qakbot | 1abf547c7916076c1cb99da92c52b53771c10586711ef227eaa9a71e20ff3a38

General

Target

command.02.05.21.doc
Size

78KB
MD5

08ff53d49100c9cb0fa02dadb4f990c4
SHA1

a4469da49e2d1af8e294dadf6ec245a594b0907e
SHA256

1abf547c7916076c1cb99da92c52b53771c10586711ef227eaa9a71e20ff3a38
SHA512

3ba76869c7f844c60c2f37200a07d5690be9c8b5c3f646ea67b63e901b954d774a8e0fb79c467aac627d5a932dc4bdb0e0df56a390d724449adca2bd00644e8b

Score

10^/10

qakbot krk01 1611569149 banker ransomware stealer trojan

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.

Processes:

explorer.exe

description	pid	pid_target	process	target process
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	200	744	explorer.exe	WINWORD.EXE

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot
Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

Processes:

mshta.exe

flow pid process

15 2736 mshta.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

2056 regsvr32.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.
ransomware

System Information Discovery
T1082

flow	pid	process
15	2736	mshta.exe

pid	process
2056	regsvr32.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\DeviceDesc	regsvr32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\Service	regsvr32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_&PROD_HEARTDISK\4&37CE57BA&0&000000	regsvr32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\DeviceDesc	regsvr32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\Service	regsvr32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_SANU&PROD_SANU_DVD-ROM\4&37CE57BA&0&010000	regsvr32.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WINWORD.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	WINWORD.EXE

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

Processes:

explorer.exe

description ioc process

Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000_Classes\Local Settings explorer.exe
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid process

744 WINWORD.EXE
744 WINWORD.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

2056 regsvr32.exe
2056 regsvr32.exe
2056 regsvr32.exe
2056 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

2056 regsvr32.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000_Classes\Local Settings	explorer.exe

pid	process
2056	regsvr32.exe
2056	regsvr32.exe
2056	regsvr32.exe
2056	regsvr32.exe

pid	process
2056	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 17 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid	process
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE
744	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXEexplorer.exemshta.exeregsvr32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 744 wrote to memory of 200	744	WINWORD.EXE	explorer.exe
PID 744 wrote to memory of 200	744	WINWORD.EXE	explorer.exe
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 2736	3988	explorer.exe	mshta.exe
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 2736	3988	explorer.exe	mshta.exe
PID 3988 wrote to memory of 2736	3988	explorer.exe	mshta.exe
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2056	2736	mshta.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2056	2736	mshta.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2056	2736	mshta.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 2504	2056	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 2504	2056	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 2504	2056	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 2504	2056	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2056 wrote to memory of 2504	2056	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\command.02.05.21.doc" /o ""
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:744

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe c:\programdata\ai14R.hta
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
PID:200

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3988

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\ProgramData\ai14R.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
2⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2736

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" c:\programdata\ai14R.tmp
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2056

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
4⤵
PID:2504

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

4

T1082

Query Registry

3

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

1

T1120

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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C:\ProgramData\ai14R.hta
MD5
94a85ecd9a70657096014c35e294e7ac

SHA1
ec5b8fd62bf41873a6d6e42f579dce240014586c

SHA256
1c500d258ae46c69d1832825bdbd575e4c166f9a2b5f63012d315420c3237413

SHA512
997782b70f58a2041a1398baf515803c45997834195db49dd07e220aeb44a090ee01524344ccf3aac8fac98cf354eec8fd1e616f76f5c2a3f876c8a6f21ba52e

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\??\c:\programdata\ai14R.tmp
MD5
af9c1d8050abbddb4de7f24d53038680

SHA1
c9e538325901773bde243e0bb819f1f8e5425afb

SHA256
189a6532e90160d45a668ae7cd4348c1faf00a8f2c637c0a82724c53db9c6bae

SHA512
e55b278b0add4b47fb5750a55449cddd53bce6d8bbf58fb00db12a73af6b73ff9f0ce31fc4dd3cfad0fdfb282f3bd590914ba64f6ee5757a3920a0d088c3bbf6

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\ProgramData\ai14R.tmp
MD5
af9c1d8050abbddb4de7f24d53038680

SHA1
c9e538325901773bde243e0bb819f1f8e5425afb

SHA256
189a6532e90160d45a668ae7cd4348c1faf00a8f2c637c0a82724c53db9c6bae

SHA512
e55b278b0add4b47fb5750a55449cddd53bce6d8bbf58fb00db12a73af6b73ff9f0ce31fc4dd3cfad0fdfb282f3bd590914ba64f6ee5757a3920a0d088c3bbf6

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memory/200-8-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/744-6-0x00007FFF49320000-0x00007FFF49330000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/744-7-0x00007FFF45D20000-0x00007FFF45D30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/744-2-0x00007FFF49320000-0x00007FFF49330000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/744-5-0x00007FFF692F0000-0x00007FFF69927000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/744-11-0x0000021873980000-0x0000021873984000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/744-4-0x00007FFF49320000-0x00007FFF49330000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/744-3-0x00007FFF49320000-0x00007FFF49330000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2056-12-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2056-15-0x00000000715B0000-0x00000000715E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/2056-16-0x0000000002C00000-0x0000000002C01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2504-17-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2504-18-0x0000000002E60000-0x0000000002E95000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/2736-10-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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