Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220310-en
  • submitted
    16-03-2022 23:54

General

  • Target

    b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe

  • Size

    339KB

  • MD5

    4ee0de553b53387ad4a758c954579341

  • SHA1

    0c35e5fda2a434da6bb675503580363a2a4e4818

  • SHA256

    b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205

  • SHA512

    f264f9ce8bc1307d0963944899a703660a04693cff9eed9407753c6cedff033342fc888adad90640253dd6f7fa7539ca29e3004e92daa1dcc38cdb27975d1493

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

325.59

Botnet

abc027

Campaign

1604574287

C2

93.86.252.177:995

184.98.97.227:995

188.25.24.21:2222

1.54.190.204:443

89.137.211.239:443

78.101.234.58:443

41.206.131.166:443

87.27.110.90:2222

47.44.217.98:443

197.45.110.165:995

217.133.54.140:32100

41.97.170.119:443

185.246.9.69:995

90.53.232.130:2222

72.186.1.237:443

144.139.230.139:443

86.164.27.33:2222

185.105.131.233:443

90.146.209.224:2222

108.46.145.30:443

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 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\b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2700
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4372
    • 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\b878bd80fd1a99dddf1ffb934bd9250b058197eb7f9c726078c38aa296f13205.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:1092
  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    PID:3680
  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s LicenseManager
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:4280

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

System Information Discovery

5
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

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Downloads

  • memory/2700-134-0x00000000021D0000-0x000000000222A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/2700-135-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/4372-136-0x00000000004E0000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/4372-137-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    360KB