Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    22s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v200430
  • submitted
    08-06-2020 22:07

General

  • Target

    file1.bin.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    ba6e8aa94975c85cbe78166aa8bb1ba9

  • SHA1

    7d3d07c1ca51d3133aaf4bd2bc1287e19487bd87

  • SHA256

    5df0f7749580fcbf6251e0ae59b24c35a949c253c0f099f7f30bd2e66fcbf9b1

  • SHA512

    3757a04f43528ed6c7e79a54c354915fba39d377e64fcdc719039114c68cf7bda8c3bec171163e00d7d7747c56c7453ffe64c9c150fe21e8e09081bf428caa0b

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Botnet

spx135

Campaign

1591627649

C2

89.32.216.156:443

74.222.204.82:443

24.183.39.93:443

97.93.211.17:443

80.14.209.42:2222

96.35.170.82:2222

151.73.124.242:443

98.110.231.63:443

108.227.161.27:995

173.3.132.17:995

31.5.41.52:443

24.122.228.88:443

5.107.208.94:2222

76.185.136.58:443

50.29.166.232:995

73.210.114.187:443

92.114.107.193:995

24.43.22.220:993

50.247.230.33:995

72.142.106.198:465

Signatures

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 77 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting 6 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • Loads dropped DLL
    PID:1520
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:480
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      PID:1824
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe /C
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1884
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1784
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn nnsbgtr /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe\" /I nnsbgtr" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 00:09 /ET 00:21
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1844
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
    taskeng.exe {D5252335-9845-4F52-B253-B990452F254E} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1144
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe /I nnsbgtr
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:1340
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
        3⤵
        • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
        • Windows security modification
        PID:300
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
        3⤵
        • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
        • Windows security modification
        PID:1640
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
        3⤵
          PID:1604
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
          3⤵
            PID:1636
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
            3⤵
            • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
            • Windows security modification
            PID:1592
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
            3⤵
            • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
            • Windows security modification
            PID:1556
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
            3⤵
            • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
            • Windows security modification
            PID:1924
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
            3⤵
            • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting
            • Windows security modification
            PID:1928
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt" /d "0"
            3⤵
            • Windows security bypass
            PID:1016
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
            3⤵
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2004
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe /C
              4⤵
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:1500
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1 & type "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" > "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file1.bin.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:1244
              • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
                4⤵
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:1856
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /DELETE /F /TN nnsbgtr
              3⤵
                PID:1440

          Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

          Execution

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053

          Persistence

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053

          Privilege Escalation

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053

          Defense Evasion

          Disabling Security Tools

          2
          T1089

          Modify Registry

          2
          T1112

          Discovery

          Remote System Discovery

          1
          T1018

          Replay Monitor

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          Downloads

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.dat
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pxugzybt\oamupn.exe
          • memory/480-0-0x0000000002470000-0x0000000002481000-memory.dmp
            Filesize

            68KB

          • memory/1500-12-0x0000000002470000-0x0000000002481000-memory.dmp
            Filesize

            68KB

          • memory/1824-7-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003DA000-memory.dmp
            Filesize

            232KB

          • memory/1884-6-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002551000-memory.dmp
            Filesize

            68KB