Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
28/07/2026, 03:58
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
gayy.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
gayy.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target gayy.exe
- Size 47KB
- Sample260728-ejmn7aeg97
- SHA256 c330d9782ed0abf0bdc1eaa72181357f20ce793e6fbc72ab61879955a6e07990
- MD5 119a0e6fce417fed78dfadabe2c01a71
- SHA1 1d0964fb62c2f2717b9db8a3c8d1af362780a43d
- SHA512 f072f4af81f913f308960b33ad035fee4921499e86db668217f324b7f9d75a76b776968926df0a9e464c6740cc1594ab86182c90ee33579076da7fa8354a9005
- SSDEEP 768:guISdTYEXlTWU/+qhmo2qb0KTDbVgbp7hvQPIqeZG0bPFe6APEl/NzeJ8uc2KiNt:guISdTYUN2KzV2xqeZJbP5Asl/Nzuc2x
- TLSH T193231B003BE9C23BF2BE4F7498F22245857AF2677602E65D2CC451D75A23BC296429FD
- 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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789win.thaichi.co:6606
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789win.thaichi.co:80
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789win.thaichi.co:8080
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789win.thaichi.co:443
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789win.thaichi.co:8443
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789win.thaichi.co:22
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789win.thaichi.co:23
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thaichi.co:6606
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thaichi.co:80
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thaichi.co:8080
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thaichi.co:443
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thaichi.co:8443
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thaichi.co:22
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thaichi.co:23
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py3xbI6KkYsA
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delay
3
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install
true
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install_file
GoogleUpdate.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00030000000006d5-9.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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation gayy.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 656 GoogleUpdate.exe 4680 GoogleUpdate.exe - Outbound SSH connection to public host 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
SSH is used for remote access. This may indicate SSH host discovery, encrypted C2 traffic, or data exfiltration.
description flow ioc pid Process SSH destination 48 172.67.218.173:22 656 GoogleUpdate.exe SSH destination 61 104.21.70.26:22 656 GoogleUpdate.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 2088 cmd.exe 4300 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 schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language GoogleUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language GoogleUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language gayy.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 4348 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 4240 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
pid Process 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe 5028 gayy.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5028 gayy.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 656 GoogleUpdate.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 656 GoogleUpdate.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5028 wrote to memory of 2088 5028 gayy.exe 89 PID 5028 wrote to memory of 4300 5028 gayy.exe 91 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 4348 4300 cmd.exe 93 PID 2088 wrote to memory of 4240 2088 cmd.exe 94 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 4680 4300 cmd.exe 98
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gayy.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gayy.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5028 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "GoogleUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2088 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "GoogleUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4240
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp778C.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4300 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:4348
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4680
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Outbound SSH connection to public host
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:656
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp778C.tmp.bat
- Size 156B
- SHA256 71cb468c69e034175a3623156ce818c37991898c35dc61f2af351d30d0a159b4
- MD5 79989cd7d52610ddf6f05c4b23688a1c
- SHA1 645c047b7737e4eab93edde5994a3debaf8eb21f
- SHA512 86882f1137a37ead55c81b5efd01dc980440692f4d03a7154f1db0c58b27425c2c21f440bde55c06ed8b98cbadc77b40a1444d800848018c4c0fbd2db8a62ae3
- TLSH T146C08C5361C9EA1E2805A81716BAA58E91A268993E44BB048304841A2280888F8E9282
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GoogleUpdate.exe
- Size 47KB
- SHA256 c330d9782ed0abf0bdc1eaa72181357f20ce793e6fbc72ab61879955a6e07990
- MD5 119a0e6fce417fed78dfadabe2c01a71
- SHA1 1d0964fb62c2f2717b9db8a3c8d1af362780a43d
- SHA512 f072f4af81f913f308960b33ad035fee4921499e86db668217f324b7f9d75a76b776968926df0a9e464c6740cc1594ab86182c90ee33579076da7fa8354a9005
- SSDEEP 768:guISdTYEXlTWU/+qhmo2qb0KTDbVgbp7hvQPIqeZG0bPFe6APEl/NzeJ8uc2KiNt:guISdTYUN2KzV2xqeZJbP5Asl/Nzuc2x
- TLSH T193231B003BE9C23BF2BE4F7498F22245857AF2677602E65D2CC451D75A23BC296429FD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH