Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 12:51

General

  • Target
    upgrade.exe
  • Size 112KB
  • Sample261102-p3kn2sfb62
  • SHA256 8a9c3f8187497cdd1eb45c4718382a458934af2e08dd29547257d75cd12b924a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443

  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80

  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22

  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306

  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21

  • fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21

  • api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21

  • www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900

Mutex
  • K5NJzfq5dpiW

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    upgrade.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
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • 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 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.

  • 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 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upgrade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upgrade.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4748
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "upgrade" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4776
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "upgrade" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD9F0.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4268
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:532
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1904
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.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:2264

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        upgrade.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\upgrade.exe.log
        • Size 522B
        • SHA256 2412679218bb0a7d05ceee32869bbb223619bde9966c4c460a68304a3367724b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmpD9F0.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD9F0.tmp.bat
        • Size 151B
        • SHA256 186c19dcb118d17bdb8f27a89f192b6006027efbb65baf5bc9a8b8824e4281a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        upgrade.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe
        • Size 112KB
        • SHA256 8a9c3f8187497cdd1eb45c4718382a458934af2e08dd29547257d75cd12b924a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4748-0-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C32000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-1-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005680000-memory.dmp

        memory/4748-2-0x0000000005680000-0x000000000571C000-memory.dmp