qakbot | ed99937314d2aa6cd69bca7a9fe2e71b2880fa37846965d5578986525ef2f3fe

General

Target

Agreement_277183_Mar4.xll
Size

589KB
MD5

34500ab4418a844d9cb84c88ad980c0b
SHA1

dccff591d601fb53dc171115cede2c62894c8e61
SHA256

64b6e5633ee0b6393bbaa3cc2068af6b6527f25615f6049b19cd105390de27b3
SHA512

84c346452561eae2a6e9364b5c266001d0104c456517c7ae08bcf4be1a22b46bf0355e80715e90e88a98d7e78284656c3300276d48297ce9e68111da0a80b36e
SSDEEP

6144:8cTaT6oGCNIamrNSYVnt2pONtX7EmG2dOdQRG8l/dmMF7VndLmmmmmmm644tkw95:f+pSIm3OdQwgvpVndf42HXDiuJTMw4

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	1932	1976	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

1976 EXCEL.EXE
1976 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 (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\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-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1976 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEwermgr.exe

pid	process
1976	EXCEL.EXE
1932	wermgr.exe
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1932	wermgr.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1976 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1976 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

1976 EXCEL.EXE
1976 EXCEL.EXE
1976 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 1932	1976	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\Agreement_277183_Mar4.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:1976

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1932

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\Agreement_277183_Mar4.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
34500ab4418a844d9cb84c88ad980c0b

SHA1
dccff591d601fb53dc171115cede2c62894c8e61

SHA256
64b6e5633ee0b6393bbaa3cc2068af6b6527f25615f6049b19cd105390de27b3

SHA512
84c346452561eae2a6e9364b5c266001d0104c456517c7ae08bcf4be1a22b46bf0355e80715e90e88a98d7e78284656c3300276d48297ce9e68111da0a80b36e

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Agreement_277183_Mar4.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
34500ab4418a844d9cb84c88ad980c0b

SHA1
dccff591d601fb53dc171115cede2c62894c8e61

SHA256
64b6e5633ee0b6393bbaa3cc2068af6b6527f25615f6049b19cd105390de27b3

SHA512
84c346452561eae2a6e9364b5c266001d0104c456517c7ae08bcf4be1a22b46bf0355e80715e90e88a98d7e78284656c3300276d48297ce9e68111da0a80b36e

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memory/1932-63-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-60-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1932-62-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-64-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-65-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-67-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1932-69-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1976-57-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003193000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1976-58-0x0000000003130000-0x0000000003161000-memory.dmp

Filesize
196KB

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memory/1976-59-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003193000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1976-61-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003193000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/1976-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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