qakbot | 31cbe636cc468d93f6cf7e2f53cea08786045003197db953dfc760b8e981ff36

General

Target

keepingitreal.dll
Size

335KB
MD5

0826eb256c88326e3cf600c4b4599692
SHA1

ff219c09dfda55705dd10edc3532ff5937639a98
SHA256

31cbe636cc468d93f6cf7e2f53cea08786045003197db953dfc760b8e981ff36
SHA512

0afae206cba945a41679f39295ec522678a993bed0b973acc60e8977a17abf7b8914b6a4e765fa4fa359394337a8fdcd3cf2289e5747f5f5ff064c93bd496edb

Score

10^/10

qakbot obama192 1655969261 banker stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

403.780

Botnet

obama192

Campaign

1655969261

C2

100.38.242.113:995

94.59.252.166:2222

74.14.5.179:2222

71.13.93.154:2222

193.253.44.249:2222

108.60.213.141:443

45.241.231.78:993

217.128.122.65:2222

40.134.246.185:995

1.161.124.241:443

70.46.220.114:443

24.43.99.75:443

32.221.224.140:995

80.11.74.81:2222

31.215.184.140:2222

39.49.85.29:995

67.209.195.198:443

186.90.153.162:2222

148.64.96.100:443

67.165.206.193:993

Attributes

salt
jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

2012 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
2012	regsvr32.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive	powershell.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log	powershell.exe

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

1316 schtasks.exe

pid	process
1316	schtasks.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 51 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	powershell.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\92a8936a = 604a6056f5db49eeb4fa9c1a147a800819a8bdf211159761d2a9a4959c77beb9bd6be00f59ab87f7914b1f830f78f538d7655f4fd8062b721a37b73f997d042ac393317b1953e160445afdfef1a7e1883c5d0bf374ed9ffa5ed75bb69fa835	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	powershell.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\555d9bf9 = c73f389ce71e7c2b5aa539931a900d7c9e6c4d2d44d177a81d0aa5fa78bca5af80cab41f0cb626137e49aa78336451ca47fcf4ddf2f947c984fba35df777635a4d4418cb81950bb427a2897995527c05f8f8c99161c69f132a0047ceb47c7326570903286ffecd45870f08effe296ce6e5e504e9c19987eec71613579cddc05b0d4587431a2e0d238f	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\571cbb85 = e6aadba753b5c125d26d9dc6797519cff9efd58adcedee4f4afc31f310b4647461146675e0182bc715edb4	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\60c24bb7 = 142fd06f462ee3f3e17ea612dcc5595e372f39e792ed63e940e2bd0f801cd5f492e4d177e9ac5c69de	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\2a14f40f = e9a5dd4f55c8fd61479b72a24379880c381181752236bc40689f5e02957a4445317836c991073a1ac83d94f089ec2fc40792c1f7cf4d74b7856ed21438c6d4f31e0dead08f5863662b82561fc51a8b854bb04e1bc3426401c68e5b06	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\ede1fc9c = 06b1955e9b24cfad4f10f11c0e2a197f2bbe8fb3bef7e70ebd3088ef63933bfbeb1898b6c7c175931fa31e182b3be61cfb688b8432c74d	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\60c24bb7 = 142fc76f462ed08e25264833c5921edad7dbbb7897927fb0e791dff4ecb89eb3ee8ca8d7086d09911acf6a3cca0ce85979ad58ec588c5c788f86afa6c91a	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\efa0dce0 = d10997b7328e1c9ab3768845f8cf24e91ccd336ccf60394f3450477a951a5dbee88c0985b8907553c6ead46f0de044a14d89889c50781f13dad17a209f98877802685dfb2d90ee6f42286a57c0a2b542e898d73864d06d9f8c692f48b52596586ab7a536927c9cd0ca9cc872f18d	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Tsuzaes\1f8b2441 = 87a5507ff73b12dcb98fcb251f63c11ba38b5087a36b06f3beee5dfd65c8f20dfbb4d057128b39a661e37114fba5b82905ea6722dde4108d70e1fb151cd247b19861c7dcac12409acb8d92deee5eada4615b2a2ed1ef8740d1d2b9fd2158	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

pid	process
2796	regsvr32.exe
2796	regsvr32.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
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1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
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1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe
1172	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

2796 regsvr32.exe
2012 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2684 powershell.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2684	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exepowershell.exeregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2796	2300	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2796	2300	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2796	2300	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1172	2796	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1172	2796	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1172	2796	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1172	2796	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1172	2796	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1316	1172	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1316	1172	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1316	1172	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 1500	2684	powershell.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2684 wrote to memory of 1500	2684	powershell.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1500 wrote to memory of 2012	1500	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1500 wrote to memory of 2012	1500	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1500 wrote to memory of 2012	1500	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3308	2012	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3308	2012	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3308	2012	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3308	2012	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3308	2012	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2300

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2796

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
3⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1172

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /Z /ST 19:23 /tn pzbwtcm /ET 19:34 /tr "powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAawBlAGUAcABpAG4AZwBpAHQAcgBlAGEAbAAuAGQAbABsACIA" /SC ONCE
4⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1316

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAawBlAGUAcABpAG4AZwBpAHQAcgBlAGEAbAAuAGQAbABsACIA
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2684

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1500

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2012

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
4⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:3308

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
Filesize
335KB

MD5
0826eb256c88326e3cf600c4b4599692

SHA1
ff219c09dfda55705dd10edc3532ff5937639a98

SHA256
31cbe636cc468d93f6cf7e2f53cea08786045003197db953dfc760b8e981ff36

SHA512
0afae206cba945a41679f39295ec522678a993bed0b973acc60e8977a17abf7b8914b6a4e765fa4fa359394337a8fdcd3cf2289e5747f5f5ff064c93bd496edb

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\keepingitreal.dll
Filesize
335KB

MD5
0826eb256c88326e3cf600c4b4599692

SHA1
ff219c09dfda55705dd10edc3532ff5937639a98

SHA256
31cbe636cc468d93f6cf7e2f53cea08786045003197db953dfc760b8e981ff36

SHA512
0afae206cba945a41679f39295ec522678a993bed0b973acc60e8977a17abf7b8914b6a4e765fa4fa359394337a8fdcd3cf2289e5747f5f5ff064c93bd496edb

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\??\PIPE\wkssvc
MD5
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

SHA1
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

SHA256
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

SHA512
cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

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memory/1172-134-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000F12000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1172-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1172-136-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000F12000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1316-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1500-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2012-146-0x0000000001170000-0x0000000001192000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2012-144-0x0000000001170000-0x0000000001192000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2012-140-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2684-137-0x0000016ADF010000-0x0000016ADF032000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2684-141-0x00007FF83DE40000-0x00007FF83E901000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2796-131-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002672000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2796-133-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002672000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2796-130-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3308-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3308-147-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3308-148-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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Malware Config

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Processes

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MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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