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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a9e84520f8f8fd1383b54b297044ed2ca34e23172c7b6719a9185527b6fa194c
SHA3-384 hash: 3b3e9ba30d2c9f765a63d2d7311064fcda8227c3344149a4360a9168a487442d635472230ce224417e0a2e3a6bb9e146
SHA1 hash: 44de49d3050793f1cea18a62fc7649c96deebaa7
MD5 hash: 2386d1e1a35e51b0c869655580ab6431
humanhash: skylark-october-virginia-ten
File name:2386d1e1a35e51b0c869655580ab6431.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:3'266'048 bytes
First seen:2024-03-15 09:10:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'744 x AgentTesla, 19'608 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:nv+lL26AaNeWgPhlmVqvMQ7XSKOEoDkE2HBk/+F5oGd1LTHHB72eh2NT:nvuL26AaNeWgPhlmVqkQ7XSKroDKX
Threatray 544 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1C7E55B143BF85F23E1BBE273D5B0041667F0E82AB3A3EB1B5191677E1C53B4059426AB
TrID 37.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
29.5% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
8.4% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
6.7% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
5.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
QuasarRAT C2:
192.151.244.144:14782

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
422
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
a9e84520f8f8fd1383b54b297044ed2ca34e23172c7b6719a9185527b6fa194c.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-03-15 09:11:17 UTC
Tags:
quasar rat remote asyncrat

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

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm certreq crypto expand explorer hook infostealer keylogger lolbin quasar quasarrat rat remote schtasks stealer stealer
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Quasar
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-03-13 12:54:21 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office01 spyware trojan
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes dropped EXE
Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
www.exiles.site:14782
192.151.244.144:14782
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a9e84520f8f8fd1383b54b297044ed2ca34e23172c7b6719a9185527b6fa194c
MD5 hash:
2386d1e1a35e51b0c869655580ab6431
SHA1 hash:
44de49d3050793f1cea18a62fc7649c96deebaa7
Detections:
QuasarRAT malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat win_quasarrat_j2 MALWARE_Win_QuasarStealer cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
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: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: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: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: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


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

Web download

QuasarRAT

Executable exe a9e84520f8f8fd1383b54b297044ed2ca34e23172c7b6719a9185527b6fa194c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high

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