Analysis

  • max time kernel
    38s
  • max time network
    40s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 10:04

General

  • Target
    c168gg.net.exe
  • Size 56KB
  • Sample261102-l4azfssvft
  • SHA256 4b40aa5ec69de859ee3402eefb0c801a6ae9fe256c0fb824becee7db33377f6f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • c168gg.net:443

  • c168gg.net:8848

  • c168gg.net:8080

Mutex
  • tnItZRPvsahz

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    googlecloud.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 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 1 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c168gg.net.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c168gg.net.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "googlecloud" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:5824
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "googlecloud" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe"'
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5114.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:3452
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2752
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:4620
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:620

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            tmp5114.tmp.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5114.tmp.bat
            • Size 155B
            • SHA256 76d9c8ff4c3ac6695da6279c66eed8a89097185276d47980f804c794cafe69b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            googlecloud.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\googlecloud.exe
            • Size 56KB
            • SHA256 4b40aa5ec69de859ee3402eefb0c801a6ae9fe256c0fb824becee7db33377f6f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/620-12-0x0000000074450000-0x0000000074C0C000-memory.dmp

            memory/620-14-0x0000000074450000-0x0000000074C0C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4104-0-0x0000000074462000-0x0000000074463000-memory.dmp

            memory/4104-1-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000624000-memory.dmp

            memory/4104-2-0x0000000074450000-0x0000000074C0C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4104-3-0x00000000051D0000-0x000000000526C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4104-9-0x0000000074450000-0x0000000074C0C000-memory.dmp