Analysis

  • max time kernel
    128s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    14-10-2021 14:11

General

  • Target

    Celod.wac1.dll

  • Size

    572KB

  • MD5

    82ec0e1df076c986704fe0f919d6a53f

  • SHA1

    c0d6be6324a341c26cc36ccddf663e95104d05fc

  • SHA256

    ae9f663e051bccb9f24f0dd77eb714b2b6baf572993343d7bcd3f74cfcca5248

  • SHA512

    b3b4790084110fb7146128b5763c79b890987154fcd50d3c52eb18ed9046c876692a44798fcae0b703d273d3f5f58c47b776e2f486c91e41e49e5cd1c016d039

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

402.363

Botnet

obama114

Campaign

1634112211

C2

111.125.245.116:443

124.123.42.115:2222

103.250.38.115:443

68.117.229.117:443

189.252.166.130:32101

89.137.52.44:443

208.78.220.143:443

77.31.162.93:443

83.110.201.195:443

94.200.181.154:443

103.82.211.39:995

216.201.162.158:443

78.179.137.102:995

24.231.209.2:2222

63.143.92.99:995

140.82.49.12:443

73.230.205.91:443

41.86.42.158:995

220.255.25.28:2222

200.232.214.222:995

Attributes
  • salt

    jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 43 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll,#1
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1032
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:952
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn pxvhmtthy /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 14:15 /ET 14:27
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:744
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
    taskeng.exe {554F0D20-6929-49F1-83C8-82296585F2E0} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1820
    • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1356
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
        -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll"
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2000
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          4⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1340
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Vxmbsk" /d "0"
            5⤵
              PID:1324
            • 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\Zhpdcoud" /d "0"
              5⤵
                PID:1760

      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

      1
      T1089

      Modify Registry

      1
      T1112

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll
        MD5

        82ec0e1df076c986704fe0f919d6a53f

        SHA1

        c0d6be6324a341c26cc36ccddf663e95104d05fc

        SHA256

        ae9f663e051bccb9f24f0dd77eb714b2b6baf572993343d7bcd3f74cfcca5248

        SHA512

        b3b4790084110fb7146128b5763c79b890987154fcd50d3c52eb18ed9046c876692a44798fcae0b703d273d3f5f58c47b776e2f486c91e41e49e5cd1c016d039

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac1.dll
        MD5

        82ec0e1df076c986704fe0f919d6a53f

        SHA1

        c0d6be6324a341c26cc36ccddf663e95104d05fc

        SHA256

        ae9f663e051bccb9f24f0dd77eb714b2b6baf572993343d7bcd3f74cfcca5248

        SHA512

        b3b4790084110fb7146128b5763c79b890987154fcd50d3c52eb18ed9046c876692a44798fcae0b703d273d3f5f58c47b776e2f486c91e41e49e5cd1c016d039

      • memory/744-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/952-55-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/952-56-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/952-58-0x0000000074D01000-0x0000000074D03000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/952-62-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        132KB

      • memory/1032-54-0x0000000076961000-0x0000000076963000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1032-61-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010093000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        588KB

      • memory/1032-60-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002E5000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        212KB

      • memory/1032-53-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1324-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1340-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1340-76-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        132KB

      • memory/1356-64-0x000007FEFC271000-0x000007FEFC273000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1356-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1760-77-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/2000-66-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/2000-75-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010093000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        588KB

      • memory/2000-74-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000235000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        212KB