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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 37 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3f540820b3e7a854666495e26ff7deeece414bd71c7788601fd352e5365e1d78
SHA3-384 hash: a04a2bb5da10d5c25e6123bf2b5d9d0f142930a1f9c2ee63781356a006471586c670f64b62c184bc7edcf05d0cd5e4d8
SHA1 hash: 9c259b8c2e17962866fc5c9fcf5094db97925812
MD5 hash: 238561a064511de527206e7fdf34b272
humanhash: venus-texas-mockingbird-lamp
File name:Client.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:296'960 bytes
First seen:2025-11-22 23:54:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'854 x AgentTesla, 19'783 x Formbook, 12'304 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:T7zO0LSclT6FOwEP5Kq+SMv0VGb7bDcllbkvn6:zlJtTF9zVGkllbk/6
TLSH T12D545A2527F8A93BD8BE17B4F53141094B76FC07B517F78E6A5818B82C1A38985837E3
TrID 58.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
13.2% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
8.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
5.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.0% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
31
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
vmdetect quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Setting a keyboard event handler
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm barys base64 blackshades byteguard crypto fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin obfuscated packed packed quasar quasarrat rat reconnaissance runonce stealer vbnet vermin xrat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-05T19:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-05T20:09:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
QuasarRat
YARA:
17 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Malicious Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout QuasarRat RAT SOS: 0.26 Win 32 Exe x86
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
PORT: 222
CNC: 51.15.17.193
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-06 01:15:32 UTC
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:test2 discovery spyware trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Looks up external IP address via web service
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
51.15.17.193:222
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat vermin Win.Trojan.Barys-1 VoidRat External_IP_Lookup Qasar_Rat AZORult
YARA:
JPCERTCC_Quasar MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 Quasar_RAT_1 Quasar_RAT_2 Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1 Windows_Trojan_Quasarrat_e52df647 malware_Quasar_strings malware_windows_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3f540820b3e7a854666495e26ff7deeece414bd71c7788601fd352e5365e1d78
MD5 hash:
238561a064511de527206e7fdf34b272
SHA1 hash:
9c259b8c2e17962866fc5c9fcf5094db97925812
Detections:
win_blackshades_w0 QuasarRAT
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BlackShades_4
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:BlackShades
Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1_RID3227
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENRansomware
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects command variations typically used by ransomware
Rule name:Lumma_Stealer_Detection
Author:ashizZz
Description:Detects a specific Lumma Stealer malware sample using unique strings and behaviors
Reference:https://seanthegeek.net/posts/compromized-store-spread-lumma-stealer-using-fake-captcha/
Rule name:malware_Quasar_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT
Author:ditekSHen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1_RID2E1E
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
Author:Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Quasar
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:QuasarRAT
Author:ditekshen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
Rule name:quasarrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:quasarrat_kingrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
Author:@SOCRadar
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1_RID2B54
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 (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2_RID2B55
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Vermin Keylogger
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/01/unit42-vermin-quasar-rat-custom-malware-used-ukraine/
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Quasarrat_e52df647
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_blackshades_w0
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Rule name:win_quasar_rat_client
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.
Rule name:xRAT_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W
Rule name:xRAT_1_RID2900
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

File information


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