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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 22


Intelligence 22 IOCs YARA 33 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: bad3fd1928ee1d2f626ca26a343c0fef3cd37f19937f15e73b26f163adadf65b
SHA3-384 hash: ba290a98d8724d86b5e426d407097aface9b6523585e7f8fe3a01077024bc8ebf8007584b8eaa2e28eef367555ba9518
SHA1 hash: 02ff3dd780dcecc0dcb5e4d7a2fb3f08c9eddcff
MD5 hash: 01169e45c035f262f4389d167f9d5971
humanhash: lima-cup-nebraska-carpet
File name:x.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:356'352 bytes
First seen:2026-03-08 14:57:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'302 x AgentTesla, 20'721 x Formbook, 12'402 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:J2EHwNHJsa2ppNaAObWokOg3fOSgZCkSWXYwBEY4T:wxpsa5AHfOaXImPY4T
TLSH T113748D2327A8E97BD6FE077AF432460447B1DA47B216F38B995C52B86C133868D513B3
TrID 60.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
13.7% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
5.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
176
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
QuasarRAT
Details
QuasarRAT
c2 socket addresses, a version, a mutex, AES-CBC decryption parameters, a missionid, an interval, varying flags, a filepath, an installation registry path and scheduled task name, and possibly additional parameters which vary per version
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
Wizard Builder.bat
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-03-08 14:54:30 UTC
Tags:
quasar rat evasion remote

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
autorun quasar
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 schtasks soft-404 stealer vbnet venomrat vermin xrat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
Detections:
Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Virinom.sb HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Downeks.gen HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.gen Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Downeks.sb Trojan.Win32.Quasar.sb Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.sb Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.a Trojan.MSIL.Agent.foww HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Agent.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-Spy.Quasar.HTTP.ServerRequest Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.b Trojan.MSIL.Donut.sb
Result
Threat name:
Quasar, XRat
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Detected Quasar RAT
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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
Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Quasar
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Yara detected XRat
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1880205 Sample: x.exe Startdate: 08/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 ip-api.com 2->34 46 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->46 48 Found malware configuration 2->48 50 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->50 52 7 other signatures 2->52 9 x.exe 15 5 2->9         started        14 x.exe 2 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 36 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49689, 49690, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 9->36 28 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Client.exe, PE32 9->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\x.exe.log, ASCII 9->30 dropped 54 Detected Quasar RAT 9->54 56 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 9->56 58 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 9->58 60 2 other signatures 9->60 16 Client.exe 14 2 9->16         started        20 schtasks.exe 1 9->20         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 32 213.142.133.155, 1313, 49691 ADEOXTECHUS Turkey 16->32 38 Antivirus detection for dropped file 16->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 16->40 42 Detected Quasar RAT 16->42 44 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 16->44 22 schtasks.exe 1 16->22         started        24 conhost.exe 20->24         started        signatures10 process11 process12 26 conhost.exe 22->26         started       
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: 1313
CNC: 213.142.133.155
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-08 14:57:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
32 of 38 (84.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
quasarrat
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:wizard builder 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
Drops file in System32 directory
Looks up external IP address via web service
Executes dropped EXE
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
213.142.133.155:1313
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
bad3fd1928ee1d2f626ca26a343c0fef3cd37f19937f15e73b26f163adadf65b
MD5 hash:
01169e45c035f262f4389d167f9d5971
SHA1 hash:
02ff3dd780dcecc0dcb5e4d7a2fb3f08c9eddcff
Detections:
QuasarRAT
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: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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
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_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


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

QuasarRAT

Executable exe bad3fd1928ee1d2f626ca26a343c0fef3cd37f19937f15e73b26f163adadf65b

(this sample)

Comments



Avatar
Jeff Archer commented on 2026-03-08 15:01:14 UTC

RAT King Parser (https://github.com/jeFF0Falltrades/rat_king_parser) Output:

{
"sha256": "bad3fd1928ee1d2f626ca26a343c0fef3cd37f19937f15e73b26f163adadf65b",
"yara_possible_family": "quasarrat",
"key": "bfea2833f7228f299db0a7db7ed44e73",
"salt": "bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941",
"config": {
"obfuscated_key_1": "1.3.0.0",
"obfuscated_key_2": "213.142.133.155:1313;",
"obfuscated_key_3": 3000,
"obfuscated_key_4": "d9MMJuEQ8I4zCM6n7SN+7w==",
"obfuscated_key_5": "Jl4um5zdSYycOPPZqJO3FVJARTT2t6F+gWNZfEB1uuB6vZbEttiXdSeRZaBc1LPLCoN8wZyFErMCApXsUU/5kg==",
"obfuscated_key_6": "SYSTEMX86",
"obfuscated_key_7": "SubDir",
"obfuscated_key_8": "Client.exe",
"obfuscated_key_9": true,
"obfuscated_key_10": true,
"obfuscated_key_11": "QSR_MUTEX_Lgy3lwk3JiHaRTtJ9F",
"obfuscated_key_12": "Quasar Client Startup",
"obfuscated_key_13": false,
"obfuscated_key_14": false,
"obfuscated_key_15": "M5I1OI3qtKKN5scIKjd1",
"obfuscated_key_16": "Wizard Builder",
"obfuscated_key_17": "Logs",
"obfuscated_key_18": false,
"obfuscated_key_19": false
}
}