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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 34 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7b37e5fe1acef63557026bbfebfc64cfd2ce6a62ea58911db9c20de8f799d2d4
SHA3-384 hash: ebfe5b3ee4c89a43d64b38cdb4c1c8df9434f050a9375201b96303bcabb617ad737835a23c5ef2d6d35f571b870e4fd5
SHA1 hash: 7b32c0d813a104c42a48fd56612738a364e3ed3d
MD5 hash: 6ae7ca51332b6d0794f59d0c7e0ec3ac
humanhash: equal-eleven-colorado-winner
File name:VapeV4.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:1'625'088 bytes
First seen:2026-10-24 10:40:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'322 x AgentTesla, 20'747 x Formbook, 12'407 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:GpL3MUa57xS2eWBRwRR16zhHIPbcNK0KKm77yviUSQaZaOwI55l2S62r9lsmELvW:GpXa5b7wR2EgKKm77LrwCB6A2L
TLSH T10D75F012B7F9860BE5BF5BB8A87716540737B9039E3AC74E498C909C1EE33418E517A3
TrID 60.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
13.7% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
5.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter wok
Tags:exe pulsar QuasarRAT RAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
268
Origin country :
AT AT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
VapeV4.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-24 10:39:22 UTC
Tags:
pulsar rat

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

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Setting a keyboard event handler
Sending a custom TCP request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Query of malicious DNS domain
Connection attempt to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 cmd cscript explorer fingerprint hacktool lolbin mshta netsh obfuscated packed privilege quasarrat reconnaissance remoteaccesstool runonce schtasks update
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-10-24T08:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-26T07:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Hacktool.Aikaantivm
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-24 10:41:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office04 discovery execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Executes dropped EXE
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
hexwallahiwwwwPP-43334.portmap.host:43334
OklaaOmaa-35159.portmap.host:35159
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
7b37e5fe1acef63557026bbfebfc64cfd2ce6a62ea58911db9c20de8f799d2d4
MD5 hash:
6ae7ca51332b6d0794f59d0c7e0ec3ac
SHA1 hash:
7b32c0d813a104c42a48fd56612738a364e3ed3d
Detections:
QuasarRAT cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Fody INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1 MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat
Malware family:
PulsarRAT
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:Check_Dlls
Rule name:Costura_Protobuf
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Costura and Protobuf in .NET assemblies, respectively for storing resources and (de)serialization. Seen together might indicate a suspect binary.
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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
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:DotNet_RGB_Embedded_AssemblyLoader_Hunt
Author:ShadowOpCode
Description:Hunt .NET bitmap RGB extraction combined with embedded resources and assembly loading
Rule name:hunting_generic_win_rat
Author:Ajin Deepak, AD2001
Description:Hunting RATS based on common patterns
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Fody
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables manipulated with Fody
Rule name:Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:Malware_PE_NET_KoiLoader
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Koi Loader .NET executables packed with Confuser featuring specific mutex, assembly metadata, and unmanaged DLL imports
Rule name:MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects BackNet samples
Reference:https://github.com/valsov/BackNet
Rule name:MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1_RID2D6D
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects BackNet samples
Reference:https://github.com/valsov/BackNet
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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Pulsar_RAT
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Pulsar RAT, based on Quasar RAT.
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pulsar_rat
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:SUSP_Script_PowerShell_Hidden_Launcher
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Script (JS/VBS) lancant PowerShell en mode furtif - dropper frais MalwareBazaar
Reference:Veille fraicheur 2026-09-14 / cluster misses web
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:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:WIN_Malware_SalatStealer_ForgeAuto_542e717b
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects SalatStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_ce8c5b46
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)

File information


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Web download

QuasarRAT

Executable exe 7b37e5fe1acef63557026bbfebfc64cfd2ce6a62ea58911db9c20de8f799d2d4

(this sample)

  
Dropping
pulsar
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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