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Database Entry

QuasarRAT

Vendor detections: 19

Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 35 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d
SHA3-384 hash:	d963a2a8d19c25e771d44d83de36112c929d786f5c3be94904fa108656f934f928ab8f0ffd6621ca9cd865c366ceaffb
SHA1 hash:	b5a872558c2bf1956ba9c45b1413e557e1134d48
MD5 hash:	19cac7f665330a905dc26b6d59425e36
humanhash:	moon-delaware-arizona-glucose
File name:	plorestoana.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	QuasarRAT Create hunting rule
File size:	295'424 bytes
First seen:	2025-04-17 00:07:45 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'854 x AgentTesla, 19'783 x Formbook, 12'304 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	6144:Q7zO0LSclT6FOwEP5Kq+SMv0VGb7bDcllbktn:ulJtTF9zVGkllbkR
TLSH	T1CE545A2527F8A93BD8BE17B4F53141094B76FC07B517F38E6A5818B82C1A38985937E3
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	aachum
Tags:	exe QuasarRAT

iamaachum

https://github.com/rpedro1/niha/raw/refs/heads/main/plorestoana.exe

Quasar C2: 185.39.17.228:2222

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

447

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

quasar

ID:

File name:

plorestoana.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-04-17 00:23:19 UTC

Tags:

evasion quasar rat remote

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/3d0525ad-5142-493b-a049-5c854fd6686c

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

QuasarRAT

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/2562/

Detection(s):

Win.Trojan.Barys-1

Win.Packed.Generic-9830106-0

Win.Packed.QuasarRAT-10012744-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6295765-0

Win.Malware.Generic-6623004-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6898101-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6898102-0

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6800495d280f5f89a0cffb5b

Tags:

vmdetect quasar

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Searching for the window

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

Sending a custom TCP request

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm anti-vm blackshades cmd crypto fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin obfuscated quasar quasarrat rat reconnaissance runonce schtasks stealer stealer vbnet vermin xrat

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68004669e9c1e257979b6564/reports/764f81ab-b18a-47a9-adf2-23c798f9e8fa/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Ransom.Imps.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d

Malware family:

Quasar RAT

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/46b2851d-6de2-446d-882c-7b4d471e6d7e

Result

Threat name:

Blackshades

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

rans.troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1666862

Signature

.NET source code references suspicious native API functions

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Contains functionality to disable the Task Manager (.Net Source)

Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)

Found malware configuration

Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)

Installs a global keyboard hook

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)

Yara detected Blackshades RAT

Yara detected RansomwareGeneric

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d

Detection:

quasar

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d/

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-04-16 06:48:44 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

23 of 24 (95.83%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=tqvonxsjuv2yirteohgt6dco2lmbm5i3tcm2kdaft5tkdfxjlmwq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

venomrat

Similar samples:

error

QuasarRAT

Result

Malware family:

quasar

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:quasar botnet:office discovery spyware trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250417-aezezaxvdz/

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:

185.39.17.228:2222

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

rat quasar_rat vermin vermin Win.Trojan.Barys-1 voidrat qasar_rat external_ip_lookup azorult

YARA:

malware_windows_quasarrat malware_Quasar_strings win_quasar_rat_client MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT JPCERTCC_Quasar Quasar_RAT_1 MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/13f56252-946e-472a-ad20-9d99be56ad3d

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d

MD5 hash:

19cac7f665330a905dc26b6d59425e36

SHA1 hash:

b5a872558c2bf1956ba9c45b1413e557e1134d48

Detections:

win_blackshades_w0

QuasarRAT

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/5bef6e51-1322-4fde-82ba-10c60b50830b/

Malware family:

QuasarRAT

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/9c2ae6de49a5/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	BlackShades_4 Create hunting rule
Author:	Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:	BlackShades

Rule name:	CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects command variations typically used by ransomware

Rule name:	Lumma_Stealer_Detection Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect QuasarRAT in memory

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	QuasarRAT payload

Rule name:	MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Description:	Detects QuasarRAT malware

Rule name:	MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1_RID2E1E Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:	https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10

Rule name:	Multifamily_RAT_Detection Create hunting rule
Author:	Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:	Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Quasar Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect QuasarRAT in memory

Rule name:	quasarrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	QuasarRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekshen
Description:	QuasarRAT payload

Rule name:	quasarrat_kingrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	Quasar_RAT_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	@SOCRadar
Description:	Detects Quasar RAT

Rule name:	Quasar_RAT_1_RID2B54 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Description:	Detects Quasar RAT

Rule name:	Quasar_RAT_2 Create hunting rule
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_RID2B55 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	Skystars_Malware_Imphash Create hunting rule
Author:	Skystars LightDefender
Description:	imphash

Rule name:	Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	win_blackshades_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_

Rule name:	win_quasar_rat_client Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:	Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.

Rule name:	xRAT_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:	https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

Rule name:	xRAT_1_RID2900 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:	https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

File information

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

Web download

QuasarRAT

exe 9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d

(this sample)

Link

https://tria.ge/250416-3yfq7a1pv4/behavioral16

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/2562/

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

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS	Missing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)	high

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commented on 2025-04-17 00:10:52 UTC

RAT King Parser (https://github.com/jeFF0Falltrades/rat_king_parser) Output:

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"sha256": "9c2ae6de49a57584466471cd3f0c4ed2d816751b9899a50c059f66a196e95b2d",
"yara_possible_family": "quasarrat",
"key": "f37d304131748cc43e260eb99bb41164",
"salt": "bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941",
"config": {
"Version": "1.4.0.0",
"Hosts": [
"185.39.17.228:2222"
],
"RECONNECTDELAY": 3000,
"KEY": "1WvgEMPjdwfqIMeM9MclyQ==",
"AUTHKEY": "NcFtjbDOcsw7Evd3coMC0y4koy/SRZGydhNmno81ZOWOvdfg7sv0Cj5ad2ROUfX4QMscAIjYJdjrrs41+qcQwg==",
"SPECIALFOLDER": "APPLICATIONDATA",
"SUBDIRECTORY": "SubDir",
"INSTALLNAME": "csrss.exe",
"INSTALL": false,
"STARTUP": false,
"Mutex": "Ydk1X4Lv2vMBhqqaAS",
"STARTUPKEY": "NET framework",
"HIDEFILE": false,
"ENABLELOGGER": true,
"Key": "uzKKApfvzS5RRlrVPnVO",
"Group": "Office",
"LOGDIRECTORYNAME": "Logs",
"USBSpreadNAME": "",
"BTCAddress": "",
"HIDELOGDIRECTORY": true,
"HIDEINSTALLSUBDIRECTORY": 369360896,
"ENABLEPERSISTENCE": false,
"ENABLEANTISANDBOXIE": false,
"ENABLEANTIVM": false,
"ENABLEUSBSPREAD": false,
"ANTIDEBUG": false,
"STARTUPPERSISTENCE": false,
"ENABLEBTCSWAP": false
}
}