Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 18:45

General

  • Target
    Velocity.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample260808-xecbrsfa85
  • SHA256 221c9e10ba435b947bbdbf1bc8651aa01e586076a0bf8ea8d7ccf192baf764be
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • 192.168.56.1:4782

Mutex
  • 205b9b2d-594b-4caf-a433-4082089b1166

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    EE8663926FECFC67F01E9BCDBA7FD9237BC4424A

  • install_name

    Velocity.exe

  • key_salt

    bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Quasar Client Startup

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

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 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Velocity.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Velocity.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:904
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:976
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1980
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4420
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2604

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Velocity.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Velocity.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 5d8af3c7519874ed42a0d74ee559ae30d9cc6930aef213079347e2b47092c210
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Velocity.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 221c9e10ba435b947bbdbf1bc8651aa01e586076a0bf8ea8d7ccf192baf764be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/904-0-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp

        memory/904-1-0x000000001BEB0000-0x000000001BEC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-9-0x000000001C040000-0x000000001C050000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-11-0x000000001CCD0000-0x000000001CD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-12-0x000000001CDE0000-0x000000001CE92000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-13-0x000000001C040000-0x000000001C050000-memory.dmp