Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/09/2026, 17:55
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
defense3.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
defense3.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target defense3.exe
- Size 45KB
- Sample260922-whe2dsca47
- SHA256 46d709fbb5edc1f78cb3e5514507d0fdc1a7fb2aaf9081d56a9e9e1166df18bf
- MD5 472b45983e4194a4bcc2221e672ad3d5
- SHA1 09e571188aa921ff0e08e6c30c335d3f07e1a6d4
- SHA512 deec223ecb9070d229cd456031e6eeda1ea534e552942c3ddf2fe3d973233321dcd4bdcfc19e8a6338a8b534f94f020ead8b1d8de87de5e3536c7bdc2888bf04
- SSDEEP 768:9uCgNTAolrhWU5ieLmo2qrvw0QbKXPIBzjbzgX3i1dJncuBDZXx:9uCgNTA2Z268B3bsXS1digdXx
- TLSH T156231A003BE9823AF2BE5FB8ACF26145467AF1632603D6492CC451DB5723BC696426FD
- 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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8kbetny.com:8080
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8kbetny.com:443
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c2.8kbetny.com:8080
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c2.8kbetny.com:443
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www.8kbetny.com:8080
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www.8kbetny.com:443
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Mc0POwUZvWok
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delay
3
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install
true
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install_file
s8 ghe choi.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000300000002146a-8.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-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation defense3.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2440 s8 ghe choi.exe 8 s8 ghe choi.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 1160 cmd.exe 3152 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 timeout.exe 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 s8 ghe choi.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language s8 ghe choi.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language defense3.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 4176 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 456 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 21 IoCs
pid Process 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe 4620 defense3.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4620 defense3.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2440 s8 ghe choi.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4620 wrote to memory of 1160 4620 defense3.exe 89 PID 4620 wrote to memory of 3152 4620 defense3.exe 91 PID 3152 wrote to memory of 4176 3152 cmd.exe 93 PID 1160 wrote to memory of 456 1160 cmd.exe 94 PID 3152 wrote to memory of 8 3152 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\defense3.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\defense3.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4620 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "s8 ghe choi" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1160 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "s8 ghe choi" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:456
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE19.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3152 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:4176
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:8
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2440
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCE19.tmp.bat
- Size 155B
- SHA256 823f29c366139efef5f62290d686b367cbde2b9cb8489faf9fbb2b2bb4de10a2
- MD5 4c2ee3e0affeacf02b7ed53b52ae04e3
- SHA1 3d96406e139a193727854a618923db802bf8e9ac
- SHA512 9593d1092e22c5384a9fe57b38e412322d3fccdfd683dcdec803da40444e5c0a33c9d8776af986e8858b6a2d55b3cf6d4a9b3c0bd66f0458aec79df2c07bd490
- TLSH T16EC08C4652C6EA5E3809641302FAD49C9572A8993E40AB00E398800A5A80888E8D9242
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s8 ghe choi.exe
- Size 45KB
- SHA256 46d709fbb5edc1f78cb3e5514507d0fdc1a7fb2aaf9081d56a9e9e1166df18bf
- MD5 472b45983e4194a4bcc2221e672ad3d5
- SHA1 09e571188aa921ff0e08e6c30c335d3f07e1a6d4
- SHA512 deec223ecb9070d229cd456031e6eeda1ea534e552942c3ddf2fe3d973233321dcd4bdcfc19e8a6338a8b534f94f020ead8b1d8de87de5e3536c7bdc2888bf04
- SSDEEP 768:9uCgNTAolrhWU5ieLmo2qrvw0QbKXPIBzjbzgX3i1dJncuBDZXx:9uCgNTA2Z268B3bsXS1digdXx
- TLSH T156231A003BE9823AF2BE5FB8ACF26145467AF1632603D6492CC451DB5723BC696426FD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH