Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
21/04/2026, 15:49
General
- Target pulsetrack.exe
- Size 3.5MB
- Sample260421-s9d2macw2w
- SHA256 4bdd92ce7d79c0ed576d22098cb1aa10a9a73e243dc335297081a787d4753214
Malware Config
Extracted
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quasar
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1.4.1
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pulsetrack
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dot.sa.com:4782
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dot.sa.com:443
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dot.sa.com:8888
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dot.sa.com:8848
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dot.sa.com:8080
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tasawoq.it.com:4782
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tasawoq.it.com:443
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tasawoq.it.com:8888
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tasawoq.it.com:8848
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tasawoq.it.com:8080
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94e76031-936f-4a3e-9754-9aa3b135f801
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encryption_key
2DA8E1B5D18EAA4561218BCAF7CC51C403CE73ED
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install_name
pulsetrack.exe
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key_salt
bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941
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log_directory
Logs
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reconnect_delay
3000
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startup_key
pulsetrack
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subdirectory
C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe
Signatures
- Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
- Quasar payload 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pulsetrack.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pulsetrack.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "pulsetrack" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exe"C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "pulsetrack" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exeC:\Users\[User]\Documents\PulseTrack\pulsetrack.exe\pulsetrack.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
pulsetrack.exe.log
pulsetrack.exe
memory/848-14-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FFC000-memory.dmp
memory/848-15-0x00000000010C0000-0x00000000010D2000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-10-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A60000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-12-0x000000001BC30000-0x000000001BC80000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-13-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BDF2000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-16-0x0000000002A00000-0x0000000002A0C000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-17-0x000000001B7B0000-0x000000001B7C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2540-18-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A60000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-7-0x00000000015F0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-0-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000CCE000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-8-0x00000000016B0000-0x00000000016C2000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-1-0x000000001BBC0000-0x000000001BBD0000-memory.dmp