QakBot Sample: FA20A519C10BB39D

QakBot Malware Analysis

File Properties

SHA256: fa20a519c10bb39da0463d8364fccb71dc226843c5cd7d71dd225e5b1a4c9a01

MD5: 28e2fecb5fc16eebf929ddec0f6a4290

File Type: zip

Size: 319,713 byte

First Seen: 2022-11-17

AV Signature: Quakbot

Reported By: pr0xylife

Tags: 1668683197, pw-SK16, Qakbot, qbot, Quakbot, zip

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
fa20a519c10bb39da0463d8364fccb71dc226843c5cd7d71dd225e5b1a4c9a01

Type	Value	Note
filepath	fa20a519c10bb39da0463d8364fccb71dc226843c5cd7d71dd225e5b1a4c9a01	PDB

QakBot — Go to Full Profile →

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.