Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01-02-2025 17:18

General

  • Target

    invoice.exe

  • Size

    704KB

  • MD5

    40cd8343a9900f5c0484aa5ec45fac5e

  • SHA1

    01d0aa199650529de47c262d4310e1e7f80eb4bf

  • SHA256

    612be3d31bbde599db89cb293b5b5ea2e9b7020ca3cadb7fbcc8f3627054146b

  • SHA512

    67ab7726e03800ab34a8862ca4fb231fdff5fde7106158115c7a871110d92d39f4d01d20864f662c32a615c8bd42dfc106fe4a8db9e6c13743fc2167d90d3c3f

  • SSDEEP

    12288:a/4CKNlAJZ6Xs9W3FW198yMX88/i/FLoxU:abKNlO6c43FS6yM2OxU

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

323.91

Botnet

spx44

Campaign

1575969975

C2

70.164.39.91:443

96.35.170.82:2222

96.37.137.42:443

75.70.218.193:443

73.226.220.56:443

104.152.16.45:995

24.184.6.58:2222

5.182.39.156:443

162.244.224.166:443

75.131.72.82:995

67.10.18.112:993

104.32.185.213:2222

181.126.80.118:443

75.131.72.82:443

71.84.5.114:995

62.103.70.217:995

47.40.244.237:443

208.101.161.39:443

72.16.212.107:465

205.250.79.62:443

Signatures

  • Qakbot family
  • 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 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 18 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 5 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 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 46 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1708
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe /C
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:3992
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3820
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe /C
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4520
      • 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:1084
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn jphfjliaf /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe\" /I jphfjliaf" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 17:20 /ET 17:32
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4184
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoice.exe /I jphfjliaf
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4856
    • 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"
      2⤵
        PID:3144
      • 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"
        2⤵
          PID:3124
        • 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"
          2⤵
            PID:1800
          • 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"
            2⤵
              PID:3888
            • 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"
              2⤵
                PID:3044
              • 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"
                2⤵
                  PID:3876
                • 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"
                  2⤵
                    PID:5080
                  • 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"
                    2⤵
                      PID:1028
                    • 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\Aooyruuryi" /d "0"
                      2⤵
                      • Windows security bypass
                      PID:3128
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
                      2⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:2408
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe
                        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe /C
                        3⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        PID:2428
                    • 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\invoice.exe"
                      2⤵
                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:1544
                      • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                        ping.exe -n 6 127.0.0.1
                        3⤵
                        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                        • Runs ping.exe
                        PID:2832
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /DELETE /F /TN jphfjliaf
                      2⤵
                        PID:2332

                    Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                    Downloads

                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.dat

                      Filesize

                      63B

                      MD5

                      495d48ba0849146e4800ea1cab4d95a3

                      SHA1

                      9902fc96be54e7c749abee95aa87daaec15fa6d4

                      SHA256

                      af7dae8934812b8f083ae6ed5ca9e71239c3145913409c23f0ec9eb1f2a14b7f

                      SHA512

                      0621056dea3a5cff668cb9aa311c8ed28e85a1c4e20c83c0db276f173f647cc32bd4cde10f89c17762b278648bd69572c34f6e5ed2ee2cd02010272d4c56f5e7

                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Aooyruuryi\acyujdo.exe

                      Filesize

                      704KB

                      MD5

                      40cd8343a9900f5c0484aa5ec45fac5e

                      SHA1

                      01d0aa199650529de47c262d4310e1e7f80eb4bf

                      SHA256

                      612be3d31bbde599db89cb293b5b5ea2e9b7020ca3cadb7fbcc8f3627054146b

                      SHA512

                      67ab7726e03800ab34a8862ca4fb231fdff5fde7106158115c7a871110d92d39f4d01d20864f662c32a615c8bd42dfc106fe4a8db9e6c13743fc2167d90d3c3f

                    • memory/1084-32-0x0000000002EF0000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1084-26-0x0000000001030000-0x00000000010C2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/1084-35-0x0000000002EF0000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1084-33-0x0000000002EF0000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1084-30-0x0000000001030000-0x00000000010C2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/1084-29-0x0000000002EF0000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      256KB

                    • memory/1084-28-0x0000000001030000-0x00000000010C2000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/1708-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/1708-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/1708-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/1708-0-0x0000000002370000-0x0000000002402000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/2408-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/2428-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/3820-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/3820-16-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002212000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/3992-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/3992-4-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000A82000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      584KB

                    • memory/4520-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/4856-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB

                    • memory/4856-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

                      Filesize

                      720KB