QakBot | Threat Level: critical | Type: Banking Trojan

Cryptographic Identifiers

SHA2567b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e
MD55d81c17cb8a4e7d0449c21da086feab6
File Typedll
Size347.5 KB
First Seen2022-11-03
File Name7b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e
Tagsdll, Qakbot, Quakbot

Malware Family: QakBot

QakBot, bankacılık trojanıdır.

TypeBanking Trojan
Programming LanguageC++
Target PlatformWindows
C2 ProtocolHTTPS
PurposeEmail hijacking
First Seen Year2008
AliasesQBot

Threat Indicators (IOC)

  • SHA256: 7b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e
  • MD5: 5d81c17cb8a4e7d0449c21da086feab6

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: 7b806b77fd66b1d9"
        threat_level = "critical"
        first_seen = "2022-11-03"
    condition:
        hash.sha256(0, filesize) == "7b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e"
}

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 7b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e # MD5 5d81c17cb8a4e7d0449c21da086feab6
TypeValueNote
sha256 7b806b77fd66b1d93c3daeb03b932a66fe455935ef345170b058f7559a1f174e Sample:QakBot
md5 5d81c17cb8a4e7d0449c21da086feab6 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