QakBot Malware Analysis
File Properties
SHA256: f71ad258d7f25ff95300b4e416341a6a17f39cb85fde2826820a0e12c042f10d
MD5: 2882b8bed977fdbad332fd61c4f85526
File Type: pdf
Size: 141,227 byte
First Seen: 2023-06-16
AV Signature: Quakbot
Reported By: pr0xylife
Tags: 1686908761, BB32, pdf, Qakbot, Quakbot
Static analysis: metadata-based (sample not downloaded)
QakBot — Malware Profile
QakBot Quakbot banker. Notesvb.msi delivery. Named pipe IPC. Modular architecture.
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
IOC List (1 indicators)
# FILEPATH
f71ad258d7f25ff95300b4e416341a6a17f39cb85fde2826820a0e12c042f10d
| Type | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| filepath | f71ad258d7f25ff95300b4e416341a6a17f39cb85fde2826820a0e12c042f10d | 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.