asyncrat | 6e6245a39a7b14c00b3582700c9d587b56f6175647d762a62409212d633df0e7

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
147s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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10/09/2026, 11:02

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General

Target
mlpzxpclxz.exe
Size 45KB
Sample260910-m5dmeasbkf
SHA256 6e6245a39a7b14c00b3582700c9d587b56f6175647d762a62409212d633df0e7
MD5 2dc77d4fbfa19d43fbd1bee9397e7c64
SHA1 6e1b63c3ee34c0fdec17d2a7411cd18535e637f4
SHA512 d383b046b3b3b82ba692e244c409c192f98805bfaeb00d1c79c5c3e277e06870240078095e55cf991d447e38725af9e09aff639367ef9d88d7df5f0427d226a9
SSDEEP 768:xu8x1TPJosp/WUTvS9mo2qz776DfHUPI4zjbWgX3id0t8oCLgbBDZzx:xu8x1TPJnG207qfZ43bJXSOyoCLSdzx
TLSH
T123231B003BE8812BF2BE5B78ACF26105867AF1673603E64D1CC451DB5613FC69A526FE
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

admin defense_evasion discovery execution asyncrat persistence rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

asyncrat

Version

0.5.8

Botnet

Admin

hotaka-sc.com:80
hotaka-sc.com:443
hotaka-sc.com:7788
hotaka-sc.com:7879
hotaka-sc.com:3577
hotaka-sc.com:8888
hotaka-sc.com:3306
hotaka-sc.com:21
hotaka-sc.com:22
www.hotaka-sc.com:80
www.hotaka-sc.com:443
www.hotaka-sc.com:7788
www.hotaka-sc.com:7879
www.hotaka-sc.com:3577
www.hotaka-sc.com:8888
www.hotaka-sc.com:3306
www.hotaka-sc.com:21
www.hotaka-sc.com:22
malware.hotaka-sc.com:80
malware.hotaka-sc.com:443
malware.hotaka-sc.com:7788
malware.hotaka-sc.com:7879
malware.hotaka-sc.com:3577
malware.hotaka-sc.com:8888
malware.hotaka-sc.com:3306
malware.hotaka-sc.com:21
malware.hotaka-sc.com:22

Mutex

QER5ZrRbWJtf

Attributes

delay
3
install
true
install_file
mlpzxpclxz.exe
install_folder
%AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

Family: AsyncRat
AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.
rat asyncrat

Async RAT payload 1 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x002400000001c2fc-10.dat	family_asyncrat

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1320	mlpzxpclxz.exe
1796	mlpzxpclxz.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
4404	cmd.exe
5116	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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mlpzxpclxz.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mlpzxpclxz.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mlpzxpclxz.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	timeout.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
4548	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.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
5080	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs

pid	Process
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
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3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
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3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1320	mlpzxpclxz.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 4404	3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe	89
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 5116	3008	mlpzxpclxz.exe	91
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 4548	5116	cmd.exe	93
PID 4404 wrote to memory of 5080	4404	cmd.exe	94
PID 5116 wrote to memory of 1796	5116	cmd.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mlpzxpclxz.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mlpzxpclxz.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3008
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "mlpzxpclxz" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe"' & exit
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4404
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "mlpzxpclxz" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe"'
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5080
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp197A.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5116
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:4548
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1796

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1320

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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tmp197A.tmp.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp197A.tmp.bat
Size 154B
SHA256 d23b8b53d21839f803e34a798a018bac4268a8be735f49f1c286d8bead62d735
MD5 5f488b182777a7a10f9b5a9a47b9b11f
SHA1 cac1e89abe540004f74db112ecd70aba28e4874d
SHA512 3a70bf6e533414398e719db28ee7cc90f9323b85f5d568f11ce4435e125c5feeae6b4b0e91e17aaa2d078ea9a32b7bcb9692edf0c121c78c429914bb93f24c6c
TLSH
T164C08C4355C9EA4E290D145313BA988DA162A8693E84BB008B08404D26A1458E09A281
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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mlpzxpclxz.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mlpzxpclxz.exe
Size 45KB
SHA256 6e6245a39a7b14c00b3582700c9d587b56f6175647d762a62409212d633df0e7
MD5 2dc77d4fbfa19d43fbd1bee9397e7c64
SHA1 6e1b63c3ee34c0fdec17d2a7411cd18535e637f4
SHA512 d383b046b3b3b82ba692e244c409c192f98805bfaeb00d1c79c5c3e277e06870240078095e55cf991d447e38725af9e09aff639367ef9d88d7df5f0427d226a9
SSDEEP 768:xu8x1TPJosp/WUTvS9mo2qz776DfHUPI4zjbWgX3id0t8oCLgbBDZzx:xu8x1TPJnG207qfZ43bJXSOyoCLSdzx
TLSH
T123231B003BE8812BF2BE5B78ACF26105867AF1673603E64D1CC451DB5613FC69A526FE
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1320-12-0x00000000744A0000-0x0000000074C5C000-memory.dmp

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memory/1320-14-0x00000000744A0000-0x0000000074C5C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-0-0x00000000744B2000-0x00000000744B3000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-1-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000362000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-2-0x00000000744A0000-0x0000000074C5C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-3-0x0000000004D70000-0x0000000004E0C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3008-9-0x00000000744A0000-0x0000000074C5C000-memory.dmp

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