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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 21


Intelligence 21 IOCs 1 YARA 27 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4e56441b9bbd11e64810552965d0f476d3a56e3e1d40e36a763507f33ad69f01
SHA3-384 hash: 1553567dae17eb8fe7df0fe7bcb98328f208f7e7edba08b5a60543f6b66e36e66fdd6d44f6fa5c83832d7f12622dcf32
SHA1 hash: 57cc201cf4cb5d243cc2bc01e1727f943ba17ac2
MD5 hash: e3d3988afa329938351c51f0ca31d677
humanhash: music-beer-west-sierra
File name:e3d3988afa329938351c51f0ca31d677.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:3'266'048 bytes
First seen:2025-08-10 02:30:15 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'744 x AgentTesla, 19'608 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:JvRuf2NUaNmwzPWlvdaKM7ZxTwfaREEf/Rk/65YoGdGTHHB72eh2NT:Jvsf2NUaNmwzPWlvdaB7ZxTwfaRpe
Threatray 1'276 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17FE55B143BF85F23E1BBE27395B0041667F0EC2AB3A3EB1B5191677E1C53B4059426AB
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 abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
QuasarRAT C2:
193.161.193.99:24910

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
193.161.193.99:24910 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1566771/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
76
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
e3d3988afa329938351c51f0ca31d677.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-10 02:30:40 UTC
Tags:
auto-sch rat quasar remote evasion

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
infosteal autorun quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the system32 subdirectories
Launching a process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 certreq expand explorer fingerprint infostealer lolbin obfuscated obfuscated quasar quasarrat reconnaissance runonce schtasks stealer stealer tiger
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT, Quasar
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
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
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 AsyncRAT
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1753899 Sample: nf7raWKTQl.exe Startdate: 10/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 31 forcr4ck-24910.portmap.host 2->31 33 ipwho.is 2->33 35 bg.microsoft.map.fastly.net 2->35 49 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->49 51 Found malware configuration 2->51 53 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->53 55 7 other signatures 2->55 9 nf7raWKTQl.exe 5 2->9         started        13 system32.exe 3 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 file5 27 C:\Windows\System32\SubDir\system32.exe, PE32 9->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\nf7raWKTQl.exe.log, CSV 9->29 dropped 57 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 9->57 59 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 9->59 61 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 9->61 15 system32.exe 14 8 9->15         started        19 schtasks.exe 1 9->19         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 37 forcr4ck-24910.portmap.host 193.161.193.99, 24910, 49715 BITREE-ASRU Russian Federation 15->37 39 ipwho.is 15.204.213.5, 443, 49718 HP-INTERNET-ASUS United States 15->39 41 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->43 45 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 15->45 47 Installs a global keyboard hook 15->47 21 schtasks.exe 1 15->21         started        23 conhost.exe 19->23         started        signatures9 process10 process11 25 conhost.exe 21->25         started       
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
13 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable PE (Portable Executable) SOS: 0.31 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-28 22:53:35 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office04 execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in System32 directory
Executes dropped EXE
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
forcr4ck-24910.portmap.host:24910
185.129.199.75:4782
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat stealer Win.Malware.Generic-9883083-0
YARA:
MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client MALWARE_Win_Quasarstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4e56441b9bbd11e64810552965d0f476d3a56e3e1d40e36a763507f33ad69f01
MD5 hash:
e3d3988afa329938351c51f0ca31d677
SHA1 hash:
57cc201cf4cb5d243cc2bc01e1727f943ba17ac2
Detections:
QuasarRAT
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
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: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_Win_QuasarStealer
Author:ditekshen
Description:Detects Quasar infostealer
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
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_RID2E1E
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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:quasarrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:quasarrat_kingrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RC6_Constants
Author:chort (@chort0)
Description:Look for RC6 magic constants in binary
Reference:https://twitter.com/mikko/status/417620511397400576
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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:Windows_Generic_Threat_803feff4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_quasar_rat_client
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.

File information


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

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_TRUST_INFORequires Elevated Execution (level:requireAdministrator)high

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