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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a3f7c663787c2a28ec9cef7721cedc83d6bdf75fff5a54745981686c7f355c71
SHA3-384 hash: ad3c70a032179b72f3dbd800c91193de6874932dab51728be76b49405df56148e91a49692fbc3a8fd04999bda76dea16
SHA1 hash: 2654ead8fc44a3fd7ba658039f1de05de3467e18
MD5 hash: c5c6ccefaec1268d1e02dbd65719631c
humanhash: winter-hamper-fish-robin
File name:c5c6ccefaec1268d1e02dbd65719631c.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:1'655'406 bytes
First seen:2026-09-23 09:37:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'247 x AgentTesla, 20'516 x Formbook, 12'378 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:0yzYqjHyzZ4achmNEQ3I1dfgaGZpIj0qjQoBmihntftnNxW6d9+8A8riMs6bOxb9:tLjSzigEQ3eWaMIQnogiht1j9+dxh
TLSH T1937533C9B7D9610DED8A66770DC2C59AEBFF24D84B4825DE1E7F105C4672202A842FF8
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 2ab232b2b2d1b231 (4 x QuasarRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
178
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-23 11:39:58 UTC
Tags:
pulsar rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm entropy evasive obfuscated overlay packed packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-09-03T23:05:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-24T18:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Clipboard Hijacker, Quasar
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Clipboard Hijacker
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
10 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.32 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-03 22:03:17 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:zero3 spyware trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Executes dropped EXE
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
zero2six1.duckdns.org:4782
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a3f7c663787c2a28ec9cef7721cedc83d6bdf75fff5a54745981686c7f355c71
MD5 hash:
c5c6ccefaec1268d1e02dbd65719631c
SHA1 hash:
2654ead8fc44a3fd7ba658039f1de05de3467e18
Malware family:
PulsarRAT
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:Check_VBox_Guest_Additions
Rule name:Check_VmTools
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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.

File information


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