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AsyncRAT


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c853a4beac9f6fcea2bb9ad13b17eafd6605cac76899edbecd88d4f981d9f432
SHA3-384 hash: 6c65e998cf4dca34d800fd7a347089951261f6c70749feea20ef10f3181381de356dffe78d43ee5320313dd3bb7cbb64
SHA1 hash: 1a46bf13e69ffad0c6991d8f17787fb2ebd168e2
MD5 hash: b1b5a520ed77776ee6bdeefdd62e35bd
humanhash: beer-jersey-social-winner
File name:New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AsyncRAT
File size:31'160 bytes
First seen:2020-12-02 12:12:24 UTC
Last seen:2020-12-10 07:55:24 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'740 x AgentTesla, 19'599 x Formbook, 12'241 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 384:0Zao31kG05W14uVdAtIH5sqdkZhy8IWkzb9kSYjCZs//Dgf2he:0QvG/14uzyIH5sqt7bOBjCZo/Uf2he
Threatray 497 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH 33E2B91077814921F3BDAB311ACB69E1A3F1D3877B33811FF69A336B1D835885E1529A
Reporter GovCERT_CH
Tags:AsyncRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
24
# of downloads :
224
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Sending a UDP request
DNS request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a window
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.adwa.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Drops PE files to the startup folder
Executable has a suspicious name (potential lure to open the executable)
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
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 sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 325862 Sample: New Purchase Order And Pi R... Startdate: 02/12/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 69 fresh01.ddns.net 2->69 71 pastebin.com 2->71 73 hastebin.com 2->73 83 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->83 85 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->85 87 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->87 89 13 other signatures 2->89 9 New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe 24 7 2->9         started        14 New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe 3 2->14         started        16 New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe 2->16         started        18 New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe 2->18         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 75 pastebin.com 104.23.98.190, 443, 49729 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 9->75 77 hastebin.com 172.67.143.180, 443, 49721, 49737 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 9->77 79 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 9->79 63 New Purchase Order...Pi Required-Pdf.exe, PE32 9->63 dropped 65 New Purchase Order...exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 9->65 dropped 67 New Purchase Order...equired-Pdf.exe.log, ASCII 9->67 dropped 91 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 9->91 93 Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious names 9->93 95 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 9->95 97 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 9->97 20 New Purchase Order And Pi Required-Pdf.exe 9->20         started        23 cmd.exe 1 9->23         started        25 powershell.exe 15 9->25         started        33 3 other processes 9->33 27 cmd.exe 14->27         started        81 104.24.127.89, 443, 49750, 49751 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 16->81 29 cmd.exe 16->29         started        31 cmd.exe 18->31         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\logs.exe, PE32 20->61 dropped 35 cmd.exe 20->35         started        37 cmd.exe 20->37         started        43 2 other processes 23->43 39 conhost.exe 25->39         started        45 2 other processes 27->45 47 2 other processes 29->47 49 2 other processes 31->49 41 conhost.exe 33->41         started        51 2 other processes 33->51 process10 process11 53 conhost.exe 35->53         started        55 schtasks.exe 35->55         started        57 conhost.exe 37->57         started        59 timeout.exe 37->59         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Wacatac
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-12-02 11:50:27 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
asyncrat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat evasion persistence rat trojan
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Maps connected drives based on registry
Loads dropped DLL
Windows security modification
Checks BIOS information in registry
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Async RAT payload
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
AsyncRat
Modifies WinLogon for persistence
Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
Windows security bypass
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
fresh01.ddns.net:2256
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c853a4beac9f6fcea2bb9ad13b17eafd6605cac76899edbecd88d4f981d9f432
MD5 hash:
b1b5a520ed77776ee6bdeefdd62e35bd
SHA1 hash:
1a46bf13e69ffad0c6991d8f17787fb2ebd168e2
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:asyncrat
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect AsyncRat in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:Reverse_text_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Reverse text detected
Rule name:win_asyncrat_j1
Author:Johannes Bader @viql
Description:detects AsyncRAT
Rule name:win_asyncrat_w0
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect AsyncRat in memory
Reference:internal research

File information


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Malspam

AsyncRAT

Executable exe c853a4beac9f6fcea2bb9ad13b17eafd6605cac76899edbecd88d4f981d9f432

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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