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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 32 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b26df12d3e24ab67bb60e57976413340cb7d7421e7ccd893530c23f069c2e7a3
SHA3-384 hash: 1ee57254bc72690cde67dd9a997618461fcc041cf39cb21d52a0099ad71c4ddbb8b23f85e2640c7b834b2157f15d0057
SHA1 hash: 7f6b26fceacd5961ba5d6765b04d6ce8bc3368c2
MD5 hash: 91fc160c3a2daa73e34828f3ea380060
humanhash: stream-alaska-march-india
File name:Client.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:356'352 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 00:05:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'131 x AgentTesla, 20'159 x Formbook, 12'362 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:EN6bPXhLApfph5BS6kgOmbmOjMfeouxPYBNF0LsfOY+:wmhApzS6k3JgMfeoaPYfOLsfOY+
Threatray 758 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1D1749D1337A4EE3BD1FE1736E43206090BB0D4677616E38B5A6A55B92D133868E913F3
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 :
53
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
autorun quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 byteguard fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin obfuscated obfuscated packed quasar quasarrat rat reconnaissance runonce stealer vbnet vermin xrat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-11T06:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-15T10:56:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Gathering data
Verdict:
QuasarRat
YARA:
16 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Malicious Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout QuasarRat RAT SOS: 0.61 Win 32 Exe x86
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
PORT: 160
CNC: 176.123.1.70
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-11 12:19:54 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:office04 discovery execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Looks up external IP address via web service
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
176.123.1.70:1604
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat vermin Win.Packed.Generic-9829635-0 AZORult External_IP_Lookup VoidRat Qasar_Rat
YARA:
JPCERTCC_Quasar MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 Quasar_RAT_1 Quasar_RAT_2 Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1 Windows_Trojan_Quasarrat_e52df647 malware_Quasar_strings malware_windows_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b26df12d3e24ab67bb60e57976413340cb7d7421e7ccd893530c23f069c2e7a3
MD5 hash:
91fc160c3a2daa73e34828f3ea380060
SHA1 hash:
7f6b26fceacd5961ba5d6765b04d6ce8bc3368c2
Detections:
QuasarRAT
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1_RID3227
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
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: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_Quasar_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT
Author:ditekSHen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
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: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:pe_imphash
Rule name:Quasar
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:QuasarRAT
Author:ditekshen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
Rule name:quasarrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:quasarrat_kingrat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
Author:@SOCRadar
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1_RID2B54
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2_RID2B55
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Reference:https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-annex-b-final.pdf
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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:Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Vermin Keylogger
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/01/unit42-vermin-quasar-rat-custom-malware-used-ukraine/
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Quasarrat_e52df647
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_quasar_rat_client
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.
Rule name:xRAT_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W
Rule name:xRAT_1_RID2900
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

File information


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