Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    99s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10v20201028
  • submitted
    25-02-2021 05:54

General

  • Target

    2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll

  • Size

    400KB

  • MD5

    c0675c5d2bc7ccf59e50977dd71f28ec

  • SHA1

    0f5d521ec82202f972856816f0565389394b9ae5

  • SHA256

    9a353d4b85b3097762282703f1807c2b459698966b967280c8e4e13cc56d2e28

  • SHA512

    0af0be1551bd660794920157ee0fa7f77b3e3e333df993df2a7e1d622f0abb3f75bb610632984e0b663c18049aeb704f1f5f7eb5050a5ad2eadee71529bb8aff

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Botnet

biden02

Campaign

1614154620

C2

98.173.34.213:995

160.3.187.114:443

73.25.124.140:2222

24.50.118.93:443

82.127.125.209:990

83.110.109.106:2222

79.129.121.81:995

189.223.234.23:995

125.63.101.62:443

113.22.175.141:443

172.78.30.215:443

47.146.169.85:443

47.22.148.6:443

76.25.142.196:443

78.63.226.32:443

105.198.236.101:443

75.67.192.125:443

176.181.247.197:443

105.96.8.96:443

108.31.15.10:995

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • 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 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
    regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1140
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:196
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn rmotgaaq /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 05:52 /ET 06:04
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3936
  • \??\c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
    regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3660
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 844 -s 596
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3752

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll
    MD5

    cadefb613d15b7b68fff004fc945f0b4

    SHA1

    94ece125455b1e740beeb95445166c27795a0a0a

    SHA256

    9e48d15eb273e32486dd0d40730e888c397daf340ab74940e9e8d5bb75ab8da6

    SHA512

    01d0ce1c753cad5ee88783baa58ac767b31fb5658f7473f537f95009181f19d344375a13e551ae78ba9dc410538d177459b2ac703a58d43fd788beca3b6fb0a6

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-02-24-DLL-to-install-Qakbot.bin.dll
    MD5

    cadefb613d15b7b68fff004fc945f0b4

    SHA1

    94ece125455b1e740beeb95445166c27795a0a0a

    SHA256

    9e48d15eb273e32486dd0d40730e888c397daf340ab74940e9e8d5bb75ab8da6

    SHA512

    01d0ce1c753cad5ee88783baa58ac767b31fb5658f7473f537f95009181f19d344375a13e551ae78ba9dc410538d177459b2ac703a58d43fd788beca3b6fb0a6

  • memory/196-5-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/196-6-0x0000000003240000-0x0000000003275000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    212KB

  • memory/196-8-0x0000000003240000-0x0000000003275000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    212KB

  • memory/844-10-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1140-2-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1140-3-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D76000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/1140-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010066000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/3752-12-0x0000000003B20000-0x0000000003B21000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/3936-7-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp