Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    43s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    24-06-2022 20:04

General

  • Target

    meHow.dll

  • Size

    335KB

  • MD5

    92a4350f7edd8c185209ce6008e56f6d

  • SHA1

    f84b9587660e426070fb0f0076b740b4f10910e6

  • SHA256

    4ab64d23b6f8447a6735a68c001613cf033036c999a8f09f363b9180ad7e95c3

  • SHA512

    7bf0e122d5b885286b86ed5dd85a73a0fed94d9818dde3f60973c734b79ae5929e95c4c94aac67cd1bc31ae1d3909f56675279ccacdc3b18ecbe7f5efb8fa292

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.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
    regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1644
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:960
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /Z /ST 22:06 /tn jvrtbbqlvw /ET 22:17 /tr "powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAbQBlAEgAbwB3AC4AZABsAGwAIgA=" /SC ONCE
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1872
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
    taskeng.exe {263BB000-3773-4E10-A5DE-C0C0A525059C} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:900
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAbQBlAEgAbwB3AC4AZABsAGwAIgA=
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:848
      • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1868
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
          4⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1080

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
    Filesize

    335KB

    MD5

    92a4350f7edd8c185209ce6008e56f6d

    SHA1

    f84b9587660e426070fb0f0076b740b4f10910e6

    SHA256

    4ab64d23b6f8447a6735a68c001613cf033036c999a8f09f363b9180ad7e95c3

    SHA512

    7bf0e122d5b885286b86ed5dd85a73a0fed94d9818dde3f60973c734b79ae5929e95c4c94aac67cd1bc31ae1d3909f56675279ccacdc3b18ecbe7f5efb8fa292

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\meHow.dll
    Filesize

    335KB

    MD5

    92a4350f7edd8c185209ce6008e56f6d

    SHA1

    f84b9587660e426070fb0f0076b740b4f10910e6

    SHA256

    4ab64d23b6f8447a6735a68c001613cf033036c999a8f09f363b9180ad7e95c3

    SHA512

    7bf0e122d5b885286b86ed5dd85a73a0fed94d9818dde3f60973c734b79ae5929e95c4c94aac67cd1bc31ae1d3909f56675279ccacdc3b18ecbe7f5efb8fa292

  • memory/848-77-0x0000000000E3B000-0x0000000000E5A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    124KB

  • memory/848-75-0x0000000000E34000-0x0000000000E37000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/848-70-0x000007FEF34A0000-0x000007FEF3FFD000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    11.4MB

  • memory/848-71-0x0000000000E34000-0x0000000000E37000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/848-69-0x000007FEF4000000-0x000007FEF4A23000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.1MB

  • memory/848-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/948-54-0x000007FEFB971000-0x000007FEFB973000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/960-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/960-64-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/960-62-0x0000000074351000-0x0000000074353000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/960-60-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1080-76-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1080-82-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1080-80-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1644-59-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1644-57-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1644-56-0x0000000074F21000-0x0000000074F23000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1644-55-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1644-63-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1868-72-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1872-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp