QakBot | Threat Level: critical | Type: Banking Trojan

Cryptographic Identifiers

SHA256cba110187193d818f8915ea29187b3d1565794cefc0f588f5d0aca1081cada08
MD5b416a495421e176a21a665278cb6a4e4
File Typedll
Size282.1 KB
First Seen2023-05-24
File Name99.9.dat
Tags1684928557, BB29, dll, Qakbot, Quakbot

Malware Family: QakBot

QakBot, 15 yıllık bankacılık trojanıdır.

TypeBanking Trojan
Programming LanguageC++
Target PlatformWindows
C2 ProtocolHTTPS
PurposeBankacılık, email hijacking
First Seen Year2008
AliasesQBot

Threat Indicators (IOC)

  • SHA256: cba110187193d818f8915ea29187b3d1565794cefc0f588f5d0aca1081cada08
  • MD5: b416a495421e176a21a665278cb6a4e4

You can verify all hash values of this sample on VirusTotal.

System Cleanup Guide

  1. Disconnect the system from the network — unplug ethernet, disable Wi-Fi
  2. Terminate suspicious processes from Task Manager
  3. Run a full system scan with Malwarebytes or Kaspersky
  4. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run kayıtlarını kontrol edin
  5. Review newly created tasks in Task Scheduler
  6. Change all your account passwords from a clean device
  7. Gerekirse Windows'u yeniden yükleyin ve verilerinizi temiz bir yedeğe geri alın

YARA Rule Hints

rule QakBot_SHA256 {
    meta:
        description = "QakBot sample: cba110187193d818"
        threat_level = "critical"
        first_seen = "2023-05-24"
    condition:
        hash.sha256(0, filesize) == "cba110187193d818f8915ea29187b3d1565794cefc0f588f5d0aca1081cada08"
}

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 (2 indicators)

IOC — QakBot
# SHA256 cba110187193d818f8915ea29187b3d1565794cefc0f588f5d0aca1081cada08 # MD5 b416a495421e176a21a665278cb6a4e4
TypeValueNote
sha256 cba110187193d818f8915ea29187b3d1565794cefc0f588f5d0aca1081cada08 Sample:QakBot
md5 b416a495421e176a21a665278cb6a4e4 Sample:QakBot

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
qakbotbanking trojanmalwarecriticalsha256hash-analizi