QakBot Malware Analysis

File Properties

SHA256: 1b94f978907d62a93d73b8302ed1d6bdbac731cd968a90f612353021e02eaa1f

MD5: 0ab80c49fdea4229c022f43f5357e64b

File Type: dll

Size: 372,372 byte

First Seen: 2023-03-04

AV Signature: Quakbot

Imphash: c98b4e11712e0ec59ff15e2dfc124872

Reported By: malwr0nwind0z

Tags: dll, Qakbot, Quakbot

Static analysis: metadata-based (sample not downloaded)

QakBot — Malware Profile

QakBot Quakbot banker. Notesvb.msi delivery. Named pipe IPC. Modular architecture.

Malware Type
Other
Programming Language
C++
C2 Protocol
HTTPS
Target Systems
Windows
Also Known As (AKA)
QBot

Technical Details

QakBot (Qbot/QuakBot) is a banking trojan and loader active since 2007. Features: credential theft, email hijacking for thread hijacking attacks, lateral movement via SMB/psexec, web injection for banking fraud. Delivered via malspam using hijacked email threads (reply-chain attacks). Modules: email collector, credential grabber, network scanner, VNC plugin. Used to deliver Egregor, ProLock, REvil, Black Basta ransomware. FBI "Operation Duck Hunt" disrupted infrastructure August 2023, removing QakBot from 700,000+ infected machines. Attempted comeback Q4 2023 with new delivery methods.

Attribution / Threat Actor

Gold Lagoon, TA570 (Shatak)

Capabilities & Behavior

Zararlı Yazılım Aktivitesi
Kalıcılık Mekanizması
C2 İletişimi
Anti-Analiz

IOC List (1 indicators)

IOC — QakBot
# FILEPATH 1b94f978907d62a93d73b8302ed1d6bdbac731cd968a90f612353021e02eaa1f
TypeValueNote
filepath 1b94f978907d62a93d73b8302ed1d6bdbac731cd968a90f612353021e02eaa1f PDB

C2 Servers (8 recorded servers for this family)

Address Type Port Protocol Status Country
95.217.35.154 ip 443 HTTPS inactive FI
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
metasta.me domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
upd5.pro domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
amacey.com domain 443 HTTPS inactive —
181.174.165.208 ip 443 HTTPS sinkholed AR
212.117.180.232 ip 443 HTTPS sinkholed CH

C2 addresses are provided only from malware samples manually verified by the KEYDAL team. Commercial use is prohibited.

Tags
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