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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 33 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 56a559138d702c729ae3f18b1708fb3686d859ec1252aed66eb14ab3530a2e8a
SHA3-384 hash: 23c06e1710eefb298c5775b12087657d56205a21a1a0859c281fbd92b8ab78307a79288a8dc7881f5c297ebae55f886c
SHA1 hash: 6a1057ebdb35787d03e84fb411c5b3191aced454
MD5 hash: 2ada51cd951b376c00aa6a04e9e235e6
humanhash: bravo-speaker-stairway-tennessee
File name:Client.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:385'024 bytes
First seen:2025-11-22 23:55:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'857 x AgentTesla, 19'784 x Formbook, 12'304 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:OfqQ4i1FFiEKAwpbYCGz7nLz06bx4owfah8TblNMt31CYq:IpliVbYpn8C4owfaSdNMt31CYq
Threatray 740 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1AD849C1333A8D93BD1FE173AF4360A184BB1D457B616F38B5A5A55B82D233868D903B3
TrID 46.3% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
19.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
10.4% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
4.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
34
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
dropper quasar virus micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 byteguard fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin obfuscated obfuscated packed quasar quasarrat rat reconnaissance runonce stealer vbnet vermin xrat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-14T03:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-23T06:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
QuasarRat
YARA:
12 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Malicious Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE Memory-Mapped (Dump) QuasarRat RAT SOS: 0.61
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
PORT: 34.
CNC: 34.
PORT: 434
CNC: windows10-11.duckdns.org
PORT: 34.
CNC: 34.
PORT: 434
CNC: windows10-11.duckdns.org
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-14 08:00:14 UTC
AV detection:
31 of 38 (81.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:kanjal discovery spyware trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
windows10-11.duckdns.org:434
34.30.254.162:434
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat vermin Win.Packed.Generic-9829635-0
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:
56a559138d702c729ae3f18b1708fb3686d859ec1252aed66eb14ab3530a2e8a
MD5 hash:
2ada51cd951b376c00aa6a04e9e235e6
SHA1 hash:
6a1057ebdb35787d03e84fb411c5b3191aced454
Detections:
QuasarRAT
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YARA Signatures


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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: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: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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:QuasarRAT
Author:ditekshen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
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_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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