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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2801e23864a2d65490e0ef7663d0d0e4292242f84d8368f0cdeefa868c375521
SHA3-384 hash: 8cc8f580e9854b96a4002e1454e54563f9c6e7b4d6fc89a63916abb583415e4060bcb4cd7158a83c1c8d77a6e71d6d13
SHA1 hash: 82b22cadbb848b13087a925aa6cdedb44947d434
MD5 hash: cf2e2d8687103a7bde4a9ce4878e34d8
humanhash: quiet-jupiter-uniform-mockingbird
File name:KaWcg8Hm.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:356'352 bytes
First seen:2020-09-13 13:37:39 UTC
Last seen:2020-09-13 14:39:44 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'747 x AgentTesla, 19'633 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:cV6bPXhLApfp9304Xycfsc+biv88FMWpJEfn8wS:gmhApc4XyGpMWPenjS
Threatray 86 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH AF748C1377A8E9BBD1BD173AE03206158BB1E50B7607E38B5A5C56F82D123868E513F3
Reporter johannes
Tags:QuasarRAT


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quasarrat via https://pastebin.com/raw/KaWcg8Hm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
5
# of downloads :
133
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Setting a keyboard event handler
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines)
Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks
Uses ping.exe to sleep
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 284840 Sample: KaWcg8Hm.exe Startdate: 13/09/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 58 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->58 60 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->62 64 7 other signatures 2->64 8 KaWcg8Hm.exe 15 5 2->8         started        13 KaWcg8Hm.exe 2 2->13         started        process3 dnsIp4 44 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49730, 49731, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 8->44 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\Client.exe, PE32 8->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\KaWcg8Hm.exe.log, ASCII 8->42 dropped 68 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 8->68 15 Client.exe 14 7 8->15         started        19 schtasks.exe 1 8->19         started        file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 46 18.218.177.181, 49732, 7112 AMAZON-02US United States 15->46 48 ip-api.com 15->48 50 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->50 52 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->52 54 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 15->54 56 3 other signatures 15->56 21 cmd.exe 1 15->21         started        24 schtasks.exe 1 15->24         started        26 schtasks.exe 1 15->26         started        28 conhost.exe 19->28         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 66 Uses ping.exe to sleep 21->66 30 conhost.exe 21->30         started        32 PING.EXE 1 21->32         started        34 chcp.com 1 21->34         started        36 conhost.exe 24->36         started        38 conhost.exe 26->38         started        process12
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.QuasarRAT
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-09-13 13:39:04 UTC
AV detection:
25 of 29 (86.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
trojan spyware family:quasar
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Looks up external IP address via web service
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Quasar RAT
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:MSILStealer
Author:https://github.com/hwvs
Description:Detects strings from C#/VB Stealers and QuasarRat
Reference:https://github.com/quasar/QuasarRAT
Rule name:Quasar
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Vermin Keylogger
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/01/unit42-vermin-quasar-rat-custom-malware-used-ukraine/
Rule name:xRAT_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

File information


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