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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b28e3757d340dbebfe720d7118fb575416f2fdf0ae88c8618dadc1d97e22643a
SHA3-384 hash: adb2316412543c9f69a1236f347bd96eddf609dd0c6b842b0aad6c8bc30b95048c92a31415cd1b8027fd695488c86d63
SHA1 hash: e0af1685b5340f70f4ce3dc33e8226be6dccc321
MD5 hash: 20a894221d6a9cdc9369ca81b5a5f628
humanhash: zulu-bacon-iowa-edward
File name:b28e3757d340dbebfe720d7118fb575416f2fdf0ae88c8618dadc1d97e22643a
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:909'824 bytes
First seen:2026-10-19 07:45:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'287 x AgentTesla, 20'694 x Formbook, 12'401 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:T7Xbiua9U4BTFTxQLp5YDvjpOeWtpSYdRin7IM3MNBaQe3hR5PmSHCmd:T7XbQ1jxwyDgeaXhM3MNchJPUmd
TLSH T10A15018963808D70CD6A9C3081311DB403775F5A3FA5F646AE78BC7337736DA28A6687
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 70c0db4eea7ab0fc (36 x QuasarRAT, 6 x AveMariaRAT)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-19 08:29:28 UTC
Tags:
ip-check quasar rat auto-reg

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
autorun quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-09-02T12:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-15T18:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
10 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.96 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-02 17:44:15 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
11
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:zoy1 discovery execution persistence spyware trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Executes dropped EXE
Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
cns.grotominpgroup.pl:61541
sns.grotominpgroup.pl:61542
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b28e3757d340dbebfe720d7118fb575416f2fdf0ae88c8618dadc1d97e22643a
MD5 hash:
20a894221d6a9cdc9369ca81b5a5f628
SHA1 hash:
e0af1685b5340f70f4ce3dc33e8226be6dccc321
SH256 hash:
3707b607a9a042414f0b39501f88e467b5ab8cb6a27676ba09043e95082b5f1b
MD5 hash:
5b47dce9fcda284852f0124880b50e01
SHA1 hash:
994bcc6192c242850db9eb2a48137b95eed26a2b
Detections:
QuasarRAT CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1 cn_utf8_windows_terminal INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_xrat_quasarrat MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT Quasar Quasar_RAT_1 Quasar_RAT_2 Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1 win_quasar_rat_client win_quasarrat_j1 xRAT_1
SH256 hash:
9b7785c07d63abe0717d98b488e96fefe826cdd800eda91c55d821c9fc375294
MD5 hash:
19e6d3fa7aa03ad6c0a6d7965db6fe9b
SHA1 hash:
f08e006df9a1acf2e5d3c33d542198470b275c76
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
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:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_6717780a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)

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