Analysis

  • max time kernel
    133s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    01-02-2022 05:53

General

  • Target

    6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    433bea4a6d1ceb623c9e1541ec0b2cd1

  • SHA1

    e265b6e279b7feb45e3ae8dbc58e93ed5b281ade

  • SHA256

    6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40

  • SHA512

    2c1149768d6f95e469a47ffe5965d28c20dfad3094c7266387b7e6aaefdc073d2f9c728e34957a64707861c232bc5eaa818b1466bb9d18c6722214f8ea9b31e4

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

324.70

Botnet

spx84

Campaign

1585124895

C2

99.228.5.106:995

71.241.247.189:443

173.245.152.231:443

79.113.219.121:443

24.44.180.236:2222

80.11.10.151:990

78.96.148.177:443

75.137.60.81:443

68.46.142.48:995

24.32.119.146:443

35.143.248.234:443

35.142.24.147:2222

71.68.197.202:995

96.57.237.162:443

74.138.18.247:443

174.110.39.220:443

62.231.93.154:443

70.164.39.91:443

74.194.4.181:443

67.190.189.217:443

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • 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.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3296
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1 & type "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" > "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab95a6345fc46cb486d22244899992edd90a57c45119d0fc9d6410d9536fb40.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:312
  • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe bfb6f98557012a62ab79da901551543c uNaENqJb9kO0lEswmlTesw.0.1.0.0.0
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:2440

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

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Downloads

  • memory/2760-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.9MB

  • memory/3296-130-0x0000000002340000-0x0000000002379000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    228KB

  • memory/3296-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.9MB