Analysis

  • max time kernel
    131s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    01-02-2022 07:20

General

  • Target

    3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe

  • Size

    821KB

  • MD5

    6520d05f3784837cbc1063d463be8355

  • SHA1

    d02872d8e25774674103cf78cbfbbb2bc8755aa3

  • SHA256

    3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc

  • SHA512

    e9d54d155193c1d224b0fceb31f8666833cbc5915ccc868cf73cc4debe3636f160b03aec7f2a41c1d1b9a00eeee7a957fe30ae75fab5427e4140ac4104b8f5d1

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

324.65

Botnet

spx82

Campaign

1584449336

C2

98.213.28.175:443

72.209.191.27:443

100.37.33.10:443

70.62.160.186:6883

104.152.16.45:995

68.174.15.223:443

24.99.180.247:443

72.218.167.183:995

71.77.252.14:2222

104.34.122.18:443

176.205.145.81:995

73.163.242.114:443

73.214.231.2:443

83.66.111.85:443

35.142.24.147:2222

67.250.184.157:443

41.228.55.118:443

65.131.79.162:995

137.99.224.198:443

100.33.132.135:443

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\3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1584
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4000
    • 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\3ed017f9cbabcb88264424a733db757e7e2bca9074ff3dc4b0e7249a54d5becc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2496
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:3348
  • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe e070f15d3a5a78fec00a7c9bdf26cdb1 VsQyJh57YUu1dc/cdndsNA.0.1.0.0.0
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:3872

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/1584-130-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002259000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    228KB

  • memory/1584-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    832KB

  • memory/4000-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    832KB