691da0d2d447d271dba5fb2f6c1026abd84a667026910558b7c8c9e7ba0a2def7fa980ba0
- SSDEEP 768:cu6RaepTPYzbs8WU+Xaamo2q1LT2QAm7PI1TjbOgX3ipucy+TqRJJBDZUx:cu6YepTPso2JT1XbxXSsF++JXdUx
- TLSH T15A231A003BE8C13BF2BE4FB898F26145867AF6632603D5492CC451D75723BC6DA526FA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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asyncrat
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0.5.8
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Default
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phimsexne.net:80
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phimsexne.net:22
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phimsexne.net:8080
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phimsexne.net:8880
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phimsexne.net:2052
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phimsexne.net:2082
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phimsexne.net:2086
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phimsexne.net:2095
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phimsexne.net:443
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phimsexne.net:2053
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phimsexne.net:2083
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phimsexne.net:2087
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phimsexne.net:2096
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phimsexne.net:8443
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www.phimsexne.net:80
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www.phimsexne.net:22
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www.phimsexne.net:8080
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www.phimsexne.net:8880
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www.phimsexne.net:2052
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www.phimsexne.net:2082
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www.phimsexne.net:2086
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www.phimsexne.net:2095
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www.phimsexne.net:443
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www.phimsexne.net:2053
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www.phimsexne.net:2083
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www.phimsexne.net:2087
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www.phimsexne.net:2096
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www.phimsexne.net:8443
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invasive.phimsexne.net:80
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invasive.phimsexne.net:22
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invasive.phimsexne.net:8080
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invasive.phimsexne.net:8880
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2052
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2082
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2086
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2095
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invasive.phimsexne.net:443
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2053
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2083
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2087
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invasive.phimsexne.net:2096
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invasive.phimsexne.net:8443
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qbot.phimsexne.net:80
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qbot.phimsexne.net:22
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qbot.phimsexne.net:8080
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qbot.phimsexne.net:8880
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2052
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2082
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2086
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2095
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qbot.phimsexne.net:443
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2053
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2083
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2087
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qbot.phimsexne.net:2096
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qbot.phimsexne.net:8443
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:80
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:22
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:8080
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:8880
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2052
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2082
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2086
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2095
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:443
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2053
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2083
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2087
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:2096
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iloveyou.phimsexne.net:8443
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55KvuKCjJbjk
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delay
0
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install
true
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install_file
hcq2cip8.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000a0000000244c7-8.dat family_asyncrat behavioral1/memory/1916-13-0x00000000052E0000-0x00000000052F0000-memory.dmp 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 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1916 hcq2cip8.exe 4224 hcq2cip8.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 4668 cmd.exe 2620 cmd.exe - 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language hcq2cip8.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language hcq2cip8.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 1320 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 3288 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 21 IoCs
pid Process 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1916 hcq2cip8.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2004 wrote to memory of 4668 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 86 PID 2004 wrote to memory of 2620 2004 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe 88 PID 2620 wrote to memory of 1320 2620 cmd.exe 90 PID 4668 wrote to memory of 3288 4668 cmd.exe 91 PID 2620 wrote to memory of 4224 2620 cmd.exe 95
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2004 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hcq2cip8" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4668 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hcq2cip8" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3288
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp945B.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2620 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:1320
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4224
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1916
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp945B.tmp.bat
- Size 152B
- SHA256 2fec8871190f14778a157015469c9046a5ef55ea854aed97fd9c4cc885ef83b4
- MD5 73f5a0959892730e00159e5b313e40d7
- SHA1 b1fc7684b104130e432fa8a5cbcaf87b32237c23
- SHA512 ccc8ef081e4b7548c820aa909186e014c0011b97e001c5f8e2f847442cf71b97bb526fe4c92c0b15277e8e999e26b3df9e1c8dab3ebed5ff631fab741db797d7
- TLSH T14AC02B426EC9EB1F6909747712FAD58C92726C193F40BB00C388444D5780489F4D9345
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hcq2cip8.exe
- Size 45KB
- SHA256 e8665895258095adbc7ec270975ee7cad819fcde423fa871c4cb837b9ce0a729
- MD5 bd84e18e0057f99c3dbf8508065f1cf4
- SHA1 2feb3d93513df0635e8dc93d27365920c7d59d99
- SHA512 61750339fb49a4316f7ef62a107e767d2bffa95701b40c6d61cf414691da0d2d447d271dba5fb2f6c1026abd84a667026910558b7c8c9e7ba0a2def7fa980ba0
- SSDEEP 768:cu6RaepTPYzbs8WU+Xaamo2q1LT2QAm7PI1TjbOgX3ipucy+TqRJJBDZUx:cu6YepTPso2JT1XbxXSsF++JXdUx
- TLSH T15A231A003BE8C13BF2BE4FB898F26145867AF6632603D5492CC451D75723BC6DA526FA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH