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 9334592803cc031321bb53e1ab2e0e36
- SHA1 8a4a89da50c6760d9cc45e4660de904defc8a34f
- SHA512 153671a0952704965ec12bf31e139cdd42e795ba86c5e704689b5109477c38c4bba2b2caa04cc9f78f7b79c2abf69259a83cf3f7062a2c20afe6e7cebad5600e
- SSDEEP 49152:uvyI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHJaadJBxQnoGdiiTHHB72eh2NT:uvf22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHMad+
- TLSH T13CE55C1437F85E33E16AD673D9B05016A7F0F82AF363EB1B518267BA1C53B508C41AA7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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quasar
Version
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1.4.1
Botnet
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Office04
C2
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192.168.56.1:4782
Mutex
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205b9b2d-594b-4caf-a433-4082089b1166
Attributes
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encryption_key
EE8663926FECFC67F01E9BCDBA7FD9237BC4424A
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install_name
Velocity.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
Quasar Client Startup
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subdirectory
SubDir
Signatures
- Quasar payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/904-0-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp family_quasar behavioral1/files/0x001a00000002b552-5.dat family_quasar - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1980 Velocity.exe 2604 Velocity.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4420 schtasks.exe 976 schtasks.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 904 Velocity.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1980 Velocity.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2604 Velocity.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1980 Velocity.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 904 wrote to memory of 976 904 Velocity.exe 81 PID 904 wrote to memory of 1980 904 Velocity.exe 83 PID 1980 wrote to memory of 4420 1980 Velocity.exe 85 - 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\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 /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:976
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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 /f3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4420
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2604
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Velocity.exe.log
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 5d8af3c7519874ed42a0d74ee559ae30d9cc6930aef213079347e2b47092c210
- MD5 b4e91d2e5f40d5e2586a86cf3bb4df24
- SHA1 31920b3a41aa4400d4a0230a7622848789b38672
- SHA512 968751b79a98961f145de48d425ea820fd1875bae79a725adf35fc8f4706c103ee0c7babd4838166d8a0dda9fbce3728c0265a04c4b37f335ec4eaa110a2b319
- TLSH T1BF219A722372B1D489163F83085D568827FF8329B550ED0CB999724EED2B01B5B223F7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Velocity.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 221c9e10ba435b947bbdbf1bc8651aa01e586076a0bf8ea8d7ccf192baf764be
- MD5 9334592803cc031321bb53e1ab2e0e36
- SHA1 8a4a89da50c6760d9cc45e4660de904defc8a34f
- SHA512 153671a0952704965ec12bf31e139cdd42e795ba86c5e704689b5109477c38c4bba2b2caa04cc9f78f7b79c2abf69259a83cf3f7062a2c20afe6e7cebad5600e
- SSDEEP 49152:uvyI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHJaadJBxQnoGdiiTHHB72eh2NT:uvf22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHMad+
- TLSH T13CE55C1437F85E33E16AD673D9B05016A7F0F82AF363EB1B518267BA1C53B508C41AA7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH