Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/10/2026, 18:37

General

  • Target
    5854b1c0839d6388d6d006338303337dd1de5001dcdff10dd13080a17b71fb87.exe
  • Size 47KB
  • Sample261003-w9ngvav13j
  • SHA256 5854b1c0839d6388d6d006338303337dd1de5001dcdff10dd13080a17b71fb87
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • forsell.tech

C2
  • forsell.tech:443

Mutex
  • SlSC1R5wxs9S

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    ChromeUpdate.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5854b1c0839d6388d6d006338303337dd1de5001dcdff10dd13080a17b71fb87.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5854b1c0839d6388d6d006338303337dd1de5001dcdff10dd13080a17b71fb87.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "ChromeUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "ChromeUpdate" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp814C.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6036
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:4864
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2136
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:700
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:712

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tmp814C.tmp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp814C.tmp.bat
          • Size 156B
          • SHA256 a02b1301741760dceaf7265491aeba096f219b16d43faf0e031e15efa721ca81
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ChromeUpdate.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ChromeUpdate.exe
          • Size 47KB
          • SHA256 5854b1c0839d6388d6d006338303337dd1de5001dcdff10dd13080a17b71fb87
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/700-13-0x0000000075070000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp

          memory/700-15-0x0000000075070000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-0-0x0000000075082000-0x0000000075083000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-1-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-2-0x0000000075070000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-3-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000005026000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-4-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-10-0x0000000075070000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp