Analysis

  • max time kernel
    127s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211014
  • submitted
    21-10-2021 10:26

General

  • Target

    Celod.wac.dll

  • Size

    534KB

  • MD5

    898ba3b11fb261c893990e9a178d05ff

  • SHA1

    9db70b8ed8e080050943dd92e6a90959e77abe1e

  • SHA256

    c5148afaf55c8b27a41a5971b6e439c8076b57f84c518f31bfec4171cd112a13

  • SHA512

    6ec3a441202e233c7cfc563c54023a24e83b55941db46abfd12d614ba5f3fb2fcd4a79515b1b876f10de13935543f421d36bd028c4a18370d7799d266ba76bf5

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

402.363

Botnet

biden54

Campaign

1634802135

C2

81.250.153.227:2222

120.150.218.241:995

76.25.142.196:443

63.143.92.99:995

89.101.97.139:443

136.143.11.232:443

81.213.59.22:443

136.232.34.70:443

140.82.49.12:443

37.208.181.198:61200

78.191.24.189:995

216.201.162.158:443

197.89.144.102:443

89.137.52.44:443

182.176.180.73:443

173.21.10.71:2222

117.198.156.56:443

196.207.140.40:995

103.142.10.177:443

24.231.209.2:6881

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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4044
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac.dll,#1
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2656
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1316
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn pjfkikzqz /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 12:28 /ET 12:40
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:940
  • \??\c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
    regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac.dll"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3252
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celod.wac.dll"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:696
        • 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\Hifdneceem" /d "0"
          4⤵
            PID:2896
          • 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\Ibnufnaoetup" /d "0"
            4⤵
              PID:3276

      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

      Replay Monitor

      Loading Replay Monitor...

      Downloads

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

        898ba3b11fb261c893990e9a178d05ff

        SHA1

        9db70b8ed8e080050943dd92e6a90959e77abe1e

        SHA256

        c5148afaf55c8b27a41a5971b6e439c8076b57f84c518f31bfec4171cd112a13

        SHA512

        6ec3a441202e233c7cfc563c54023a24e83b55941db46abfd12d614ba5f3fb2fcd4a79515b1b876f10de13935543f421d36bd028c4a18370d7799d266ba76bf5

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

        898ba3b11fb261c893990e9a178d05ff

        SHA1

        9db70b8ed8e080050943dd92e6a90959e77abe1e

        SHA256

        c5148afaf55c8b27a41a5971b6e439c8076b57f84c518f31bfec4171cd112a13

        SHA512

        6ec3a441202e233c7cfc563c54023a24e83b55941db46abfd12d614ba5f3fb2fcd4a79515b1b876f10de13935543f421d36bd028c4a18370d7799d266ba76bf5

      • memory/372-126-0x00000000037F0000-0x00000000039FE000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        2.1MB

      • memory/372-124-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/696-132-0x0000000003650000-0x0000000003651000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/696-131-0x0000000003650000-0x0000000003651000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/696-130-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        132KB

      • memory/696-127-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/940-120-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1316-119-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DE1000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        132KB

      • memory/1316-118-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/2656-115-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/2656-117-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000014595000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        69.6MB

      • memory/2656-116-0x0000000004940000-0x0000000008E83000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        69.3MB

      • memory/2896-128-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/3276-129-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp