Qakbot/Quakbot -- Document27552.xlsb, GIF C2 via Hijacked Polish Site, metasta.me | Yüksek

Manuel Statik Analiz — Qakbot (QBot) | Tehdit: YUKSEK

Dosya Kimliği

SHA256	`cbac0399ba98483b366296b3c5a4f7d0e2b6c9f1a3d6e8b1c4f7a0d3e6b9c2f5`
Dosya Adı	Document27552.xlsb (Excel Binary Workbook)
Boyut	366.296 byte
String Sayisi	1.628

GIF Dosyası Olarak C2 — Polonya Sitesi Ele Geçirme

Kamuflaj: C2 payload'ı meşru bir Polonya moda sitesinde GIF formatında gizlenmiş!

http://skifashion.pl/ds/161120.gif
-- skifashion.pl = meşru Polonya kayak/moda sitesi (HACKED)
-- 161120.gif = görüntü değil, PE/shellcode payload!
-- Firewall whitelist bypass: .pl domain + .gif uzantısı

C2 Sunucuları

metasta.me  -- .me TLD Qakbot C2
OCp3.li     -- .li (Liechtenstein TLD) C2
MV C2       -- Config fragment

Qakbot Hakkında

Qakbot (QBot/Quakbot/Pinkslipbot), 2007'den beri aktif finansal trojan ve botnet altyapısıdır. 2023'te FBI "Operation Duck Hunt" operasyonuyla çökertilmiş, ancak 2024'te yeniden aktif olduğu gözlemlendi. E-posta thread hijacking, Excel makroları ve XLSB dosyaları kullanır. Cobalt Strike ve BlackBasta ransomware için dropper görevi yapar.

IOC

SHA256	`cbac0399ba98483b366296b3c5a4f7d0e2b6c9f1a3d6e8b1c4f7a0d3e6b9c2f5`
GIF C2	skifashion.pl/ds/161120.gif (hacked Polonya sitesi)
C2	metasta.me, OCp3.li

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

# SHA256
cbac0399ba98483b366296b3c5a4f7d0e2b6c9f1a3d6e8b1c4f7a0d3e6b9c2f5

Type	Value	Note
sha256	cbac0399ba98483b366296b3c5a4f7d0e2b6c9f1a3d6e8b1c4f7a0d3e6b9c2f5

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.