Rewterz Threat Alert – Qakbot (Qbot) Malware – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

QBot, often known as QakBot, is modular information malware. It has been operational since 2007. This banking Trojan, QakBot steals financial data from infected systems, and a loader using C2 servers for payload targeting and download. Qakbot has worm capabilities, which let it propagate to other computers on the same network, as well as rootkit capabilities, which allow it to mask its existence and build persistence on infected computers.

A malware attachment to a phishing email is commonly used in QakBot attacks. This particular campaign includes an xls file that contains macros. These macros run a script that fetches the Qakbot payload from a list of URLs. To get the victim to activate macros, the attackers employ a common trick, like when the target downloads the file, it is asked to allow changes and then content before viewing the document.

Impact

• Unauthorized Access
• Financial Theft
• Information Theft

Indicators of Compromise

Domain Name

• purepowerinc[.]net

IP

• 197[.]94[.]210[.]133
• 193[.]3[.]19[.]37
• 70[.]51[.]153[.]182
• 99[.]232[.]140[.]205
• 123[.]240[.]131[.]1
• 177[.]102[.]84[.]28
• 105[.]156[.]152[.]227
• 190[.]59[.]247[.]136
• 89[.]211[.]218[.]88
• 81[.]214[.]220[.]237

MD5

• 3a2087ebfcaf40467bdeb87bd058567f
• 8637cb0ca63af357b08a2f3c005845e6

SHA-256

• 1b61b16dd4b7f6203d742b47411ca679f1f5734ed01534a37a126263f84396c0
• f707e3279f00a28aa3f6da188588add19b22dd31dfa0b9d3c429b679aa3f6c69

SHA-1

• 8b8f07bf3c6e7661ed2c7b1b8f45432bd2c8f2e1
• 8f4622d14a9117006c88a9f4823143a034389cde

Remediation

• Block the threat indicators at their respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.