QakBot Malware Analysis

File Properties

SHA256: fda2abd24764809fb36d4d2ee7ab5f6e8c06381fe6d9bb191bde62411c96ba92

MD5: f9073d4ac3089ecc2c43b73b3818582e

File Type: exe

Size: 1,341,000 byte

First Seen: 2024-01-26

AV Signature: Quakbot

Imphash: a638f6b413d02de0f382750aa46eeb04

Reported By: pr0xylife

Tags: exe, Qakbot, Quakbot, signed, SOFTWARE MEDICAL DEVICES LIMITED

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 fda2abd24764809fb36d4d2ee7ab5f6e8c06381fe6d9bb191bde62411c96ba92
TypeValueNote
filepath fda2abd24764809fb36d4d2ee7ab5f6e8c06381fe6d9bb191bde62411c96ba92 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
exeQakbotQuakbotsignedSOFTWARE MEDICAL DEVICES LIMITED