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Database Entry



AsyncRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5e84fd9106777b85d5a60f4e607940730ba57ea2dcafaeaaadd6f21e38555761
SHA3-384 hash: 41c84a3a79b471d3932f1360c1b00f5bf3747234900225e6d77d7a703045f3fad49b8db74719af49a4511aa5f0823b49
SHA1 hash: f2e3bbb09dc3b30aa39af0794cd5fec2a2d052e8
MD5 hash: 36aa1dc60ecca0a2dfb562e0feda2080
humanhash: echo-blue-angel-social
File name:Beta-Cheat_protected.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AsyncRAT
File size:3'939'840 bytes
First seen:2026-09-06 20:02:02 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 4328f7206db519cd4e82283211d98e83 (534 x RedLineStealer, 18 x Arechclient2, 15 x DCRat)
ssdeep 49152:ezrqO7iP7RKy5h3lEKqd7n5D5dapQ2wMENKZhkqrweA0QvQcAtjySLveE9:4Wh3lEH951gCKZhfrwP/vYtjtrf9
TLSH T15806232F6D423C3AE77595BF0410B1CDA8686D1187E9B2123A2FFB2CDD3CE57A906941
TrID 27.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
20.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.5% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon f0cca6aaaaa6ccf0 (9 x Formbook, 6 x XWorm, 5 x AsyncRAT)
Reporter rifteyy
Tags:AsyncRAT exe xworm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
157
Origin country :
CZ CZ
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Beta-Cheat_protected.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-28 19:03:49 UTC
Tags:
ip-check evasion xworm rat themida

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for analyzing tools
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Creating a window
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
entropy obfuscated packed packed themidawinlicense
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-28T17:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-06T19:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-29 03:03:12 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
13
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation themida trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks BIOS information in registry
Checks computer location settings
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Themida packer
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5e84fd9106777b85d5a60f4e607940730ba57ea2dcafaeaaadd6f21e38555761
MD5 hash:
36aa1dc60ecca0a2dfb562e0feda2080
SHA1 hash:
f2e3bbb09dc3b30aa39af0794cd5fec2a2d052e8
SH256 hash:
de0aa79373299d38e79f5895530c54d43970c18867212ee171580e5e28dca5eb
MD5 hash:
8c7fb0e684cd7873d2641f301c2d41dd
SHA1 hash:
0a65293bd4af0d865c4d7dabacd49ca978cc063b
SH256 hash:
c3e152170af7d87ddaa0f915efac8db5c28c6a7e18f1d2a88ca0a1a092697b75
MD5 hash:
21cae21a18e1bf12193db082760d2878
SHA1 hash:
6560d2a1d0700f90e24c3bef645934310233f6a6
Detections:
win_xworm_a0 win_xworm_w0 XWorm INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Themida INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT MALWARE_Win_XWorm win_mal_XWorm win_xworm_bytestring
Malware family:
BlackWorm
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ByteCode_MSIL_Backdoor_AsyncRAT
Author:ReversingLabs
Description:Yara rule that detects AsyncRAT backdoor.
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:EXE_RAT_XWorm_April2024
Author:Yashraj Solanki - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Bridewell
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Themida
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Themida
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects AsyncRAT
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_XWorm
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects XWorm
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
Author:Lucas Acha (https://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, packers and suspicious executables. NOTE: This rule may produce false positives. Updated May 2026 to reduce False Positives.
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Njrat
Author:botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:Njrat
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:rat_win_xworm_v3
Author:Sekoia.io
Description:Finds XWorm (version XClient, v3) samples based on characteristic strings
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_XWorm_b7d6eaa8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_dotnet_vb_stealer_rat
Author:Arrbat
Description:Detects .NET/VB executables with stealer/RAT capabilities (sockets, HTTP, processes, registry, etc).
Rule name:win_xworm_bytestring
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects bytestring present in unobfuscated xworm
Rule name:win_xworm_w0
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Description:Detects win.xworm.
Rule name:xworm
Author:jeFF0Falltrades

File information


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