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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 55 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a44c6ec422496a206cc382544413dbd9bdf293a07ff60fe32dfd2055f357bd31
SHA3-384 hash: 554d960363b92f7f00fa7254f892cbda6579a0eda55b90977c797997f50e03a344cacf2abe0a1dbeca45bc0e113235a6
SHA1 hash: ab42878a591681f9e38f01151f63da00eee3124a
MD5 hash: 365ee6e8dcf91e5ce031b643a8c4ff08
humanhash: india-connecticut-bluebird-mississippi
File name:a44c6ec422496a206cc382544413dbd9bdf293a07ff60fe32dfd2055f357bd31.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:6'162'432 bytes
First seen:2026-10-14 16:13:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'272 x AgentTesla, 20'614 x Formbook, 12'394 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:2su4cj9OMzVFopCykgptoi8zbi5/V1OhJ4uPZ2KtwCJZ0TjzUPD2iFKLyedRZczZ:2r4ckMzVFopCykIIhJFMGKLymsc
TLSH T1DE569D04BBF85E2AD07FC675D4B14012A3F0F85EB323DB9F1A8196792E23B809915767
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 ShadowOpCode
Tags:exe QuasarRAT RGBLoader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
159
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-14 18:44:41 UTC
Tags:
quasar

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

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 corrupted evasive expand expired-cert finger infostealer lolbin net obfuscated overlay packed packed privilege quasarrat reconnaissance squirrel stealer stealer tiger vbnet
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-10-06T14:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-06T14:53:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
17 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.29 SOS: 0.35 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Infostealer.Browsstl
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-06 17:16:48 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
16
AV detection:
27 of 36 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office04 discovery spyware trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
127.0.0.1:4782
3.107.72.147:6000
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a44c6ec422496a206cc382544413dbd9bdf293a07ff60fe32dfd2055f357bd31
MD5 hash:
365ee6e8dcf91e5ce031b643a8c4ff08
SHA1 hash:
ab42878a591681f9e38f01151f63da00eee3124a
Detections:
DiscordRatWebcamGrabber win_masslogger_w0 cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_EXE_DotNET_Encrypted INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client
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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: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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:hunting_generic_win_rat
Author:Ajin Deepak, AD2001
Description:Hunting RATS based on common patterns
Rule name:HUNT_NET_Loader_ImagePixel_To_AssemblyLoad
Author:Anish Bogati
Description:Hunting: .NET loader that reads pixel data from an embedded image, loads it as a .NET assembly, and runs it via reflection or late binding. Catches bitmap-steganography loaders.
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_DotNET_Encrypted
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects encrypted or obfuscated .NET executables
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_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
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: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:masslogger_gcch
Author:govcert_ch
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
Author:Lucas Acha (https://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, packers and suspicious executables. NOTE: This rule may produce false positives. Updated May 2026 to reduce False Positives.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETDLLMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Njrat
Author:botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:Njrat
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_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_APT_EquationGroup_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Equation Group (G0020) APT malware detection - covers EquationDrug, GrayFish, DoubleFantasy, TripleFantasy, Fanny, GROK, nls_933w HDD firmware module, and Shadow Brokers tooling
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TigerRAT_pe_yaraify
Author:hunts-yara-code
Description:YARAify-tightened byte rule from 9 sample(s) -- VERIFY hits
Rule name:virustotal
Author:Tracel
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_3ee43008
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_4fa7e284_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_5001c94c
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_6717780a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_7e8e91c4
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_92a28498
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:win_masslogger_w0
Author:govcert_ch
Rule name:win_quasar_rat_client
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.

File information


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