qakbot | b4c9bbd996be7e80fb07819f1e765be56c0eed5940079de70b03cde9add745e6

General

Target

TXRTN_4654211.lnk
Size

1KB
MD5

eea824215afd2936b4b9c428558a11ed
SHA1

de5d15491319ee9c15c3bcbf215d9f6996f76776
SHA256

aa1add7b438592b57f9c7e53f5c19ead55d313824822835c73ca998f8e06134d
SHA512

24b0322fefbbb9eb57629f9396466cfbc79e205f126209319cd9ad2c83dda9a7975ac987058dc730e9149b6e315cfed35924e40a14a313655961bb4ed26a0b77

Score

10^/10

qakbot obama200 1657548298 banker stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

403.780

Botnet

obama200

Campaign

1657548298

C2

172.115.177.204:2222

89.101.97.139:443

186.90.153.162:2222

38.70.253.226:2222

120.150.218.241:995

72.252.157.93:995

72.252.157.93:993

94.36.193.176:2222

47.23.89.60:993

89.211.209.234:2222

76.25.142.196:443

46.100.25.239:61202

24.158.23.166:995

69.14.172.24:443

92.132.132.81:2222

37.34.253.233:443

93.48.80.198:995

174.80.15.101:2083

24.178.196.158:2222

197.89.20.137:443

Attributes

salt
jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\System32\%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk	powershell.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
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

1956 schtasks.exe

pid	process
1956	schtasks.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage	powershell.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage\StartMenu_Start_Time = 3088db4ebc95d801	powershell.exe

Suspicious behavior: CmdExeWriteProcessMemorySpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

calc.exe

pid process

2008 calc.exe

pid	process
2008	calc.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

pid	process
364	regsvr32.exe
1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe
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1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe
1536	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

364 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 112 powershell.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	112	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.execmd.execalc.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exetaskeng.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2028	1972	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2028	1972	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 2028	1972	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 2008	2028	cmd.exe	calc.exe
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 2008	2028	cmd.exe	calc.exe
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 2008	2028	cmd.exe	calc.exe
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 2008	2028	cmd.exe	calc.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 364	2008	calc.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 364 wrote to memory of 1536	364	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1536 wrote to memory of 1956	1536	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1536 wrote to memory of 1956	1536	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1536 wrote to memory of 1956	1536	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1536 wrote to memory of 1956	1536	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1412 wrote to memory of 112	1412	taskeng.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1412 wrote to memory of 112	1412	taskeng.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1412 wrote to memory of 112	1412	taskeng.exe	powershell.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TXRTN_4654211.lnk
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1972

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /q /c calc.exe
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2028

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\calc.exe
calc.exe
3⤵
- Suspicious behavior: CmdExeWriteProcessMemorySpam
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2008

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe 102755.dll
4⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:364

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
5⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1536

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /Z /ST 06:55 /tn xhjbfzs /ET 07:06 /tr "powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAMQAwADIANwA1ADUALgBkAGwAbAAiAA==" /SC ONCE
6⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1956

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {9245BA50-559B-4CD1-9A5E-4B1179B88E0D} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1412

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell.exe -encodedCommand cgBlAGcAcwB2AHIAMwAyAC4AZQB4AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAEEAZABtAGkAbgBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABMAG8AYwBhAGwAXABUAGUAbQBwAFwAMQAwADIANwA1ADUALgBkAGwAbAAiAA==
2⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:112

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\102755.dll
3⤵
PID:1476

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/112-109-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/112-114-0x000000000123B000-0x000000000125A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/112-113-0x0000000001234000-0x0000000001237000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/112-112-0x000007FEF27B0000-0x000007FEF330D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
11.4MB

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memory/112-111-0x000007FEF3310000-0x000007FEF3D33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.1MB

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memory/364-101-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/364-105-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/364-99-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/364-98-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/364-100-0x00000000002F0000-0x000000000032F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
252KB

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memory/364-94-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/364-96-0x0000000001E30000-0x0000000001EB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
512KB

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memory/364-97-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1536-106-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1536-104-0x0000000074021000-0x0000000074023000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1536-108-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1536-102-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1956-107-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1972-54-0x000007FEFB671000-0x000007FEFB673000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2008-93-0x0000000075BD1000-0x0000000075BD3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2008-92-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2028-88-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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