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QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 31 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c
SHA3-384 hash: 729bd434d9ad0f25bd8d2037ccc7b99692cea2eb54fb5f6b335ae0967b125efc1a55954a2a60d5c742dc29b545142c19
SHA1 hash: ad9dbdfb52d3c2ee9a57fe837605ec233db43a7f
MD5 hash: 4e7b96fe3160ff171e8e334c66c3205c
humanhash: wyoming-purple-finch-carpet
File name:ogpayload.exe
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Signature QuasarRAT
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File size:519'168 bytes
First seen:2025-01-16 07:44:47 UTC
Last seen:2025-01-17 06:07:25 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'854 x AgentTesla, 19'783 x Formbook, 12'304 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:mMqQ4i1FFiEKS5huOMGOjBbqSJvoUdy6RIQ9+F2q7N5YrKywP:XpliiqGOj4S5oUdy6WPPYWywP
TLSH T121B49D137794D87FD0BD0736F473822917B8D897BA22E35B6A18A7B82C237454D427A3
TrID 40.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
31.6% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
9.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
5.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
3.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon fea2b2bcbe98d870 (1 x QuasarRAT)
Reporter lontze7
Tags:exe QuasarRAT

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
505
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
quasar
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ID:
1
File name:
ogpayload.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-01-16 07:49:58 UTC
Tags:
evasion quasar rat
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/c075229e-c6d1-4246-abd6-3eb617d0ea73

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
Win.Packed.Generic-9829635-0
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Win.Packed.Generic-9830106-0
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Win.Packed.QuasarRAT-10012744-0
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Win.Trojan.Generic-6295765-0
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Win.Malware.Generic-6623004-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6788b9054487910100df7d08
Tags:
autorun quasar
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating 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
Setting a keyboard event handler
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin obfuscated quasar quasarrat rat runonce schtasks stealer stealer vbnet vermin xrat
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6788b91335e3ead4b82df0bd/reports/33a3025b-8bc9-435e-99c2-ad12cac2de7e/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
MSIL.PasswordStealerA.Generic
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
Quasar RAT
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/28d19c39-de4f-47d7-9d94-3cf5db5964fd
Result
Threat name:
Quasar
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1592523
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected Quasar RAT
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks
Uses ping.exe to sleep
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1592523 Sample: ogpayload.exe Startdate: 16/01/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 gamwtonxristo.ddns.net 2->48 50 ip-api.com 2->50 60 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->60 62 Found malware configuration 2->62 64 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->64 68 10 other signatures 2->68 9 ogpayload.exe 15 5 2->9         started        14 ogpayload.exe 2 2->14         started        signatures3 66 Uses dynamic DNS services 48->66 process4 dnsIp5 52 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49754, 49767, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 9->52 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\comctl32.exe, PE32 9->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ogpayload.exe.log, ASCII 9->46 dropped 74 Detected Quasar RAT 9->74 76 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 9->76 78 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 9->78 16 comctl32.exe 14 6 9->16         started        20 schtasks.exe 1 9->20         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vSpIgb0gvo6P.bat, DOS 16->42 dropped 54 Detected Quasar RAT 16->54 56 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 16->56 58 Installs a global keyboard hook 16->58 22 cmd.exe 1 16->22         started        25 schtasks.exe 1 16->25         started        27 WerFault.exe 21 16 16->27         started        29 conhost.exe 20->29         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 70 Uses ping.exe to sleep 22->70 72 Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks 22->72 31 comctl32.exe 3 22->31         started        34 conhost.exe 22->34         started        36 PING.EXE 1 22->36         started        38 chcp.com 1 22->38         started        40 conhost.exe 25->40         started        process13 signatures14 80 Detected Quasar RAT 31->80
Score:
99%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c
Detection:
quasar
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c/
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.Quasar
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2019-04-24 04:55:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
19
AV detection:
22 of 24 (91.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=42mkpbwe3tmwjzkjaouyx6vamogor5joajsy6erdqbog4oy4va6a._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
venomrat
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Similar samples:
error
QuasarRAT
Result
Malware family:
quasar
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:quasar botnet:school discovery spyware trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250116-jldxaazkgz/
Behaviour
Runs ping.exe
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Quasar RAT
Quasar family
Quasar payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
gamwtonxristo.ddns.net:1717
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
rat quasar_rat qasar_rat azorult voidrat external_ip_lookup vermin vermin Win.Packed.Generic-9829635-0
YARA:
malware_windows_quasarrat malware_Quasar_strings win_quasar_rat_client MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT JPCERTCC_Quasar Quasar_RAT_1 MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/e896fa94-b179-4708-b594-84c319762bea
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c
MD5 hash:
4e7b96fe3160ff171e8e334c66c3205c
SHA1 hash:
ad9dbdfb52d3c2ee9a57fe837605ec233db43a7f
Detections:
QuasarRAT
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/26cd53f1-855e-42cf-a931-48bb4ac063e8/
Malware family:
QuasarRAT
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/e698a786c4dc/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
iSpy Keylogger
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CN_disclosed_20180208_KeyLogger_1
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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
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects malware from disclosed CN malware set
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/graph/#/selected/n120z79z208z189/drawer/graph-details
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers
Rule name:malware_Quasar_strings
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_QuasarRAT
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
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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
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Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1_RID2E1E
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
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Author:Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables
Rule name:NET
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
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Rule name:Quasar
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect QuasarRAT in memory
Rule name:quasarrat
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Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:QuasarRAT
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Author:ditekshen
Description:QuasarRAT payload
Rule name:quasarrat_kingrat
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Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1
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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
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Author:@SOCRadar
Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_1_RID2B54
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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
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Description:Detects Quasar RAT
Rule name:Quasar_RAT_2
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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
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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
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
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Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1
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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
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_quasar_rat_client
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects strings present in Quasar Rat Samples.
Rule name:xRAT_1
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W
Rule name:xRAT_1_RID2900
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Patchwork malware
Reference:https://goo.gl/Pg3P4W

File information

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Web download

QuasarRAT

Executable exe e698a786c4dcd964e54903a98bfaa0638ce8f52e02658f1223805c6e3b1ca83c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3402498/

BLint

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

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