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Database Entry

AsyncRAT

Vendor detections: 22

Intelligence 22 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6
SHA3-384 hash:	ec3dd982a12d21f86e770c14ac70fd3a717e5846947d3a754a71956a25fafa9bf04996c4b6c436a21e6b0b161b51014f
SHA1 hash:	3608a57b9557cfcd176127638417cac28e6a249f
MD5 hash:	c538706b0dad5c33ba709ba722c43ce3
humanhash:	red-oranges-potato-wisconsin
File name:	Cloudflare_WARP.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
File size:	65'536 bytes
First seen:	2026-01-05 21:12:38 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'747 x AgentTesla, 19'638 x Formbook, 12'244 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	1536:4O9V/upax8hAPP5MVaEbbWw4jpz9JGD1dVclN:16pax8hAX/EbbW9j5OvY
Threatray	2'164 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T185535A003798C926E1AD4AB8ACF2554146B1C5772102DA5EBCC814DB6B9FFCA46237FF
TrID	67.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13) 9.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 4.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Anonymous
Tags:	AsyncRAT botnet c2 DCRat exe RAT

Anonymous

This uploaded sample (Cloudflare_WARP.exe) has been analyzed by VirusTotal and is detected as DcRAT (Remote Access Trojan).
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

Multiple AV engines classify this file as DcRAT / RAT / C2-controlled malware, confirming it is a malicious backdoor used for botnet and remote control activity.

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

156

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

DcRat PostExploitTool

Details

DcRat

c2 socket addresses, a version, a mutex, an SSL certificate and server signature, an interval, varying flags, and possibly a filepath and a group

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/f7dedf39-08b5-440b-9ee0-0732251a877f/

Malware family:

asyncrat

ID:

File name:

_aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-01-05 21:13:41 UTC

Tags:

auto-reg asyncrat

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/ac237213-cd0a-4f92-a119-3e7d6e50402b

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

DCRat

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/47780/

Detection(s):

Win.Packed.Razy-9807129-0

Win.Malware.Generickdz-9865912-0

Win.Trojan.AsyncRAT-9914220-0

Win.Malware.Zusy-10034587-0

Win.Packed.Generickdz-10058942-0

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=695c296ce148d42004dfac37

Tags:

asyncrat autorun

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

Running batch commands

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a file in the %AppData% directory

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Creating a file

Launching a process

Creating a process from a recently created file

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Unauthorized injection to a recently created process

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm asyncrat base64 configsecuritypolicy evasive fingerprint hacktool lolbin mpcmdrun msconfig razy reconnaissance regedit schtasks vbnet

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/695c296a6c350eb0b6f51766/reports/f3297646-545b-4654-b5a1-37510fbdfcaa/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_100%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-01-05T18:17:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-01-07T18:23:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.d Trojan.MSIL.DInvoke.sb HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agent.gen HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Agent.gen HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.SheetRat.gen HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.DcRat.gen Backdoor.MSIL.Darkrat.sb Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Tasker.cust PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/82bbb55f-deb2-47cb-a986-3f252ad0ce19

Score:

85%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

Verdict:

njRat

YARA:

14 match(es)

Tags:

.Net DarkCrystal RAT DcRat Executable Managed .NET njRat PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout RAT SOS: 0.25 Win 32 Exe x86

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

CNC: qq88.za.com,www.qq88.za.com,api.qq88.za.com
PORT: 80,443,4444,4782,5555,6060,6666,8080,8848

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/c538706b0dad5c33ba709ba722c43ce3

Detection:

dcrat

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.ASYNCRAT

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.AsyncRAT

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-01-05 21:13:16 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

22 of 24 (91.67%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=v3sjgzm6yyqhzo5r7my3rymgxf3qfxscax6ut2vfqw4dlv2iftta._file

Result

Malware family:

asyncrat

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:asyncrat botnet:default defense_evasion execution persistence rat

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260105-z2lvtsslez/

Behaviour

Delays execution with timeout.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

Enumerates physical storage devices

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Async RAT payload

AsyncRat

Asyncrat family

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

qq88.za.com:8848
qq88.za.com:443
qq88.za.com:80
qq88.za.com:8080
qq88.za.com:6060
qq88.za.com:4782
qq88.za.com:4444
qq88.za.com:6666
qq88.za.com:5555
www.qq88.za.com:8848
www.qq88.za.com:443
www.qq88.za.com:80
www.qq88.za.com:8080
www.qq88.za.com:6060
www.qq88.za.com:4782
www.qq88.za.com:4444
www.qq88.za.com:6666
www.qq88.za.com:5555
api.qq88.za.com:8848
api.qq88.za.com:443
api.qq88.za.com:80
api.qq88.za.com:8080
api.qq88.za.com:6060
api.qq88.za.com:4782
api.qq88.za.com:4444
api.qq88.za.com:6666
api.qq88.za.com:5555

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

rat asyncrat Win.Packed.Razy-9807129-0

YARA:

Windows_Generic_Threat_ce98c4bc asyncrat win_asyncrat_unobfuscated

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/d6c0d47f-f6fb-4124-8ce6-b7e598d6fc87

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

MD5 hash:

c538706b0dad5c33ba709ba722c43ce3

SHA1 hash:

3608a57b9557cfcd176127638417cac28e6a249f

Detections:

AsyncRAT

DCRat

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/b51c2eb8-ee07-4437-bb3e-7222decca853/

Malware family:

DCRat

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/aee493659ec6/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/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

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:	AcRat Create hunting rule
Author:	Nikos 'n0t' Totosis
Description:	AcRat Payload (based on AsyncRat)

Rule name:	dcrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	dcrat_kingrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	dcrat_rkp Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades
Description:	Detects DCRat payloads

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_DcRatBy Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing the string DcRatBy

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_WMI_EnumerateVideoDevice Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables attemping to enumerate video devices using WMI

Rule name:	MAL_AsnycRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:	Detects AsnycRAT based on it's config decryption routine

Rule name:	MAL_AsyncRAT_Config_Decryption Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:	Detects AsnycRAT based on it's config decryption routine

Rule name:	Mal_WIN_AsyncRat_RAT_PE Create hunting rule
Author:	Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:	Use to detect AsyncRAT implant.

Rule name:	Multifamily_RAT_Detection Create hunting rule
Author:	Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:	Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	Njrat Create hunting rule
Author:	botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:	Njrat

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Skystars_Malware_Imphash Create hunting rule
Author:	Skystars LightDefender
Description:	imphash

Rule name:	SUSP_DOTNET_PE_List_AV Create hunting rule
Author:	SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:	Detecs .NET Binary that lists installed AVs

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	Windows_Generic_Threat_ce98c4bc Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_asyncrat_unobfuscated Create hunting rule
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)

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

AsyncRAT

exe aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

(this sample)

Link

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6

Dropped by

DcRAT

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/47780/

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commented on 2026-01-05 21:15:59 UTC

RAT King Parser (https://github.com/jeFF0Falltrades/rat_king_parser) Output:

{
"sha256": "aee493659ec6207cbbb1fb31b8e186b97702de4205fd49eaa585b835d7482ce6",
"yara_possible_family": "dcrat",
"key": "157662788e78070e5dc018aceb7efde7f2ed057e9bc7e1abe988962d77c742d8",
"salt": "4463526174427971777164616e6368756e",
"config": {
"Ports": [
"8848",
"443",
"80",
"8080",
"6060",
"4782",
"4444",
"6666",
"5555"
],
"Hosts": [
"qq88.za.com",
"www.qq88.za.com",
"api.qq88.za.com"
],
"Version": " 1.0.7",
"Install": "true",
"InstallFolder": "%AppData%",
"InstallFile": "Cloudflare_WARP.exe",
"Key": "VG0wNUZuTUg2QlFCUGdaTHNRQ0VIa1htbFhQbmROcGw=",
"Mutex": "DcRatMutex",
"Certificate": "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",
"Serversignature": "ckle/DcZg3C9XhnpDbyL0n2CDSE4JKWkV6nrAueVauzMF+p+wmOg9Es6KNrg2llOzec5PUZ/8/uCAcr67d9iQKvXaDjZcKVD8SUDy5Lvl+HWlVvfTuCXQYCtjJjKAd3cSpRdeZXBWQyyb9srRtziom8Gcw3cRWPC8JdxOO4poNY=",
"Pastebin": "null",
"BSOD": "false",
"Hwid": "null",
"Delay": "1",
"Group": "Default",
"AntiProcess": "false",
"Anti": "false"
}
}