qakbot | 41efad2b1fe957bd65504502205f7e0c0f37c9a9ebbfd523a5a7d15853cbfe23

General

Target

9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll
Size

364KB
MD5

9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465
SHA1

1613227e69d9c78c71ed319c363ce1c88db23d7b
SHA256

41efad2b1fe957bd65504502205f7e0c0f37c9a9ebbfd523a5a7d15853cbfe23
SHA512

585db05bb770131168b842a97f17e0b6ea2ca7a309db33b10b817f56fa0e7cb867f70ac69e40a70349f57c334b436c8d093a2e93f85794b3c954548995389810
SSDEEP

6144:mm8HFmf2Ee5apzeJ4DSY7Dh6LUr+nxQNBO0fS:GjEuuDC1o

Score

10^/10

qakbot tr 1632730751 banker discovery evasion stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

402.343

Botnet

tr

Campaign

1632730751

C2

95.77.223.148:443

47.22.148.6:443

89.101.97.139:443

27.223.92.142:995

120.151.47.189:443

136.232.34.70:443

120.150.218.241:995

185.250.148.74:443

181.118.183.94:443

140.82.49.12:443

67.165.206.193:993

103.148.120.144:443

71.74.12.34:443

76.25.142.196:443

73.151.236.31:443

173.21.10.71:2222

75.188.35.168:443

2.178.88.145:61202

71.80.168.245:443

45.46.53.140:2222

Attributes

salt
jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot
Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.
trojan banker stealer qakbot

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

reg.exereg.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	reg.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Naohxlsaor = "0"	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	reg.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vjgjuvq = "0"	reg.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

1324 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
1324	regsvr32.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

rundll32.exeexplorer.exeschtasks.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	explorer.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	regsvr32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	explorer.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 10 IoCs

Processes:

explorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\1950fbf9 = 688efa6a7f5a0b48d548820727da0832c65091badb23108df847e8fe6836b34e204eef0972744cee678d5b2443b65b455fbdcb4cd4b9967d526bc5cf99b1eb220410f5b25dff3a8b3ec213e21b4fb7575fea38fdec79f7eca7577bd4c4ffa4a5042afe87db3954ab6f	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\dea5f36a = a790f84d260e512000bc126799343d486f4e9c3d55174c8c2d733be65a56aaedf3294c2a008a31cbe86466978eca1517ae1fabc499ccbfb0b8250aa02823a6cb940344046722ff58c2e22164c016829b8fc0abc2399f2b9e49c795c2cefaa4cb0f90dc5e16596e	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\2ccf2bb7 = 85dbb9a35a01320c96d07b3b0f2c782625486f152f50068a137d3dc867fcfb9645e57a9c70ef15da3455170a6966aa18c6ffc39f	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\53864441 = e5ab4a54e80d5233baa5c8bdc5dffbc7deeb7224da64b7bf5a2a714da1db317d3f2f5091a1f703eaa320	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\53864441 = e5ab5d54e80d672a4cbfe9420778595179214b1502	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\a1ec9c9c = 0ba753000f32d8091c8cdc3212b694eed13d048900c2945753d56b057722fb4c856fb076581b1f2c8148090be7e62b3fd02f33e9171a836b08d576a58a9dc18b56ad01770f7a9b8e668ae4a7dc6f0a4689cb534bd6ec635a61a1149428d3	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\6458b473 = 1505b3158e06c151f9010a568ca32d648cd7d0a07efc1f5b7da393bf2f42f9a1ebc3b68051c8f45e0defcd7f1479c0b643c5e3c06b02fc8a674b712546980baae6920e9582e400e4543bfa35e540eae755059b03e6dbda1b26beeca62652d63a9f8b8dea79b557cd	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\dce4d316 = cd2aa02aa533425e75273258c58c5fcaa09e98e6c8aa6f009deab01a731095b281b5610afc3c9b7618406893a34378293afc89e18768c7bf276efe27f90de994e99df0c48a77500d515b0ce7a2b504e620c474107b6dcabaad23fa0b	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Qetugegflr\6619940f = fd8bb079a115902902c5458646d210c0a4665859ba939e23cb60bd3e1e963e38de92666e0c8c426bf462506762734c0dde5a117ef7026beb524b48499c5b973831b15ad6b21d8d779ed84d2162120bce47b95e5d35fc7797e0bf83aeb9d793f9cdd6ed3781def64d6a45c867ca771ba8155a2c5d4c1de43c9fb354b3aa365fcfa97d72cfc3d074061e1942f3953c4c8a6f	explorer.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

2788 schtasks.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

2848 rundll32.exe
1324 regsvr32.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

2848 rundll32.exe
1324 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
2788	schtasks.exe

pid	process
2848	rundll32.exe
1324	regsvr32.exe

pid	process
2848	rundll32.exe
1324	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 43 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exerundll32.exeexplorer.exetaskeng.exeregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 2848	624	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1960	2848	rundll32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2788	1960	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2788	1960	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2788	1960	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2788	1960	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 1056	1168	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 1056	1168	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 1056	1168	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 1056	1168	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 1056	1168	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1056 wrote to memory of 1324	1056	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1324 wrote to memory of 2292	1324	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2968	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2968	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2968	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2968	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2816	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2816	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2816	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2816	2292	explorer.exe	reg.exe

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:624
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2848
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1960
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn suruhzwsde /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 18:39 /ET 18:51
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2788

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {9B64C1F1-5B56-4F25-A7E4-5B9B3DFC21B7} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1168
- C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
  regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1056
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
    -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll"
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1324
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2292
    - - C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Naohxlsaor" /d "0"
        5⤵
        Windows security bypass
        
        PID:2968
    - - 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\Vjgjuvq" /d "0"
        5⤵
        Windows security bypass
        
        PID:2816

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

1

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465_JaffaCakes118.dll

Filesize
364KB

MD5
9b2c1ef3a18817334567c3f8be141465

SHA1
1613227e69d9c78c71ed319c363ce1c88db23d7b

SHA256
41efad2b1fe957bd65504502205f7e0c0f37c9a9ebbfd523a5a7d15853cbfe23

SHA512
585db05bb770131168b842a97f17e0b6ea2ca7a309db33b10b817f56fa0e7cb867f70ac69e40a70349f57c334b436c8d093a2e93f85794b3c954548995389810

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\??\PIPE\wkssvc

MD5
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

SHA1
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

SHA256
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

SHA512
cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

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memory/1324-21-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010055000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/1960-11-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1960-13-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1960-2-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1960-4-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1960-12-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1960-14-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1960-10-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2292-23-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2292-25-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2292-24-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2848-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010055000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/2848-0-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000007C3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
268KB

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memory/2848-6-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000007C3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
268KB

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memory/2848-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010043000-memory.dmp

Filesize
268KB

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memory/2848-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010043000-memory.dmp

Filesize
268KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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