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Database Entry

QuasarRAT

Vendor detections: 17

Intelligence 17 IOCs 1 YARA 44 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621
SHA3-384 hash:	a4d3192b83acbc4c6490f4599c955935ddd5f59c0f9106a62f241a121469ce120472fa1069358bbaee6122c1b24d2b66
SHA1 hash:	63aa9a7a28ec66eb482778c82f5c76437eb3931d
MD5 hash:	13d1b5bcc807f84aa8ebd6f69a1013ac
humanhash:	network-fourteen-lion-arizona
File name:	13d1b5bcc807f84aa8ebd6f69a1013ac.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	QuasarRAT Create hunting rule
File size:	12'153'552 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-07 18:55:07 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f0ea7b7844bbc5bfa9bb32efdcea957c (149 x Vidar, 68 x Sliver, 35 x RemusStealer)
ssdeep	196608:v7uoCQEs9MQDNyUSv96nWFwK+9l46oWF5086VY:qLQxJjka19L88A
TLSH	T1C2C6E0837D8692B4D6AAC332D4621194B6207C8C6B7033DB2D45FAB52D237D82FB9F54
TrID	37.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 28.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 11.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 11.3% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3) 11.3% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	exe QuasarRAT RAT

abuse_ch

QuasarRAT C2:
178.16.54.229:4782

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
178.16.54.229:4782	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1885994/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

157

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

quasar

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-09-07 19:07:55 UTC

Tags:

auto-startup evasion rat quasar remote ip-check golang etherhiding

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/95555ec9-5183-4c0f-a839-9e58d861b91f

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/84380/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.Siggen33.65497.13705.27345.UNOFFICIAL

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Creating a window

Сreating synchronization primitives

Setting a keyboard event handler

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Launching a service

Sending an HTTP GET request

Connecting to a non-recommended domain

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Creating a process from a recently created file

Sending an HTTP POST request

Reading critical registry keys

Running batch commands

Creating a process with a hidden window

Stealing user critical data

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm base64 crypto golang overlay packed

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a9f089a1ce91d1f54dce7bb/reports/f7f1a6ba-3502-4e86-83ed-5d88704a376a/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_100%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x64

First seen:

2026-09-03T08:47:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-09-08T19:23:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621/results?tab=lookup

Malware family:

Quasar RAT

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/91fcd737-f92d-4d18-8f48-a43c31c45145

Result

Threat name:

Quasar, Vidar

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

rans.troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1969500

Signature

Allocates memory in foreign processes

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)

Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)

Creates encrypted zip

Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)

Found malware configuration

Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)

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

Injects a PE file into a foreign processes

Installs a global keyboard hook

Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Queries DNS domain through GetComputerNameExW (potential sandbox evasion)

Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (Installed program check)

Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)

Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)

Unusual module load detection (module proxying)

Writes to foreign memory regions

Yara detected Quasar RAT

Yara detected Vidar stealer

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

92%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/13d1b5bcc807f84aa8ebd6f69a1013ac

Detection:

asyncrat

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621/

Threat name:

Win64.Trojan.Generic

Status:

Suspicious

First seen:

2026-09-04 18:09:57 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

AV detection:

12 of 36 (33.33%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vs2u5xhhmt7w5zdl6i7426yow42hg453t6iat4zotwq43w3liyqq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

QuasarRAT

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/ff4c5e87-07ed-49b0-9346-53686b7959e3

Result

Malware family:

quasar

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:quasar botnet:fuck2 collection discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260907-xkyrystdke/

Behaviour

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

outlook_office_path

Browser Information Discovery

Enumerates physical storage devices

Executes a command shell one-liner

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

Checks installed software on the system

Looks up external IP address via web service

Checks computer location settings

Creates a file in the Startup directory

Executes dropped EXE

Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Family: Quasar RAT

Quasar payload

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621

MD5 hash:

13d1b5bcc807f84aa8ebd6f69a1013ac

SHA1 hash:

63aa9a7a28ec66eb482778c82f5c76437eb3931d

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/9b1a6c5f-5207-4f01-be13-4e245924b06f/

Malware family:

QuasarRAT

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/acb54edce764/report/overview.html

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

Threat name:

Legit

Score:

0.06

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/acb54edce764ff6ee46bf23fcd7b0eb7347373bb9f9009f32e9da1cddb6b4621

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

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

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

Rule name:	dependsonpythonailib Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown
Description:	Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	detect_powershell Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	golang_duffcopy_amd64 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	grakate_stealer_nov_2021 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Heuristics_ChromeABE Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	HKTL_Meterpreter_inMemory Create hunting rule
Author:	netbiosX, Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Meterpreter in-memory
Reference:	https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleteamsec/comments/hjux11/meterpreter_memory_indicators_detection_tooling/

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_MFA_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of MFA browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store Create hunting rule
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_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	kleptoparasite Create hunting rule
Author:	jarcher

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

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

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PE_Digital_Certificate Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects a unspecified hack tool, crack or malware using a reflective loader - no hard match - further investigation recommended
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	RemusStealer_GoPayload Create hunting rule
Author:	burger
Description:	Detects RemusStealer Go-compiled payload

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

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

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

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	WIN_SHADOW_UNPACKED Create hunting rule

File information

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

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/84380/

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