Analysis

  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    60s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/10/2026, 19:44

General

  • Target
    84ee86c633ff7c291cace991a86fbc6d4a9104500872526b0a8284349abec7e4.exe
  • Size 273KB
  • Sample261009-yfx6asbs8p
  • SHA256 84ee86c633ff7c291cace991a86fbc6d4a9104500872526b0a8284349abec7e4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.4.9G

C2
  • corporation.warzonedns.com:9341

Mutex
  • 480-28105c055659

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    false

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

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

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 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 1 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 2 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\84ee86c633ff7c291cace991a86fbc6d4a9104500872526b0a8284349abec7e4.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\84ee86c633ff7c291cace991a86fbc6d4a9104500872526b0a8284349abec7e4.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4512
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2316
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4984
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:856
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout /t 180
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2212
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5012
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
      2⤵
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3984
  • C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
    1⤵
      PID:3560

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          HiPatchService.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\HiPatchService.exe.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 48178f884b8a4dd96e330b210b0530667d9473a7629fc6b4ad12b614bf438ee8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HiPatchService.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.bat
          • Size 213B
          • SHA256 9092dbb1ca1767d1966b7f79349dd95a802a68248251bf070c0f1d74d5681d71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HiPatchService.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
          • Size 273KB
          • SHA256 d61eecdf1a19563ff3e33292b8463ee349b737e920c590c6b93efb075705fa9f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2316-17-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005540000-memory.dmp

          memory/3984-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-4-0x0000000005730000-0x000000000573A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-5-0x0000000005720000-0x000000000572A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-3-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-13-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-0-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000D36000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-2-0x0000000005760000-0x00000000057F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4512-1-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000006214000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-11-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005A20000-memory.dmp