Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
21/08/2026, 12:24
General
- Target hlx79.live.exe
- Size 66KB
- Sample260821-plcbcabd76
- SHA256 37c8f978b08e431fa845fd10e343365cf9b1854e7567e5a09d85c87471b54aba
Malware Config
Extracted
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asyncrat
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0.5.8
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Default
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hlx79.live:6606
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hlx79.live:7707
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hlx79.live:8808
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hlx79.live:80
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hlx79.live:443
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d9W3LScn6nxL
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delay
10
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install
true
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install_file
hlx79.live.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
Signatures
- Family: AsyncRat
AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 23 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlx79.live.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlx79.live.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hlx79.live" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "hlx79.live" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp214E.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\hlx79.live.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
hlx79.live.exe.log
tmp214E.tmp.bat
hlx79.live.exe
memory/4180-0-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000B06000-memory.dmp
memory/4180-1-0x0000000005590000-0x00000000055A0000-memory.dmp
memory/4180-2-0x0000000005470000-0x00000000054D6000-memory.dmp
memory/4180-3-0x0000000005940000-0x00000000059DC000-memory.dmp