General

  • Target

    Proton.exe

  • Size

    3.2MB

  • Sample

    230602-kpehnaba5z

  • MD5

    3dd1db5a4c2ab4202e32192fde58bf71

  • SHA1

    4f39e84991e0a8c1553aa54ea2aaa4d1100b4442

  • SHA256

    cbfc67591e1ca528c94d3d7c6caf2a7269930f7abc70d693e62f7db1ba342941

  • SHA512

    4fdadab6d43b1cdc4e0946183cb612ce12cc555671c3f6b6c8d6aeb7235a379918aa18d3e52b374451eb24384b2441d33116c0df9bcbd13b7a3d133f0dc95f79

  • SSDEEP

    49152:ivLI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjH+y5Q1v+LokdlQTHHB72eh2NT:iv022SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjH+y5x

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.4.1

Botnet

Proton

C2

212.154.101.132:3000

Mutex

1b3adac2-334a-4914-b42a-429f32ec011f

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    8738101E98DC472C5F4C9FE5E109DEF1CA883172

  • install_name

    ProtonStubBuilder.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    2

  • startup_key

    Ethone Updater

  • subdirectory

    Proton

Targets

    • Target

      Proton.exe

    • Size

      3.2MB

    • MD5

      3dd1db5a4c2ab4202e32192fde58bf71

    • SHA1

      4f39e84991e0a8c1553aa54ea2aaa4d1100b4442

    • SHA256

      cbfc67591e1ca528c94d3d7c6caf2a7269930f7abc70d693e62f7db1ba342941

    • SHA512

      4fdadab6d43b1cdc4e0946183cb612ce12cc555671c3f6b6c8d6aeb7235a379918aa18d3e52b374451eb24384b2441d33116c0df9bcbd13b7a3d133f0dc95f79

    • SSDEEP

      49152:ivLI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjH+y5Q1v+LokdlQTHHB72eh2NT:iv022SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjH+y5x

    • Quasar RAT

      Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

    • Quasar payload

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Executes dropped EXE

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Tasks