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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 29 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae641f9914ffe273391608a6917a0963f70f3f97b8dbbd0ce9899773974abde5
SHA3-384 hash: f54c16e6ae3b3aaab67f8448a6e859a4e4f11bb9ea31e18d54a5bdc95f06d249cd67cfc7fd1efd3301bb7c8070ee02fc
SHA1 hash: 9104c8ea330912069cf7ff4bd2643a0d55ce8782
MD5 hash: d136ab1f81383919380c7f894f239c4a
humanhash: early-ack-mango-alabama
File name:Client.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:3'266'048 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 00:04:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'665 x AgentTesla, 19'479 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:vvkgo2QSaNpzyPllgamb0CZof/JDfP3kCjLLoG9DgTHHB72eh2NT:vvFo2QSaNpzyPllgamYCZof/JDfP1X
TLSH T1A8E55B0477F85E33E1BAE27395B0441667F0FC2AB3A3E71B6191677E1C53B4098426AB
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 Hexastrike
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
18
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
infosteal autorun quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
DNS request
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 infostealer obfuscated obfuscated quasar quasarrat reconnaissance stealer
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-28T14:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-30T07:03:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
13 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.31 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-25 03:16:19 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:code execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes dropped EXE
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
twart.myfirewall.org:9792
rency.ydns.eu:5287
wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:8841
code1.ydns.eu:5287
wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:9792
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat stealer Win.Malware.Generic-9883083-0
YARA:
MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client MALWARE_Win_Quasarstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae641f9914ffe273391608a6917a0963f70f3f97b8dbbd0ce9899773974abde5
MD5 hash:
d136ab1f81383919380c7f894f239c4a
SHA1 hash:
9104c8ea330912069cf7ff4bd2643a0d55ce8782
Detections:
QuasarRAT cn_utf8_windows_terminal malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 win_quasarrat_j2 win_quasar_rat_client INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA MALWARE_Win_QuasarStealer
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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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: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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
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: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: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: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_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: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


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