qakbot | a99bf6b8702db64be753b1ae2d7b6f3ccbf6c01ec0d70a7fd98d1b5011b844d6

General

Target

Agreement_565062_Mar4.xll
Size

589KB
MD5

9d8fe6351591a67b5e930c5163e05532
SHA1

e830c54bf8632bdf2b5ea00813347d373a79c266
SHA256

3719a95c4dd2cf519808d6b7c4341c42a64eb0dc5c6a14b579dd084adb46a8fc
SHA512

38ccf29c02b9877014e2b9ca843a9f53b177336d0930ac59433de7f8e21ad3b2b2bc232df111d2155c2d179181a19417f95f3a14d85ea2c66b4bc1cc5b4bb798
SSDEEP

6144:8cTaT6oGCNIamrNSYVntFpONtX7EmG2dOdQRG8l/dmMF7VndLmmmmmmm644tkw95:fNpSIm3OdQwgvpVndf42HXDiuJTMw4

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	636	924	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

924 EXCEL.EXE
924 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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\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-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

924 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEwermgr.exe

pid	process
924	EXCEL.EXE
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Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

924 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

924 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

924 EXCEL.EXE
924 EXCEL.EXE
924 EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	EXCEL.EXE	wermgr.exe
PID 924 wrote to memory of 636	924	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_565062_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:924

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:636

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_565062_Mar4.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
9d8fe6351591a67b5e930c5163e05532

SHA1
e830c54bf8632bdf2b5ea00813347d373a79c266

SHA256
3719a95c4dd2cf519808d6b7c4341c42a64eb0dc5c6a14b579dd084adb46a8fc

SHA512
38ccf29c02b9877014e2b9ca843a9f53b177336d0930ac59433de7f8e21ad3b2b2bc232df111d2155c2d179181a19417f95f3a14d85ea2c66b4bc1cc5b4bb798

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Agreement_565062_Mar4.xll
Filesize
589KB

MD5
9d8fe6351591a67b5e930c5163e05532

SHA1
e830c54bf8632bdf2b5ea00813347d373a79c266

SHA256
3719a95c4dd2cf519808d6b7c4341c42a64eb0dc5c6a14b579dd084adb46a8fc

SHA512
38ccf29c02b9877014e2b9ca843a9f53b177336d0930ac59433de7f8e21ad3b2b2bc232df111d2155c2d179181a19417f95f3a14d85ea2c66b4bc1cc5b4bb798

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memory/636-63-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-60-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/636-61-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-64-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-65-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-67-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/636-69-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/924-57-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/924-58-0x0000000003140000-0x0000000003171000-memory.dmp

Filesize
196KB

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memory/924-59-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/924-62-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/924-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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