Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    199s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    01-02-2022 08:40

General

  • Target

    00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    63ae09d791ee27ab621c1152acea8123

  • SHA1

    978e311f407d097fc0a14f5e33eb73110910a31b

  • SHA256

    00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679

  • SHA512

    b531ba96a7f80b9b19db5368ac043e87a21aad893167c1cb218a84e606f3501a24a782b4b361234eec28f24015eba98fbc1c95c584cb217979227c46ff78f9c9

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
  • 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\00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1344
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:3320
    • 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\00b59eade19545477c3155bc27f7b24c5dbfc2ae7469e9c56d8225d45f794679.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:180
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:3112
  • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe 15312d1792244c1e03d23bae26e1ac88 shUMUIiL30qmi1xrWk1YLg.0.1.0.0.0
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:2852

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/1344-130-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002399000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    228KB

  • memory/1344-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.9MB

  • memory/3320-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005DA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.9MB