qakbot | 73e4969db4253f9aeb2cbc7462376fb7e26cc4bb5bd23b82e2af0eaaf5ae66a8

General

Target

qackbot.dll
Size

2.3MB
MD5

74cf47683051f44e6fb55ac9360c717e
SHA1

93b1ab0a9e70a546c4b89dcb20a158dfc90b1421
SHA256

73e4969db4253f9aeb2cbc7462376fb7e26cc4bb5bd23b82e2af0eaaf5ae66a8
SHA512

8425057a65e7f7e39956b8b245bdcaf2d2e827664ee34693cd055ac92f37d1b4f285bac3acc3be9df67d99b1ab8edd4602d7b7bc80ba9eecc2979b8ab37cbb72
SSDEEP

49152:aRJVY7Gs7IvXK6eBTC28d97NSkkBL3HgogWmv:aRJAIHXSkkBbHgoHmv

Score

10^/10

qakbot obama150 1640256791 banker discovery evasion stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Attributes

salt
jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

403.10

Botnet

obama150

Campaign

1640256791

C2

96.21.251.127:2222

70.51.134.181:2222

69.14.172.24:443

186.64.87.213:443

94.62.161.77:995

103.139.242.30:990

114.79.148.170:443

217.164.247.241:2222

178.153.86.181:443

136.232.34.70:443

37.210.226.125:61202

173.21.10.71:2222

31.219.154.176:32101

140.82.49.12:443

32.221.229.7:443

24.152.219.253:995

106.51.48.170:50001

114.38.161.124:995

96.37.113.36:993

190.39.205.165:443

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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Hgqtcyita = "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\Adrsxvwyes = "0"	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	reg.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

2720 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
2720	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:

regsvr32.exeexplorer.exeschtasks.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	regsvr32.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\Yuiccruubiwo\437cd583 = e3d905c60755b9fbc674aef89e21524a2f9cec174bf1301fecbb4ea3488a1010fa2dd24133834a01394ddf16e7031d1fa45ecc3d1898306b07c26d1603f13f4a48c4d3b210c458631bc7dcd3f0685c6b1e6f9ac27d57837a2d782ad584d60363449ecf7f3af2c36eed91529b5c3f2b09083f91904ffffed0ff35bc245203cd3338950cd1b8a96a	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\413df5ff = e4ada54d6d0b4e60d798e23018cbc3f03a0d36df45b53cf0fc6c9bc4ae098cab0c7297bd80f8e9c45940f1182262adb8e982d277e29a1c9bd6ab48641cc78e7dcee1353e17b3eec3209c6c83b920f8e378806082d60ea5d5f50dac4dc774eeaec07d18a39e999a62	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\3c35ba75 = 692cff60b73c94ac1b44373ce7637c23baf1cea7af39e4abb1625d9fce3ea30545736f8747921dc5f555722dacb9366c32737a17c3fe9c30d2edc05cb5c75d7c96c8ed01be2ce8b5ded5593d0b1209530e09b4c72d1647edaf227ca41d9ab73c89f61d8c0f55cf857a	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\fbc0b2e6 = 21eb545c0df4c143eade6bd99dcb5bbfa8	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\76e305cd = eb93473479c62e7b8416c5f554f4992783	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\f981929a = f0f0688a8774aed0b24df431fe9e084c70b31dc7b542fe0c2a	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\8489dd10 = d777e595bf38b30fd4c014cb2c2d5d5198f49c	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\9aa6a3b = d9ec17e3719ff66f048008d944e1cc2dec3a90215bc9b01f296b9c9639f009d2cfc713423d2b226799a24a7b1bd105698ad3bb598dfa0f69df13736f3f4611a985153201827e4d3a9ad4b3f5d3dd280eae46316ad833f396fa50bbe08c89630331d003	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo\76e305cd = eb93503479c61b2f3dd277aa1f662be9a363d97434a21fa53a8f3b511da2c41e48d90399f65f	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Yuiccruubiwo	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

2392 schtasks.exe

pid	process
2392	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 42 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid	process
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2524	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe
2720	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

2524 regsvr32.exe
2720 regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 43 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exetaskeng.exeregsvr32.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2524	1956	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1800	2524	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2392	1800	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2392	1800	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2392	1800	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2392	1800	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2788	2852	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2788	2852	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2788	2852	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2788	2852	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2788	2852	taskeng.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2720	2788	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2584	2720	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2648	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2648	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2648	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 2648	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 1868	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 1868	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 1868	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 1868	2584	explorer.exe	reg.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1956
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
  /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2524
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1800
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn jnxynthqwl /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 09:55 /ET 10:07
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2392

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {3F873CB9-E62F-4A0E-8BA9-2FFBB2D577EA} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2852
- C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
  regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2788
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
    -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll"
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2720
  - - 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:2584
    - - 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\Hgqtcyita" /d "0"
        5⤵
        Windows security bypass
        
        PID:2648
    - - 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\Adrsxvwyes" /d "0"
        5⤵
        Windows security bypass
        
        PID:1868

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\qackbot.dll

Filesize
2.3MB

MD5
74cf47683051f44e6fb55ac9360c717e

SHA1
93b1ab0a9e70a546c4b89dcb20a158dfc90b1421

SHA256
73e4969db4253f9aeb2cbc7462376fb7e26cc4bb5bd23b82e2af0eaaf5ae66a8

SHA512
8425057a65e7f7e39956b8b245bdcaf2d2e827664ee34693cd055ac92f37d1b4f285bac3acc3be9df67d99b1ab8edd4602d7b7bc80ba9eecc2979b8ab37cbb72

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memory/1800-14-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1800-12-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1800-15-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1800-4-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1800-6-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1800-16-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1800-13-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2524-1-0x00000000004C0000-0x000000000053B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2524-3-0x0000000002261000-0x00000000023B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2524-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x000000000053B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2524-9-0x0000000002261000-0x00000000023B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2524-7-0x0000000002260000-0x00000000024BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/2524-2-0x0000000003070000-0x00000000031F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2524-0-0x0000000002260000-0x00000000024BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/2584-26-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2584-25-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2584-27-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2720-21-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000BFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/2720-23-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000BFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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