Malware Analysis Report

2025-05-28 17:32

Sample ID 230129-wk4grsgc26
Target f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8
SHA256 f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8
Tags
qakbot obama07 1614243368 banker stealer trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8

Threat Level: Known bad

The file f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

qakbot obama07 1614243368 banker stealer trojan

Qakbot/Qbot

Loads dropped DLL

Program crash

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2023-01-29 17:59

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-01-29 17:59

Reported

2023-01-29 18:02

Platform

win7-20220812-en

Max time kernel

134s

Max time network

44s

Command Line

regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot

trojan banker stealer qakbot

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Creates scheduled task(s)

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1220 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 704 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 704 wrote to memory of 272 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 704 wrote to memory of 272 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 704 wrote to memory of 272 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 704 wrote to memory of 272 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1336 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1336 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1336 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1336 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1100 wrote to memory of 1336 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1336 wrote to memory of 588 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn kfwdpvdbf /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 19:02 /ET 19:14

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

taskeng.exe {A6C67369-ED74-42C7-A345-08E9C216F1E6} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

-s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/288-54-0x000007FEFBCC1000-0x000007FEFBCC3000-memory.dmp

memory/1220-55-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1220-56-0x0000000075351000-0x0000000075353000-memory.dmp

memory/1220-57-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011000000-memory.dmp

memory/1220-58-0x0000000002200000-0x0000000003200000-memory.dmp

memory/1220-59-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011000000-memory.dmp

memory/704-60-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/704-62-0x0000000074541000-0x0000000074543000-memory.dmp

memory/704-63-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000B5000-memory.dmp

memory/272-64-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/704-65-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000B5000-memory.dmp

memory/1336-66-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

MD5 e7a1f7ecae624074dcb5f6dbec06d43b
SHA1 f597600adcea2352f7de537e1c28714d0f2e835e
SHA256 349d855cc7d5c6fb9d50aac204e3857ed2dbda48671a59f2518a4069946047b0
SHA512 89eb6d330c3016ab0dd662722204f2affe0e5f0b0ff5ac7fd3e032349c51da44b3a62c41ea570e70260af59a8d6d041c3b30852d27b23e35f70373f991acde96

memory/588-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

MD5 e7a1f7ecae624074dcb5f6dbec06d43b
SHA1 f597600adcea2352f7de537e1c28714d0f2e835e
SHA256 349d855cc7d5c6fb9d50aac204e3857ed2dbda48671a59f2518a4069946047b0
SHA512 89eb6d330c3016ab0dd662722204f2affe0e5f0b0ff5ac7fd3e032349c51da44b3a62c41ea570e70260af59a8d6d041c3b30852d27b23e35f70373f991acde96

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-01-29 17:59

Reported

2023-01-29 18:02

Platform

win10v2004-20221111-en

Max time kernel

155s

Max time network

161s

Command Line

regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot

trojan banker stealer qakbot

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Program crash

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_DADY&Prod_DADY_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\DeviceDesc C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_DADY&Prod_DADY_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\Service C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_DADY&PROD_HARDDISK\4&215468A5&0&000000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_DADY&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\DeviceDesc C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_DADY&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\Service C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_DADY&PROD_DADY_DVD-ROM\4&215468A5&0&010000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Creates scheduled task(s)

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 808 wrote to memory of 1604 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 808 wrote to memory of 1604 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 808 wrote to memory of 1604 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1604 wrote to memory of 532 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1604 wrote to memory of 532 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1604 wrote to memory of 532 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1604 wrote to memory of 532 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1604 wrote to memory of 532 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 532 wrote to memory of 3464 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 532 wrote to memory of 3464 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 532 wrote to memory of 3464 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn blzzzoqy /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 19:02 /ET 19:14

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

-s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 2304 -ip 2304

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2304 -s 584

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 52.168.117.169:443 tcp
N/A 104.80.225.205:443 tcp
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 226.101.242.52.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 178.79.208.1:80 tcp
N/A 178.79.208.1:80 tcp
N/A 178.79.208.1:80 tcp
N/A 209.197.3.8:80 tcp
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 0.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.0.0.0.4.0.c.0.0.3.0.1.3.0.6.2.ip6.arpa udp

Files

memory/1604-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1604-133-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011000000-memory.dmp

memory/1604-134-0x0000000002750000-0x0000000003750000-memory.dmp

memory/1604-135-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011000000-memory.dmp

memory/532-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3464-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1604-138-0x0000000002750000-0x0000000003750000-memory.dmp

memory/532-139-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E55000-memory.dmp

memory/532-140-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E55000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

MD5 e7a1f7ecae624074dcb5f6dbec06d43b
SHA1 f597600adcea2352f7de537e1c28714d0f2e835e
SHA256 349d855cc7d5c6fb9d50aac204e3857ed2dbda48671a59f2518a4069946047b0
SHA512 89eb6d330c3016ab0dd662722204f2affe0e5f0b0ff5ac7fd3e032349c51da44b3a62c41ea570e70260af59a8d6d041c3b30852d27b23e35f70373f991acde96

memory/2304-142-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f196f23dc66e73d6b45a593039af5f04ebfc4b68fb6287427249d2e9f46bd2d8.dll

MD5 e7a1f7ecae624074dcb5f6dbec06d43b
SHA1 f597600adcea2352f7de537e1c28714d0f2e835e
SHA256 349d855cc7d5c6fb9d50aac204e3857ed2dbda48671a59f2518a4069946047b0
SHA512 89eb6d330c3016ab0dd662722204f2affe0e5f0b0ff5ac7fd3e032349c51da44b3a62c41ea570e70260af59a8d6d041c3b30852d27b23e35f70373f991acde96

memory/2304-144-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000011000000-memory.dmp