Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    09-05-2022 21:29

General

  • Target

    Cancellation-1209065499$-May5.xlsb

  • Size

    65KB

  • MD5

    35c57b549478f7ab03f9d212069d8566

  • SHA1

    e2f79848af012270c33a686ed4fb16a906e3cd66

  • SHA256

    068c3649694a07a03ecb131b889b98d5ecc2f1f35bfd11456a7a0f9e635c6182

  • SHA512

    2ec2a6c2c080f45f141d91688f3d4af0aa08af4c2dcff2845bbb405f8a0e47c6cf01856eef9f0d411d7dc12bbc00e386fa4c005504904d42ca786ed36cf3b7a4

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
xlm4.0
Source

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

403.683

Botnet

obama182

Campaign

1651756499

C2

103.107.113.120:443

80.11.74.81:2222

177.102.2.175:32101

24.178.196.158:2222

91.177.173.10:995

181.208.248.227:443

176.67.56.94:443

202.134.152.2:2222

148.0.57.85:443

179.179.162.9:993

40.134.246.185:995

37.186.54.254:995

196.203.37.215:80

120.150.218.241:995

208.107.221.224:443

113.53.151.59:443

70.46.220.114:443

69.14.172.24:443

108.60.213.141:443

24.55.67.176:443

Attributes
  • salt

    jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 4 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cancellation-1209065499$-May5.xlsb"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4640
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32 /s calc
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      PID:3964
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32 C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonse.OOOCCCXXX
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2136
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
        C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonse.OOOCCCXXX
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:464
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2660
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn spjnogxbbq /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonse.OOOCCCXXX\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 23:32 /ET 23:44
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2928
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32 C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonsea.OOOCCCXXX
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      PID:4844
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32 C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonseb.OOOCCCXXX
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      PID:2496

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonse.OOOCCCXXX
    Filesize

    855KB

    MD5

    bbe5b27486fb966ad23374a5b60a0c9f

    SHA1

    5392401866d1f4d06e55fa1b3afca4e4c9f03e39

    SHA256

    5285c1daefd96960aaacbd377ec52edf419104e672ce6ef12258ce092a04e8b5

    SHA512

    2495d503bbc36dc25f1437b64316f4b8edd580ec672af3d76e7a66b10c13910688b4d3a59dcab18ee50242b104835995c2aa93ce5d9cc6985d0ba60031be39e6

  • C:\Merto\Byrost\Veonse.OOOCCCXXX
    Filesize

    855KB

    MD5

    bbe5b27486fb966ad23374a5b60a0c9f

    SHA1

    5392401866d1f4d06e55fa1b3afca4e4c9f03e39

    SHA256

    5285c1daefd96960aaacbd377ec52edf419104e672ce6ef12258ce092a04e8b5

    SHA512

    2495d503bbc36dc25f1437b64316f4b8edd580ec672af3d76e7a66b10c13910688b4d3a59dcab18ee50242b104835995c2aa93ce5d9cc6985d0ba60031be39e6

  • memory/464-144-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/464-143-0x0000000000ED0000-0x0000000000EF2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/464-142-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/464-140-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2136-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2496-148-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2660-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2660-147-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D42000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/2928-149-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/3964-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4640-136-0x00007FFABCEA0000-0x00007FFABCEB0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-135-0x00007FFABCEA0000-0x00007FFABCEB0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-134-0x00007FFABF110000-0x00007FFABF120000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-133-0x00007FFABF110000-0x00007FFABF120000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-132-0x00007FFABF110000-0x00007FFABF120000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-130-0x00007FFABF110000-0x00007FFABF120000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4640-131-0x00007FFABF110000-0x00007FFABF120000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4844-146-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp