Analysis

  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    118s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211014
  • submitted
    17/11/2021, 01:28

General

  • Target
    2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll
  • Size 552KB
  • Sample211117-bvm8baddaj
  • SHA256 3cde8a896848e9c28ccfcc2db7812602143de7be90aa44fcfe83c85ac7e53f9b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • qakbot

Version
  • 403.2

Botnet
  • obama128b

Campaign
  • 1636996378

C2
  • 93.48.80.198:995

  • 189.135.61.226:443

  • 96.246.158.154:995

  • 94.200.181.154:443

  • 50.194.160.233:465

  • 50.194.160.233:443

  • 50.194.160.233:32100

  • 24.229.150.54:995

  • 140.82.49.12:443

  • 108.4.67.252:443

  • 136.143.11.232:443

  • 109.177.77.68:995

  • 181.118.183.27:443

  • 24.55.112.61:443

  • 109.12.111.14:443

  • 216.238.71.31:443

  • 190.229.18.108:465

  • 188.50.23.59:995

  • 120.150.218.241:995

  • 89.101.97.139:443

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\2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll,#1
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:552
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:820
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn xzbkcffxam /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 02:26 /ET 02:38
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:916
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
    taskeng.exe {FA4120F3-703F-4A51-9267-379AD9CEA707} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1052
    • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1384
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
        -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2021-11-15-Qakbot-DLL-from-80.71.158.152.bin.dll"
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1592
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          4⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:976
          • 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\Ghiptcozki" /d "0"
            5⤵
              PID:1268
            • 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\Rzhyiwz" /d "0"
              5⤵
                PID:2012

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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            Downloads

            memory/552-63-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-60-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-61-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000590000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-62-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-59-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-64-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-58-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-56-0x0000000076431000-0x0000000076433000-memory.dmp

            memory/552-57-0x00000000001B0000-0x000000000023F000-memory.dmp

            memory/820-65-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp

            memory/820-69-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/820-68-0x0000000074651000-0x0000000074653000-memory.dmp

            memory/976-90-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/1384-72-0x000007FEFBB21000-0x000007FEFBB23000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-78-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-81-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-82-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-80-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-79-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-77-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000171000-memory.dmp