qakbot | c0a3994bb5140514f73ecfb49ba1f8a74c2cf3c31dde10c79fa5b8f615ce16b4

General

Target

Compensation-1027110219.xls
Size

233KB
MD5

76c5b3c16a42fd876d3c8648063ebefd
SHA1

17eb233138408ec24ee1d300c7fdec089d534766
SHA256

c0a3994bb5140514f73ecfb49ba1f8a74c2cf3c31dde10c79fa5b8f615ce16b4
SHA512

e50ac5cff53c6d014b73db0a1de64fd3904fb9b55b65c0278d284fda0b9fa4d6b0a5038f6cfc3618b13103d64dbbcb81ca40b5a27621a00090f6d53a03f0eedc

Score

10^/10

qakbot tr 1632817399 banker stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Language

xlm4.0

Source

URLs

xlm40.dropper

https://safalerp.com/J1wlINw7HtJ/siera.xml

xlm40.dropper

https://godschildrenaf.org/qxwbRMzrqoWK/siera.xml

xlm40.dropper

https://callgirlsandescortkenya.site/hllzvTuU/siera.xml

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

402.363

Botnet

tr

Campaign

1632817399

C2

105.198.236.99:443

140.82.49.12:443

37.210.152.224:995

89.101.97.139:443

81.241.252.59:2078

27.223.92.142:995

81.250.153.227:2222

73.151.236.31:443

47.22.148.6:443

122.11.220.212:2222

120.151.47.189:443

199.27.127.129:443

216.201.162.158:443

136.232.34.70:443

76.25.142.196:443

181.118.183.94:443

120.150.218.241:995

185.250.148.74:443

95.77.223.148:443

75.66.88.33:443

Signatures

Process spawned unexpected child process 3 IoCs

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

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

description	pid	pid_target	process	target process
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	3740	1588	regsvr32.exe	EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	3836	1588	regsvr32.exe	EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	1480	1588	regsvr32.exe	EXCEL.EXE

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

3504 regsvr32.exe
664 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
3504	regsvr32.exe
664	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:

EXCEL.EXE

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

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

1740 schtasks.exe

pid	process
1740	schtasks.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1588 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

3504 regsvr32.exe
3504 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

3504 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
3504	regsvr32.exe
3504	regsvr32.exe

pid	process
3504	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE
1588	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exeregsvr32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3740	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3740	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3836	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3836	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 1480	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 1480	1588	EXCEL.EXE	regsvr32.exe
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 3504	3836	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 3504	3836	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 3504	3836	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2644	3504	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2644	3504	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2644	3504	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2644	3504	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2644	3504	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1740	2644	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1740	2644	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1740	2644	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 664	2920	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 664	2920	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 664	2920	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Compensation-1027110219.xls"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1588
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Datop\test.test
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  PID:3740
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Datop\test1.test
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3836
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
    C:\Datop\test1.test
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3504
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
      4⤵
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2644
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn lscajwiqo /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Datop\test1.test\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 12:11 /ET 12:23
        5⤵
        Creates scheduled task(s)
        
        PID:1740
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Datop\test2.test
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  PID:1480

\??\c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Datop\test1.test"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2920
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
  -s "C:\Datop\test1.test"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  PID:664

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Datop\test1.test

MD5
613ba8d3c34e8fa5c5a08f998719ee71

SHA1
4e28cebb44165de63a14fade2eaab89626bd1efb

SHA256
3889086935fd4818ec652f34cc8dfde7a071492fe5a50f5b523bdbe9acaa2861

SHA512
462af6967004a8a554980442903adc75ef22f205d201f192903645d63f883cefa329104a4d90927360e4b5d8306595157287a520af34ccb683ea0011f73a6746

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C:\Datop\test1.test

MD5
613ba8d3c34e8fa5c5a08f998719ee71

SHA1
4e28cebb44165de63a14fade2eaab89626bd1efb

SHA256
3889086935fd4818ec652f34cc8dfde7a071492fe5a50f5b523bdbe9acaa2861

SHA512
462af6967004a8a554980442903adc75ef22f205d201f192903645d63f883cefa329104a4d90927360e4b5d8306595157287a520af34ccb683ea0011f73a6746

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\Datop\test1.test

MD5
613ba8d3c34e8fa5c5a08f998719ee71

SHA1
4e28cebb44165de63a14fade2eaab89626bd1efb

SHA256
3889086935fd4818ec652f34cc8dfde7a071492fe5a50f5b523bdbe9acaa2861

SHA512
462af6967004a8a554980442903adc75ef22f205d201f192903645d63f883cefa329104a4d90927360e4b5d8306595157287a520af34ccb683ea0011f73a6746

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\Datop\test1.test

MD5
613ba8d3c34e8fa5c5a08f998719ee71

SHA1
4e28cebb44165de63a14fade2eaab89626bd1efb

SHA256
3889086935fd4818ec652f34cc8dfde7a071492fe5a50f5b523bdbe9acaa2861

SHA512
462af6967004a8a554980442903adc75ef22f205d201f192903645d63f883cefa329104a4d90927360e4b5d8306595157287a520af34ccb683ea0011f73a6746

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memory/664-299-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1480-281-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1588-123-0x00007FFA03070000-0x00007FFA03080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1588-116-0x00007FFA03070000-0x00007FFA03080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1588-117-0x00007FFA03070000-0x00007FFA03080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1588-122-0x00007FFA235B0000-0x00007FFA2469E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.9MB

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memory/1588-115-0x00007FF60B1D0000-0x00007FF60E786000-memory.dmp

Filesize
53.7MB

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memory/1588-118-0x00007FFA03070000-0x00007FFA03080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1588-119-0x00007FFA03070000-0x00007FFA03080000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1588-124-0x00007FFA216B0000-0x00007FFA235A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
31.0MB

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memory/1740-294-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2644-297-0x0000000003500000-0x0000000003521000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2644-293-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3504-292-0x0000000004600000-0x0000000004601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3504-290-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010021000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3504-291-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010082000-memory.dmp

Filesize
520KB

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memory/3504-286-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3740-277-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3836-279-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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