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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs 1 YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 178b290d24527fda41dcaa0960b289e024e4fac39b96a3d8aebf9be14f51a635
SHA3-384 hash: f0c9779f37067f078972cec0ccabb7b48e98a0b9130619e098ee8fa04d76979213ea54bb088a286b96e7bb4fd5f85f61
SHA1 hash: 3de514f7e96a69e607258c05c68ddc58145a1531
MD5 hash: 3135bf9c620aea1463c948d1be481493
humanhash: johnny-maryland-mobile-undress
File name:3135BF9C620AEA1463C948D1BE481493.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:8'761'344 bytes
First seen:2026-08-28 02:15:08 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'200 x AgentTesla, 20'366 x Formbook, 12'365 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:H3ZdRfG1Cl0xD8IJuWdzbZlO6xXdTEyEMyE8FR9pmFymKi2Ofp6F8RKho7q:
TLSH T10096382439FA501AB173EFAA8BE478EADA6FB7733B07645D105103864723981DEC153E
TrID 73.9% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
QuasarRAT C2:
35.86.129.120:4782

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
35.86.129.120:4782 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1889609/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
178
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-28 02:28:01 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg evasion rat quasar 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 %temp% directory
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-08-25T13:39:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-25T14:20:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains very large strings
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965066 Sample: DGfKBBuHnu.exe Startdate: 28/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 37 ipwho.is 2->37 39 ideas-irisselection-irisfd-lb.prod-eus2.ideas-irisselection-irisfd.eastus2-prod.cosmic.office.net 2->39 41 3 other IPs or domains 2->41 55 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->55 57 Found malware configuration 2->57 59 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->59 61 7 other signatures 2->61 9 DGfKBBuHnu.exe 7 2->9         started        13 Microsoft_Free_product.exe 4 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 file5 33 C:\Users\user\...\Microsoft_Free_product.exe, PE32 9->33 dropped 35 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\DGfKBBuHnu.exe.log, CSV 9->35 dropped 63 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 9->63 65 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 9->65 67 Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel 9->67 15 Microsoft_Free_product.exe 14 3 9->15         started        19 conhost.exe 9->19         started        21 schtasks.exe 1 9->21         started        23 conhost.exe 13->23         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 43 35.86.129.120, 4782, 49753 AMAZON-02-AmazoncomIncUS United States 15->43 45 ipwho.is 104.20.44.133, 443, 49755 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 15->45 47 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->47 49 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->49 51 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 15->51 25 schtasks.exe 1 15->25         started        27 conhost.exe 15->27         started        29 conhost.exe 21->29         started        53 Installs a global keyboard hook 23->53 signatures9 process10 process11 31 conhost.exe 25->31         started       
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
9 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.30 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Perseus
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-25 13:09:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office365 execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes dropped EXE
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
35.86.129.120:4782
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
178b290d24527fda41dcaa0960b289e024e4fac39b96a3d8aebf9be14f51a635
MD5 hash:
3135bf9c620aea1463c948d1be481493
SHA1 hash:
3de514f7e96a69e607258c05c68ddc58145a1531
SH256 hash:
3bbb5f858dcc8d6b1e24c90c49c26ac0f8d4b74925ed64b956644489706e4e77
MD5 hash:
f45e5eca496ef23ff318c00291aabba0
SHA1 hash:
bb7a10616cf6975d0db49ef5ed2bf7592579c531
Detections:
QuasarRAT cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat MALWARE_Win_QuasarStealer win_quasar_rat_client win_quasarrat_j2
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RSharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:identifiers for remote and gmremote
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb

File information


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