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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 22


Intelligence 22 IOCs 1 YARA 30 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7a5be1773b8383037113747990bf1798b072e8563773f3de3c23e3e99f2da25c
SHA3-384 hash: 2ff07d9c16ec16791814af13dec4216d1ac623b128ff9e1fbd8660a455e8df78312f5ef293ac217f3f6916ace8567baa
SHA1 hash: 1085faf9f1aa22397cfd47962c1fa9a408170dcb
MD5 hash: 7c5da768a4612916d9babea2dc9a3a7c
humanhash: mobile-south-beryllium-happy
File name:pB8TeMO.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:3'265'536 bytes
First seen:2025-10-27 10:05:08 UTC
Last seen:2025-11-22 23:59:05 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'204 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:Ovkt62XlaSFNWPjljiFa2RoUYIWGCqsbR0LoGdFTHHB72eh2NT:Ov462XlaSFNWPjljiFXRoUYIW3qv
TLSH T16BE55B143BF85E37E1ABE277D5B0041267F0FC1AB363EB0B6581677A1C53B509842AA7
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:
82.64.201.145:43710

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
82.64.201.145:43710 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1627367/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
8
# of downloads :
127
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
pB8TeMO.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-27 09:50:56 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg quasar

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 %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Sending a custom TCP request
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 reconnaissance runonce schtasks stealer stealer tiger
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-27T06:57:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-28T12:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agent.sb Trojan.Win32.Quasar.sb Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.a HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.gen Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Tasker.cust PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
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)
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:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
9 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.31 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-27 09:50:57 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
32 of 37 (86.49%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
quasarrat
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar family:xmrig botnet:bedo defense_evasion execution miner persistence spyware trojan upx
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Launches sc.exe
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
UPX packed file
Power Settings
Creates new service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Stops running service(s)
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Drops file in Drivers directory
XMRig Miner payload
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Xmrig family
xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
82.64.201.145:43710
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:
7a5be1773b8383037113747990bf1798b072e8563773f3de3c23e3e99f2da25c
MD5 hash:
7c5da768a4612916d9babea2dc9a3a7c
SHA1 hash:
1085faf9f1aa22397cfd47962c1fa9a408170dcb
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


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:Diff_QuasarRAT_01
Author:schmidtsz
Description:Identify QuasarRAT samples
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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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


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Web download

QuasarRAT

Executable exe 7a5be1773b8383037113747990bf1798b072e8563773f3de3c23e3e99f2da25c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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