Analysis

  • max time kernel
    139s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    01-08-2024 22:20

General

  • Target

    CK_19617_9585862810069.vbs

  • Size

    2.5MB

  • MD5

    8d658117310b8089242c9e9c572dde73

  • SHA1

    6403b791f6d07b13900fdc2a921feb19fe3daf29

  • SHA256

    5b0e3944fec83a8d868a84247ed664764ba213a1c22bf7618240a4c995fc6c74

  • SHA512

    2e62354b9259629b94978cca95ffd8c3d1e4fe5fea79a7efe5c14fa378e8f7ae8c630d9805611d9bb71aa40433768a88b018a13040fbdd289c395fd59d3fd77f

  • SSDEEP

    24576:NC4YmLjKcMR0sjeZavuZ+Ijp6rc6/zo1gcHpXZtJ1f/IiF5dvldb6gyCUrN7YFc+:F5Q/bfdhJFC

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

323.91

Botnet

spx16

Campaign

1569917382

C2

71.93.60.90:443

113.77.242.83:443

203.192.232.72:443

98.186.90.192:995

172.78.47.99:443

72.213.98.233:443

76.184.141.236:443

12.5.37.3:443

96.20.238.2:2087

68.225.250.136:443

75.110.90.155:443

96.20.238.2:2078

96.22.239.27:2222

123.252.128.47:443

70.167.72.28:443

2.50.170.151:443

2.177.115.198:443

96.28.229.218:443

67.10.18.112:995

70.183.155.118:80

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting 2 TTPs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CK_19617_9585862810069.vbs"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:1604
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3012
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe /C
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:2736
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2628
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe /C
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1968
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn wucjflrhts /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe\" /I wucjflrhts" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 22:22 /ET 22:34
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2788
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
    taskeng.exe {66810BBA-C151-4FF6-84D9-B337710B5B24} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1680
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe /I wucjflrhts
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2812
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
        3⤵
          PID:1144
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
          3⤵
            PID:1964
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
            3⤵
              PID:1448
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft AntiMalware\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
              3⤵
                PID:1228
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
                3⤵
                  PID:1748
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
                  3⤵
                    PID:2596
                  • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SpyNetReporting" /d "0"
                    3⤵
                      PID:628
                    • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /d "2"
                      3⤵
                        PID:1532
                      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits" /d "0"
                        3⤵
                        • Windows security bypass
                        PID:2328
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
                        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
                        3⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        PID:496
                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe
                          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.exe /C
                          4⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                          PID:656
                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1 & type "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" > "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe"
                        3⤵
                        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                        PID:2432
                        • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                          ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
                          4⤵
                          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                          • Runs ping.exe
                          PID:1248
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /DELETE /F /TN wucjflrhts
                        3⤵
                          PID:2096

                    Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                    Downloads

                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AOYFZV~1.ZIP

                      Filesize

                      644KB

                      MD5

                      d606993aecc1b93d7fb400f80ac12880

                      SHA1

                      f9deb22a5a3c03b3561c731ae1e018cd3c70d0bc

                      SHA256

                      dfa1e62cee279a508fa4debc9c7584198e208b35b2dfe9adf3fc4bda0cde5c9e

                      SHA512

                      b913a4f3afc50d68429316e4c057689166d9c9faca91b1b6f0d8445df42751b31677fd7ea5bdc960c3f2b95da6527e5f620f3e74d3e93024a22edacc7d0aea5c

                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aNkxbUo.exe

                      Filesize

                      821KB

                      MD5

                      71e0d18f5500800ac0688a2544a8279e

                      SHA1

                      06ba73131638e8a03654124dbc16906d15232a56

                      SHA256

                      70b395ccd4414a8c9a0d413cd3339035e970f90c04af92605deed72f35f8fdab

                      SHA512

                      794bc01ec4dfd53c3a59681748165b3ce7e34b27aa2bb5c2592ebf696aba486de90093e3315c78f87b11ea6f97241d7ab04757ebe360f7f917eaa415b7604307

                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Pcabxeits\puogldjs.dat

                      Filesize

                      63B

                      MD5

                      88a0731944779e78d3499dc8fb7b4ddd

                      SHA1

                      5f11e5c4d8dae72ce5caf47d7289197f2488290c

                      SHA256

                      5df92f8663b1c32cab431c6ac5e6d173d2ef722247d1a263ba54695044eee50e

                      SHA512

                      9ed454caa3efb147654d2319a81018fcd7a50420742f931c0e8c24d347373d7908e8ee3e8e1b5387d5417b573429ec7888539ae782b854f4114348ebf6319d4e

                    • memory/496-83-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/560-55-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/656-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/1604-20-0x0000000002590000-0x0000000002591000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      4KB

                    • memory/1968-62-0x0000000000260000-0x00000000002A0000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1968-65-0x0000000000260000-0x00000000002A0000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1968-63-0x0000000000260000-0x00000000002A0000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1968-56-0x0000000000150000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/1968-59-0x0000000000260000-0x00000000002A0000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1968-58-0x0000000000150000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/1968-60-0x0000000000150000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/2628-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/2628-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/2736-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/2736-31-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C7000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      28KB

                    • memory/2812-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/2812-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/3012-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/3012-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D3000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      844KB

                    • memory/3012-24-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000237000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      28KB