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AsyncRAT


Vendor detections: 22


Intelligence 22 IOCs YARA 46 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c
SHA3-384 hash: c5974aceec01df1893a4c3d6594374abaad96ea2a34babf0dc135064896d5e92d248cb49671964d3fa82b315afa21e75
SHA1 hash: faac7623a93376a8c28d056cc71a69f66a2c5451
MD5 hash: 7016b2a3ed6de41897eca95036288441
humanhash: leopard-victor-kentucky-king
File name:windows defender.exe
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Signature AsyncRAT
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File size:3'412'992 bytes
First seen:2025-09-17 14:48:14 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'649 x AgentTesla, 19'461 x Formbook, 12'202 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:I5uBtFtNA/PVo6xHe/53z+MAzU0udBdo+6ZuDayPQr/NxJ:IGNA/e6he/qP
Threatray 59 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T10AF55B41ABE4DE1BE1BF2775A4F201011BB1E449A736D74B1798E6792C637006E0A3BF
TrID 44.0% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
25.0% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
9.9% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
6.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
3.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:AsyncRAT exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
132
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
asyncrat
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ID:
1
File name:
Launcher.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-09-06 22:33:44 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg auto-startup auto-sch rat asyncrat remote xworm crypto-regex generic stealer stormkitty
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/1498cdab-1360-4d54-adf5-4e1abd550b19

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
ArrowRAT
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/27954/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68caca5d88b95443924741fe
Tags:
infosteal asyncrat emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file
Setting a global event handler for the keyboard
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
agenttesla anti-debug anti-vm cmd configsecuritypolicy control evasive explorer findstr fingerprint hacktool lolbin mpcmdrun msconfig msiexec netsh njrat obfuscated obfuscated obfuscated packed peunion rat razy regedit remote schtasks stealer threat vbnet venomrat
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68caca70dbc6f5a29c49ef8f/reports/a8beeade-e49e-4d44-baca-56287eaf6e52/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-09-06T02:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-06T02:38:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Stealerium Stealer
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/520d6f33-fa78-4f5f-b68a-b4ac39128f2d
Result
Threat name:
KeyLogger, StormKitty, VenomRAT
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1779362
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected BrowserPasswordDump
Yara detected Keylogger Generic
Yara detected StormKitty Stealer
Yara detected VenomRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
52%
Verdict:
Susipicious
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c
Verdict:
njRat
YARA:
17 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET njRat PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout RAT SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.30 Win 32 Exe x86
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/7016b2a3ed6de41897eca95036288441
Detection:
asyncrat
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c/
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.AsyncRAT
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-06 14:50:40 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=c2qtc6wsworumta4s4dgz2bstkllejtao5qdspbj5mkf5dd4mzwa._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
stormkitty
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asyncrat
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Similar samples:
6cf0d4b7fd3371e339d9e52aa97cf50c9f2d0e662329507579f645e83e7285fe
AsyncRAT
8abdfaddb041a5c65cf9d4971466474fa77887a62f633fd51476344ae11ce5f0
AsyncRAT
9a657f8a9e75786f58aa9775b5b403544fc15249a22bc13165472f4ec7c20b6b
AsyncRAT
af1abd42b66dc0ed8e27db626f60c1c57c3e424e67740c8fc537275e30cd2980
AsyncRAT
c9feb68275bd9e097ac71b17a4659c7734dabe06cf440b2cea2d06ecc13ead54
AsyncRAT
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Result
Malware family:
stormkitty
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat family:stormkitty discovery rat stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250917-r663kayks4/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks installed software on the system
AsyncRat
Asyncrat family
StormKitty
StormKitty payload
Stormkitty family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat arrowrat asyncrat dcrat venom_rat downloader stealer stormkitty trojan Win.Packed.Razy-9807129-0
YARA:
EXE_VenomRAT_May_2024 MALWARE_Win_ArrowRAT MALWARE_Win_VenomRAT Windows_Generic_Threat_ce98c4bc Windows_Trojan_DCRat_1aeea1ac asyncrat MALWARE_Win_DLAgent10 MALWARE_Win_StormKitty Windows_Generic_Threat_2bb6f41d
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/cee1d2c6-4c44-4cb0-8b53-7bebaee1257a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c
MD5 hash:
7016b2a3ed6de41897eca95036288441
SHA1 hash:
faac7623a93376a8c28d056cc71a69f66a2c5451
Detections:
AsyncRAT
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DiscordRatWebcamGrabber
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/2b57d5cd-eaf2-4a70-b89c-45cdb9616cbb/
SH256 hash:
e0bef7f04afe55b8d90261f6e64a6f7874dccf9f901080bd0c540e637c80f6dc
MD5 hash:
c58663d4b31ad34bbaa5f377b2ed27de
SHA1 hash:
a29976bcdc7366b1f30afc7280bbea05e42796c1
Detections:
MALWARE_Win_DLAgent10
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/2b57d5cd-eaf2-4a70-b89c-45cdb9616cbb/
Parent samples :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 family:
VenomRAT
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/16a1317ad2b3/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
iSpy Keylogger
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:AcRat
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Author:Nikos 'n0t' Totosis
Description:AcRat Payload (based on AsyncRat)
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
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Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
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Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:ffdroider
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Author:Michelle Khalil
Description:This rule detects unpacked ffdroider stealer malware samples.
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
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Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_B64_Artifacts
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding bas64-encoded APIs, command lines, registry keys, etc.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_CC_Regex
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing credit card regular expressions
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Discord_Regex
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing Discord tokens regular expressions
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_VPN
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many VPN software clients. Observed in infosteslers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defender features
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing Windows vault credential objects. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_WirelessNetReccon
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables with interest in wireless interface using netsh
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_WMI_EnumerateVideoDevice
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables attemping to enumerate video devices using WMI
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_References_SecTools
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many IR and analysis tools
Rule name:Lumma_Stealer_Detection
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Author:ashizZz
Description:Detects a specific Lumma Stealer malware sample using unique strings and behaviors
Reference:https://seanthegeek.net/posts/compromized-store-spread-lumma-stealer-using-fake-captcha/
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_ArrowRAT
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ArrowRAT
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects AsyncRAT
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_DLAgent10
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects known downloader agent
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_StormKitty
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects StormKitty infostealer
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_VenomRAT
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects VenomRAT
Rule name:Mal_WIN_AsyncRat_RAT_PE
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Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect AsyncRAT implant.
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
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Author:Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables
Rule name:NET
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Njrat
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Author:botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:Njrat
Rule name:pe_imphash
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Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
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Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:venomrat
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Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_21253888
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_2bb6f41d
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_ce98c4bc
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_DCRat_1aeea1ac
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Author:Elastic Security

File information

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AsyncRAT

Executable exe 53ab4a93b93223968cf2e71ea8070ba2d7e1a9010d21d41e25100e2b6ab516d9

AsyncRAT

Executable exe 16a1317ad2b3a3464c1c97066ce8329a96b226607760393c29eb145e8c7c666c

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Dropped by
SHA256 53ab4a93b93223968cf2e71ea8070ba2d7e1a9010d21d41e25100e2b6ab516d9
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/27954/
  
Dropped by
MD5 5a766fb66446e2c4d436167ef0944eb1

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