Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    01-02-2022 03:14

General

  • Target

    e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    7243a21f5ceb6605f4cadd8a057129af

  • SHA1

    a28fb3a0cafa1acbc6177420c49dfd0deb4029a5

  • SHA256

    e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b

  • SHA512

    fa840675f214abc460a2e9dce35d9ae2f49b1cb4a3c2229c4a8dec23fb21bb994da042eb8e26d1577fe5682c4716c35cd63e10a915998372032e51a1731169c5

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

324.70

Botnet

spx85

Campaign

1585211304

C2

174.82.131.155:995

173.172.205.216:443

71.233.73.222:995

208.126.142.17:443

68.14.210.246:22

96.57.237.162:443

74.138.18.247:443

47.40.244.237:443

71.213.61.215:995

216.201.162.158:443

72.38.44.119:995

47.41.3.57:443

67.250.184.157:443

47.153.115.154:443

173.79.220.156:443

108.27.217.44:443

75.81.25.223:995

67.209.195.198:3389

65.30.12.240:443

66.222.88.126:995

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • 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.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3516
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:764
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn gqnfqeqrd /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e487ee74b25e8132ce00d0dc0d36f4314ef1c228762461136f65f6fb1814cd9b.exe\" /I gqnfqeqrd" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 04:16 /ET 04:28
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3608
  • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe ad304a9981f428d8d022652022c5c290 u3pCchQsYkujnCz7FYwSeA.0.1.0.0.0
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:4056
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k wusvcs -p
    1⤵
      PID:2308

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    Peripheral Device Discovery

    1
    T1120

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • memory/764-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      1.9MB

    • memory/3516-130-0x00000000008A0000-0x00000000008D9000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      228KB

    • memory/3516-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      1.9MB