Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 22:07

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_2357b081660f1098ce70df3f90898c23_agent-tesla_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_quasar-rat_remcos_xloader_xrat.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260709-111s2abt2x
  • SHA256 618e24bc757a8a6b5299ab84e389d264830a875c2ffb59906fd914460488cf18
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • azorult

C2
  • http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • EbayProfiles

C2
  • 5.8.88.191:443

  • sockartek.icu:443

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • key_salt

    bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Family: Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

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

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_2357b081660f1098ce70df3f90898c23_agent-tesla_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_quasar-rat_remcos_xloader_xrat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_2357b081660f1098ce70df3f90898c23_agent-tesla_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_quasar-rat_remcos_xloader_xrat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4252
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5996
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:4888
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5996 -s 600
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1480
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4644
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3264
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:2572
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              4⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4180
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8q4C5PcnUR5h.bat" "
              4⤵
                PID:996
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  5⤵
                    PID:3148
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 10 localhost
                    5⤵
                    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:3588
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                    5⤵
                      PID:2896
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                        6⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:4680
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eps0nVFMQnav.bat" "
                        6⤵
                          PID:4388
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2572 -s 1892
                      4⤵
                      • Program crash
                      PID:4464
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_2357b081660f1098ce70df3f90898c23_agent-tesla_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_quasar-rat_remcos_xloader_xrat.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_2357b081660f1098ce70df3f90898c23_agent-tesla_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_quasar-rat_remcos_xloader_xrat.exe"
                  2⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4176
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                  2⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                  PID:2456
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 440 -p 5996 -ip 5996
                1⤵
                  PID:5504
                • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  1⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:2732
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:3116
                      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                        3⤵
                          PID:3348
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3116 -s 568
                          3⤵
                          • Program crash
                          PID:1536
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:1948
                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                          2⤵
                            PID:1908
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                            "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                            2⤵
                            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                            PID:5776
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 3116 -ip 3116
                          1⤵
                            PID:3028
                          • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                            1⤵
                              PID:4776
                            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                              1⤵
                                PID:5832
                              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                                1⤵
                                  PID:5892
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 536 -p 2572 -ip 2572
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:5900

                                  Network

                                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                        Downloads

                                        8q4C5PcnUR5h.bat

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8q4C5PcnUR5h.bat
                                        • Size 208B
                                        • SHA256 e9319077357c708a6a84863995d03b0ca58f4c5639de75724de172c6bda1b4ca
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                        eps0nVFMQnav.bat

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eps0nVFMQnav.bat
                                        • Size 208B
                                        • SHA256 251f7f60855112b7c42b2c32ad01bc8b9280310e6161e4216ae09c740f30282a
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                        vnc.exe

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                                        • Size 405KB
                                        • SHA256 4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        windef.exe

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                                        • Size 349KB
                                        • SHA256 7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        07-09-2026

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\07-09-2026
                                        • Size 224B
                                        • SHA256 bd4a254bef55583ef1699aa443ec3fbf0cb20a38624a242ceec0f3bff1d14384
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                        SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                                        • Size 2.0MB
                                        • SHA256 c828710262f3150c90104644f38153583ac81e42627d70002d33c235524a3c18
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        memory/1908-52-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/1908-46-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/2572-60-0x0000000006390000-0x000000000639A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/2572-58-0x0000000006000000-0x000000000603C000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4176-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4176-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4252-18-0x00000000041D0000-0x00000000041D1000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-36-0x0000000005AB0000-0x0000000005B16000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-33-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005A52000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-53-0x0000000006020000-0x0000000006032000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-54-0x0000000073142000-0x0000000073143000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-32-0x0000000006070000-0x000000000662A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-29-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000FBE000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4644-28-0x0000000073142000-0x0000000073143000-memory.dmp