Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20201028
  • submitted
    02-02-2021 00:15

General

  • Target

    direct,02.01.2021.doc

  • Size

    75KB

  • MD5

    a7381f4e85590449ca5c33bec0aa39b3

  • SHA1

    f299694003dd4e96abd9b9b36857c6f5373b56e4

  • SHA256

    5b729ea665fa8c4ee7d64a33f8037ddcd0cd67e018362b8faef0fb385a8cef7f

  • SHA512

    e8b4a2e5bfc7669a735946a9f51dd6fe528dfa4bc68c33de0a73439bbb57696362f036a206aa2efb6f31482cf8a283f96154e48c1672d09d2cbb6641e84f1569

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Botnet

krk01

Campaign

1611569149

C2

31.5.21.66:995

89.3.198.238:443

202.188.138.162:443

188.24.128.253:443

175.141.219.71:443

151.60.15.183:443

184.189.122.72:443

80.227.5.70:443

140.82.49.12:443

89.211.241.100:995

81.97.154.100:443

77.27.174.49:995

92.154.83.96:2078

42.3.8.54:443

71.187.170.235:443

46.153.36.53:995

71.182.142.63:443

105.186.102.16:443

50.244.112.106:443

78.63.226.32:443

Signatures

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 280 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\direct,02.01.2021.doc"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1924
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
      explorer c:\programdata\ayYdz.hta
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      PID:1980
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:300
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\ProgramData\ayYdz.hta"
        2⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" c:\programdata\ayYdz.tmp
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1788
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
            4⤵
              PID:1700

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

      Defense Evasion

      Modify Registry

      1
      T1112

      Discovery

      System Information Discovery

      1
      T1082

      Replay Monitor

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      Downloads

      • C:\ProgramData\ayYdz.hta
        MD5

        007902da70bb979585e6262cd6c4af51

        SHA1

        4579e4c4ba37990b23d7714b2823a1bbb303905d

        SHA256

        666a5d055dce735ec82685241ea6fc81dfbf4abd701e79216f82f5d4407fce2a

        SHA512

        6fdd2a374a02fd4c165d152a3ad11d2d5c072636718e4f3a27d1b544180105daffbcdc41bac5093fa51b298c91b60716630505eb42e7d48c3b0192a3cba053ee

      • \??\c:\programdata\ayYdz.tmp
        MD5

        50901dabb081865f84c7304ada82f661

        SHA1

        080fdd1ab480f199cce8df9088713ffaf4e5f787

        SHA256

        28a61c61444f43e9bc83f27e0e3838e785844c63919fe227c48622d0fd93abf5

        SHA512

        d276439a59ed2dac449dcc216319f326027fe530701efa8a35d56a271d4e6a128e0c4936cd7b86887f02476aada2aa1b7155641abc935cc0e437711869187326

      • \ProgramData\ayYdz.tmp
        MD5

        50901dabb081865f84c7304ada82f661

        SHA1

        080fdd1ab480f199cce8df9088713ffaf4e5f787

        SHA256

        28a61c61444f43e9bc83f27e0e3838e785844c63919fe227c48622d0fd93abf5

        SHA512

        d276439a59ed2dac449dcc216319f326027fe530701efa8a35d56a271d4e6a128e0c4936cd7b86887f02476aada2aa1b7155641abc935cc0e437711869187326

      • memory/300-12-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/980-14-0x000007FEF6680000-0x000007FEF68FA000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        2.5MB

      • memory/1580-9-0x000007FEFC021000-0x000007FEFC023000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1692-11-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1700-24-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000B5000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        212KB

      • memory/1700-23-0x000000006B351000-0x000000006B353000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1700-21-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1788-19-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010035000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        212KB

      • memory/1788-15-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1788-20-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1788-25-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1924-8-0x00000000061A0000-0x00000000061A2000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1924-2-0x0000000072B21000-0x0000000072B24000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        12KB

      • memory/1924-4-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1924-3-0x00000000705A1000-0x00000000705A3000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1980-7-0x000000006B3D1000-0x000000006B3D3000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1980-6-0x0000000075AE1000-0x0000000075AE3000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1980-5-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp