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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 21


Intelligence 21 IOCs 1 YARA 29 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c1b011778271c50b58e7d1cc972434f98671118a3dd381dc4fd5f52b5f2c42a2
SHA3-384 hash: 9c3e94bdea1901336a1c33e983842b627c992ac3809e5cff280da03d182e11589cdd7ea7f93681d0ca1e6b6c5bebf56d
SHA1 hash: 1199ab223dd45fdcc753c3e4effb83d3b11cf67b
MD5 hash: bb0cc5b305ac575a08d130918dfb0ce7
humanhash: colorado-tennis-three-sweet
File name:draft of LPO.exe
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:3'265'536 bytes
First seen:2025-08-19 21:15:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'204 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 49152:Cvkt62XlaSFNWPjljiFa2RoUYIUtYR1J/3oGddTHHB72eh2NT:Cv462XlaSFNWPjljiFXRoUYIUtYp
TLSH T168E54A1437F85F23E1BBE273D5B0041667F1E82AB363FB5B6181677A1C93B505801AAB
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 abuse_ch
Tags:exe QuasarRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
QuasarRAT C2:
198.23.197.164:7071

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
198.23.197.164:7071 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1571482/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
60
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
draft of LPO.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-19 21:15:43 UTC
Tags:
evasion rat quasar remote auto-reg

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
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
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 certreq expand explorer fingerprint infostealer lolbin obfuscated obfuscated reconnaissance runonce schtasks stealer stealer threat tiger
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT, Quasar
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Gathering data
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-19 04:06:01 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
quasarrat
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:tta defense_evasion 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
Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
arewa.ydns.eu:7071
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
stealer rat quasar_rat Win.Malware.Generic-9883083-0
YARA:
MALWARE_Win_Quasarstealer MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1 malware_windows_quasarrat win_quasar_rat_client
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c1b011778271c50b58e7d1cc972434f98671118a3dd381dc4fd5f52b5f2c42a2
MD5 hash:
bb0cc5b305ac575a08d130918dfb0ce7
SHA1 hash:
1199ab223dd45fdcc753c3e4effb83d3b11cf67b
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


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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
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: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: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


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

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high

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