Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
144s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
29/05/2026, 21:13
General
- Target Pulsar-Client.exe
- Size 956KB
- Sample260529-z21c8aex2x
- SHA256 ae3d473736223a4eb41da2a1f53c3370a5f1a2a4a0f34a884ed3fdce87b77d63
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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quasar
Attributes
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encryption_key
0AA65F79CC9CE1541AA13444F27C0AB2D03101BF
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key_salt
5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382
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reconnect_delay
3000
Signatures
- Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
- Quasar payload 1 IoCs
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 12 IoCs
- Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Certain files are specific to VirtualBox VMs and can be used to detect execution in a VM.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pulsar-Client.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pulsar-Client.exe"1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
memory/600-0-0x0000023E459D0000-0x0000023E45AC4000-memory.dmp
memory/600-1-0x0000023E5FFA0000-0x0000023E5FFB0000-memory.dmp
memory/600-2-0x0000023E477D0000-0x0000023E47804000-memory.dmp
memory/600-3-0x0000023E5FF90000-0x0000023E5FF91000-memory.dmp
memory/600-4-0x0000023E5FF90000-0x0000023E5FF91000-memory.dmp
memory/600-6-0x0000023E60010000-0x0000023E60011000-memory.dmp
memory/600-7-0x0000023E60010000-0x0000023E60011000-memory.dmp