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Database Entry
AsyncRAT
Vendor detections: 12
| SHA256 hash: | 846ccf956dabc8c403a9532fe3788cbb89191139091751cd0da782844b6db4d8 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 7ecc270e182109b408e1f40778a85d4d99e365959b0f97debd477d4c73cb654d69c47aecdc06f9b0e610a29891af494d |
| SHA1 hash: | 5f687ba006d1dff8a7dce07895ff512c457c01c6 |
| MD5 hash: | a3777d40cba67aa88d5ccd9b876af0ec |
| humanhash: | leopard-lion-edward-undress |
| File name: | securedstub.ps1 |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | AsyncRAT |
| File size: | 350'113 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-07-16 07:40:07 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-07-16 11:56:16 UTC |
| File type: |  ps1 |
| MIME type: | text/plain |
| ssdeep | 6144:xhlARV+VatiD8lBs7OzwH8TnM2r83y23hDhRUmN8tw4n3bKRSXO6GOF6vlddBu:IwUtiAlmawH8jt23hDhf+rXXOHFpw |
| Threatray | 1'291 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | T1F17413FACBC633EB814521F3352AF5B599922F422401576B32DC44B937FD5A07B2624A |
| Magika | powershell |
| Reporter |  abuse_ch |
| Tags: | AsyncRAT ps1 RAT |
Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)
Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.
| IOC | ThreatFox Reference |
|---|---|
| 5.56.25.178:7019 | https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1852444/ |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
149
Origin country :
NLVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
ransomware asyncrat virus shell
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
aspnet_compiler base64 base64 encrypted evasive lolbin obfuscated reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
PowerShell/Kryptik.NG trojan
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
First seen:
2026-07-15T16:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-16T06:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected MSILLoadEncryptedAssembly
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
85%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
SCRIPT
Gathering data
Detection:
asyncrat
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
asyncrat
fantomcrypt
Similar samples:
+ 1'281 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
asyncrat
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat botnet:default discovery execution rat suricata
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Family: AsyncRat
Suricata alert: AsyncRAT Malware Default X.509 Certificate Detected - Inbound
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
distansae.com:7019
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
iSpy Keylogger
Score:
1.00
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | AsyncRat |
|---|---|
| Author: | kevoreilly, JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | AsyncRat Payload |
| Rule name: | AsyncRAT_057B |
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| Author: | kirkderp |
| Description: | AsyncRAT 0.5.7B -- minimal .NET RAT with PBKDF2 key derivation and MessagePack serialization |
| Reference: | https://github.com/kirkderp/yara |
| Rule name: | asyncrat_kingrat |
|---|---|
| Author: | jeFF0Falltrades |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI |
|---|---|
| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DetectEncryptedVariants |
|---|---|
| Author: | Zinyth |
| Description: | Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded |
| Rule name: | detect_powershell |
|---|---|
| Author: | daniyyell |
| Description: | Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ASEP_REG_Reverse |
|---|---|
| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detects file containing reversed ASEP Autorun registry keys |
| Rule name: | malware_asyncrat |
|---|---|
| Author: | JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | detect AsyncRat in memory |
| Reference: | internal research |
| Rule name: | MAL_AsnycRAT |
|---|---|
| Author: | SECUINFRA Falcon Team |
| Description: | Detects AsnycRAT based on it's config decryption routine |
| Rule name: | MAL_AsyncRAT_Config_Decryption |
|---|---|
| Author: | SECUINFRA Falcon Team |
| Description: | Detects AsnycRAT based on it's config decryption routine |
| Rule name: | Mal_WIN_AsyncRat_RAT_PE |
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| Author: | Phatcharadol Thangplub |
| Description: | Use to detect AsyncRAT implant. |
| Rule name: | msil_suspicious_use_of_strreverse |
|---|---|
| Author: | dr4k0nia |
| Description: | Detects mixed use of Microsoft.CSharp and VisualBasic to use StrReverse |
| 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: | NET |
|---|---|
| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | NETexecutableMicrosoft |
|---|---|
| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | Njrat |
|---|---|
| Author: | botherder https://github.com/botherder |
| Description: | Njrat |
| Rule name: | pe_imphash |
|---|
| Rule name: | RANSOMWARE |
|---|---|
| Author: | ToroGuitar |
| Rule name: | rat_win_asyncrat |
|---|---|
| Author: | Sekoia.io |
| Description: | Detect AsyncRAT based on specific strings |
| Rule name: | Skystars_Malware_Imphash |
|---|---|
| Author: | Skystars LightDefender |
| Description: | imphash |
| Rule name: | SUSP_DOTNET_PE_List_AV |
|---|---|
| Author: | SECUINFRA Falcon Team |
| Description: | Detecs .NET Binary that lists installed AVs |
| Rule name: | SUSP_PowerShell_Base64_Decode |
|---|---|
| Author: | SECUINFRA Falcon Team |
| Description: | Detects PowerShell code to decode Base64 data. This can yield many FP |
| Rule name: | SUSP_Reverse_Run_Key |
|---|---|
| Author: | SECUINFRA Falcon Team |
| Description: | Detects a Reversed Run Key |
| 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: | Warp |
|---|---|
| Author: | Seth Hardy |
| Description: | Warp |
| Rule name: | WarpStrings |
|---|---|
| Author: | Seth Hardy |
| Description: | Warp Identifying Strings |
| Rule name: | Windows_Generic_Threat_ce98c4bc |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_Asyncrat_11a11ba1 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | win_asyncrat_bytecodes |
|---|---|
| Author: | Matthew @ Embee_Research |
| Description: | Detects bytecodes present in unobfuscated AsyncRat Samples. Rule may also pick up on other Asyncrat-derived malware (Dcrat/venom etc) |
| Rule name: | win_asyncrat_j1 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Johannes Bader @viql |
| Description: | detects AsyncRAT |
| Rule name: | win_asyncrat_unobfuscated |
|---|---|
| Author: | Matthew @ Embee_Research |
| Description: | Detects strings present in unobfuscated AsyncRat Samples. Rule may also pick up on other Asyncrat-derived malware (Dcrat/venom etc) |
| Rule name: | win_asyncrat_w0 |
|---|---|
| Author: | JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | detect AsyncRat in memory |
| Reference: | internal research |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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