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Database Entry



AsyncRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8526cfef48b4d5afd1db9fe015b182340ee5b64dfeab81fd11ef443923efd5dc
SHA3-384 hash: 0b7f7568f97a7dd03d540251d82f30cffc4740ffa9560d65f7a85da3626b1de5107780237ef2c0680b0b548d7eb093a8
SHA1 hash: dae9c7534f2290a8930fa8634aa90654acb92343
MD5 hash: a5219c12fc6949da7d5a082f1d4878cf
humanhash: angel-island-echo-fish
File name:a5219c12fc6949da7d5a082f1d4878cf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AsyncRAT
File size:1'451'520 bytes
First seen:2025-01-23 16:11:11 UTC
Last seen:2025-05-21 22:20:22 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'666 x AgentTesla, 19'479 x Formbook, 12'209 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:+O23ulMP5LevgFoc6r284wGQTvnG3/BEjgOE1w+GL9DuNBlpUxC:Thl66/9PTvnG3/BEj7Xkd8C
Threatray 2'677 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T14265F11FBB8785F1D26467F6C9D70D140774E682B683DB1E798A23EA0C037AA8C41677
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AsyncRAT exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
550
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
asyncrat
ID:
1
File name:
a5219c12fc6949da7d5a082f1d4878cf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-01-23 16:22:56 UTC
Tags:
purehvnc stealer rat asyncrat remote

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

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
net_reactor obfuscated packed packed packer_detected
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
PureCrypter, AsyncRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Detected PureCrypter Trojan
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries memory information (via WMI often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal Bitcoin Wallet information
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1597781 Sample: FBhxr49KdH.exe Startdate: 23/01/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 29 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->29 31 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->31 33 Yara detected AsyncRAT 2->33 35 8 other signatures 2->35 7 FBhxr49KdH.exe 5 2->7         started        11 wscript.exe 1 2->11         started        process3 file4 21 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\IsSynchronized.exe, PE32 7->21 dropped 23 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\IsSynchronized.vbs, ASCII 7->23 dropped 25 C:\...\IsSynchronized.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 7->25 dropped 37 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 7->37 39 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 7->39 41 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->41 13 InstallUtil.exe 2 7->13         started        43 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 11->43 17 IsSynchronized.exe 2 11->17         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 27 162.251.123.206, 49731, 56001 UNREAL-SERVERSUS Canada 13->27 45 Queries sensitive physical memory information (via WMI, Win32_PhysicalMemory, often done to detect virtual machines) 13->45 47 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 13->47 49 Queries sensitive disk information (via WMI, Win32_DiskDrive, often done to detect virtual machines) 13->49 55 4 other signatures 13->55 51 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 17->51 53 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 17->53 19 InstallUtil.exe 3 17->19         started        signatures8 process9
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.BotX
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-01-08 19:19:55 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Drops startup file
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
982233e524e1110514b50bf7360f2a1e34e05a679c1b2476bb4fbc6b32dd8758
MD5 hash:
3fd7527243025a1b9b44c724ced1a48f
SHA1 hash:
f3f7bc6f85972b5f840cebfeacf459b8eba5d3f2
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
SH256 hash:
8526cfef48b4d5afd1db9fe015b182340ee5b64dfeab81fd11ef443923efd5dc
MD5 hash:
a5219c12fc6949da7d5a082f1d4878cf
SHA1 hash:
dae9c7534f2290a8930fa8634aa90654acb92343
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high

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