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

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
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\Kywfiebokk = "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\Aruewimb = "0"	reg.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exe

pid process

1992 regsvr32.exe
1992 regsvr32.exe

pid	process
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	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:

schtasks.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exeregsvr32.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
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
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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\dfd9fa10 = b11c96757e8922a2c9ff32be38942c8ba602e303b364e5680be87a83884aa71d	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\ea462a5e = 8d59bf5b17ad9b67db42599ecd190c0d2d9cdd930dcb3d166c1e274d35e9f37547f098c2e6ea95a5e1a89448e56081e3b9441ad09aeef28df1f3e57ca329331d0e4bc2dad3b31cca0e32c019f41302075910650c958389910520c8732542f919a51b36c80470e14c4db0e6147496	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\2db322cd = 0487cc26d3189a2aade6d0cbee8fe29b9a4da827084b3189a576f6875485a1b4d28abc29305a4c1cac7b71cad5cb7db29cedbffd671c2252c6c64a	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\dfd9fa10 = b11c81757e8917981138663c9fd977fef006bec349187606dc4101e4db64a614fad7dab7bbd75318ea020a2ea77278c92f39800a88	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\e8070a22 = 95699bed39cc0e5fb5a2d55831cd466db51af6332bb143997f12f625b59f9aa92c8f812acd43ebec107ce28c7100aed0ddc13f213ff2aa1be41a6efb6332767808a6110e2036838bfa433de8	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\50bb6d47 = e1e0c1cb6d95d841fe0b58842920058e97b8a99253208db2938496ccc60af3ffd76daf0ccca8d0997f7b65c54418ff81834cb148ceb7124640d5cdba08c544018c8869d30f289bd8088788b9c3d634a364c6ffc53134b398dca80d7fbe09373aecaaf048	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\950f45a8 = 30fc73dc05d7f1fe6c534dcdf09361938046ad584fba9252acd7d8f03f0190699325a12f0bf2139dadb3464c2333239b7aa39a560a08ac7b99b82f664770384eeab419383d699cc9bee7bf8be6c9	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\52fa4d3b = f1434c3bf1b3f70c2224f8fba927fe12553b2a35a4bfa1e46bb7730d2835e237917468a549a19ca240f1b478e737cb7661595314de971407ace8ba68ef108c3a95b85b6256151c9187e446ffdeb598e67c0410395a2b65bcdff2ee25	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Ezfhbguenokwil\a09095e6 = b42c9d49c9f21efb20fa4d1ed969cfe32622c4036aaf8c6a16d5c6756052c23784f5963590db4dbef7262afbbde4edc88c2c332839e3f8e5c6f0a260a376eb82b44744ce0ba273	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

1036 schtasks.exe

pid	process
1036	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid	process
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
3196	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe
1992	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

regsvr32.exeregsvr32.exe

pid process

3196 regsvr32.exe
1992 regsvr32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes:

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

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2856 wrote to memory of 3196	2856	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2856 wrote to memory of 3196	2856	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2856 wrote to memory of 3196	2856	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 3196 wrote to memory of 3984	3196	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3196 wrote to memory of 3984	3196	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3196 wrote to memory of 3984	3196	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3196 wrote to memory of 3984	3196	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3196 wrote to memory of 3984	3196	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 1036	3984	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 1036	3984	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 1036	3984	explorer.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2096 wrote to memory of 1992	2096	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2096 wrote to memory of 1992	2096	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 2096 wrote to memory of 1992	2096	regsvr32.exe	regsvr32.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 3288	1992	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 3288	1992	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 3288	1992	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 3288	1992	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 3288	1992	regsvr32.exe	explorer.exe
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 3180	3288	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 3180	3288	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 3248	3288	explorer.exe	reg.exe
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 3248	3288	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:2856
- 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:3196
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3984
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn lsczqlh /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:1036

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4100,i,15336851255456239337,16379811035920490645,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4616 /prefetch:8
1⤵
PID:2032

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2096
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
  -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qackbot.dll"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1992
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3288
  - - 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\Kywfiebokk" /d "0"
      4⤵
      Windows security bypass
      PID:3180
  - - 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\Aruewimb" /d "0"
      4⤵
      Windows security bypass
      PID:3248

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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\??\PIPE\wkssvc

MD5
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

SHA1
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

SHA256
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

SHA512
cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

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memory/1992-22-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000D8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/1992-20-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000D8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/3196-5-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000029FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/3196-3-0x0000000077452000-0x0000000077453000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3196-1-0x0000000000980000-0x0000000000981000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3196-8-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/3196-7-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000029FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/3196-2-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000E1B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/3196-0-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000029FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/3196-4-0x0000000002B00000-0x0000000002CA3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/3288-24-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3288-25-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3288-26-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3984-15-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3984-12-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3984-13-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3984-11-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3984-6-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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General

Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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