qakbot | b699dc3e5b1de51efb4e498cd2f1c7e9d3d08810ee8673c215f2aab0618e119c

General

Target

3.dat.xll
Size

589KB
MD5

ff58f9cf0740aead678d9e36c0782894
SHA1

5c2b6dd776b097dc0bff7a60361a4b026b19268d
SHA256

b699dc3e5b1de51efb4e498cd2f1c7e9d3d08810ee8673c215f2aab0618e119c
SHA512

a10c83ac5c47e316b4482d8f68e2a42973c055e39aaf5092e88abd58b45e60cb25a85f674a3328a490e8f06157a786600c56ce0af45b02b4743cdae590cdc9e9
SSDEEP

6144:8cTaT6oGCNIamrNSYVntXpONtX7EmG2dOdQRG8l/dmMF7VndLmmmmmmm644tkw95:fPpSIm3OdQwgvpVndf42HXDiuJTMw4

Score

10^/10

qakbot obama242 1678805546 banker stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

404.266

Botnet

obama242

Campaign

1678805546

C2

92.239.81.124:443

176.202.46.81:443

2.49.58.47:2222

86.225.214.138:2222

74.66.134.24:443

213.31.90.183:2222

12.172.173.82:50001

202.187.87.178:995

70.53.96.223:995

92.154.45.81:2222

186.64.67.54:443

81.158.112.20:2222

190.191.35.122:443

68.173.170.110:8443

12.172.173.82:993

98.145.23.67:443

12.172.173.82:22

37.186.55.60:2222

84.216.198.124:6881

73.161.176.218:443

Attributes

salt
SoNuce]ugdiB3c[doMuce2s81*uXmcvP

Signatures

Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

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

Processes:

wermgr.exe

description	pid	pid_target	process	target process
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	1360	1712	wermgr.exe	EXCEL.EXE

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1712 EXCEL.EXE
1712 EXCEL.EXE
Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry
T1012

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor	EXCEL.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1283023626-844874658-3193756055-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1712 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEwermgr.exe

pid	process
1712	EXCEL.EXE
1360	wermgr.exe
1360	wermgr.exe
1360	wermgr.exe
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1360	wermgr.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1712 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1712 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1712 EXCEL.EXE
1712 EXCEL.EXE
1712 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1360	1712	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3.dat.xll
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1712

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1360

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3.dat.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
ff58f9cf0740aead678d9e36c0782894

SHA1
5c2b6dd776b097dc0bff7a60361a4b026b19268d

SHA256
b699dc3e5b1de51efb4e498cd2f1c7e9d3d08810ee8673c215f2aab0618e119c

SHA512
a10c83ac5c47e316b4482d8f68e2a42973c055e39aaf5092e88abd58b45e60cb25a85f674a3328a490e8f06157a786600c56ce0af45b02b4743cdae590cdc9e9

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3.dat.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
ff58f9cf0740aead678d9e36c0782894

SHA1
5c2b6dd776b097dc0bff7a60361a4b026b19268d

SHA256
b699dc3e5b1de51efb4e498cd2f1c7e9d3d08810ee8673c215f2aab0618e119c

SHA512
a10c83ac5c47e316b4482d8f68e2a42973c055e39aaf5092e88abd58b45e60cb25a85f674a3328a490e8f06157a786600c56ce0af45b02b4743cdae590cdc9e9

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memory/1360-63-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-60-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1360-61-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-64-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-65-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-66-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-67-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1360-69-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1712-57-0x0000000002FD0000-0x0000000002FF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1712-58-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
196KB

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memory/1712-59-0x0000000002FD0000-0x0000000002FF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1712-62-0x0000000002FD0000-0x0000000002FF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1712-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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