quasar | ffd1d3a0e43ff0ba827e83fccc2515392e2d08719338219d200b8a310c5acdb6

General

Target

VaporWaveX2.1/VaporWave2-1.exe
Size

72.5MB
MD5

af85b5d9c237ea75d4a307d5157c847f
SHA1

84ad14e5d89bd85f0ef1bb5f3269c0d6929c6a53
SHA256

3e7fe3f421b50a884cc30ac892a739e895f4243ed554183deebc7415593ee2d2
SHA512

bf2e7414f1e00d69aaf3dab61a938c3051f429b712d8dcccd3f7a7a32226d42dc66477c1fac7cbb67a326dd05b33de7afbc176ce4280405ac69e2e8dcbdabca3
SSDEEP

6144:UI6bPXhLApfpo8CL1g1N1ZflpUwGbeCqgHcFi9vNnoGjlhjl7k4:lmhAp5CL1g1N1ZfXxpi9vhHl1l7k4

Score

10^/10

quasar general1 discovery spyware trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.3.0.0

Botnet

general1

C2

servicehos.zapto.org:4444

Mutex

QSR_MUTEX_ksxWAP4ziOqMlreofU

Attributes

encryption_key
i9HUVkY4QNExDOHIMtIX
install_name
svchost.exe
log_directory
Logs
reconnect_delay
3000
startup_key
svchost
subdirectory
SubDir

Signatures

Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
trojan spyware quasar
Quasar family
quasar

Quasar payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2828-1-0x0000000000170000-0x00000000001CE000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3312	svchost.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow	ioc
24	ip-api.com

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

VaporWave2-1.exeschtasks.exesvchost.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.execmd.exechcp.comPING.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	VaporWave2-1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	chcp.com
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
2704	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
2704	PING.EXE

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid	Process
4632	schtasks.exe
4504	schtasks.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

VaporWave2-1.exesvchost.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3312	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3312	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes:

VaporWave2-1.exesvchost.execmd.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4632	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	88
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4632	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	88
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4632	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	88
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 3312	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	90
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 3312	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	90
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 3312	2828	VaporWave2-1.exe	90
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4504	3312	svchost.exe	94
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4504	3312	svchost.exe	94
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4504	3312	svchost.exe	94
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4376	3312	svchost.exe	102
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4376	3312	svchost.exe	102
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4376	3312	svchost.exe	102
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1608	3312	svchost.exe	104
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1608	3312	svchost.exe	104
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1608	3312	svchost.exe	104
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1908	1608	cmd.exe	106
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1908	1608	cmd.exe	106
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 1908	1608	cmd.exe	106
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 2704	1608	cmd.exe	107
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 2704	1608	cmd.exe	107
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 2704	1608	cmd.exe	107

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VaporWaveX2.1\VaporWave2-1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VaporWaveX2.1\VaporWave2-1.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2828
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VaporWaveX2.1\VaporWave2-1.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4632
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3312
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4504
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks" /delete /tn "svchost" /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4376
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A1AVM8vv9dhg.bat" "
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1608
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
      chcp 65001
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1908
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 10 localhost
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2704

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A1AVM8vv9dhg.bat

Filesize
263B

MD5
6d144bc6c4956fde47d206e7648701fa

SHA1
175c6db559699587dc330cf943cc82b46514b5da

SHA256
b969a492a3e65ba73d8ee76a9e029e4bd2b82aa57696ed5b10e344a7cacf11ca

SHA512
23785607e52fe5b4322a01c6335afcdcbd76206e1d7a961c4804cd8d8b13dd2bd2ab14aeca7b11d9496347069330cf1397907c3d06eac10930141a14b75504b7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\11-01-~1

Filesize
224B

MD5
f6569f025280e6812fd6bd39fab7348f

SHA1
c1f237e0e913a3fdadf116a327bb020180251404

SHA256
e71dd90b830016ebbee8de17799259c9dd4c0e51ec7963873782ba2d5e5a88f5

SHA512
b543f55c350780c6d24f503c20ab269ee513baa14a378c6f69d9f71ce1f670bece4579c02bba24369d2a00aa255a6f450f878c035aed64a28e9c0e5340290dcf

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memory/2828-6-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005902000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2828-3-0x0000000004BF0000-0x0000000004C82000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/2828-4-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000075030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2828-5-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004DA6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2828-0-0x000000007488E000-0x000000007488F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2828-7-0x0000000005E30000-0x0000000005E6C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/2828-14-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000075030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2828-2-0x0000000005100000-0x00000000056A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2828-1-0x0000000000170000-0x00000000001CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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memory/3312-15-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000075030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3312-17-0x0000000006A00000-0x0000000006A0A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/3312-18-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000075030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3312-24-0x0000000074880000-0x0000000075030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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