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The analytic detects the execution of `arp.exe` with the `-a` flag, which is used to list network connections on a compromised system. This activity is significant because both Red Teams and adversaries use `arp.exe` for situational awareness and Active Directory discovery. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow attackers to map the network, identify active devices, and plan further lateral movement or attacks.
Detects suspicious child processes spawned by wermgr.exe (Windows Error Reporting manager). Adversaries may abuse wermgr.exe to execute arbitrary commands or scripts, often as a method of defense evasion or privilege escalation. The rule specifically looks for common command-line utilities and scripting engines being launched as children of wermgr.exe, while filtering out known legitimate rundll32.exe activity related to WerConCpl.dll.
Use this query to find reconnaissance and beaconing activities after code injection occurs.
Reconnaissance commands are consistent with the current version of Qakbot and occur automatically to exfiltrate system information. This data, once exfiltrated, will be used to prioritize human operated actions.
Reconnaissance commands are consistent with the current version of Qakbot and occur automatically to exfiltrate system information. This data, once exfiltrated, will be used to prioritize human operated actions.
The analytic identifies potential DLL search order hijacking or DLL sideloading by detecting known Windows libraries loaded from non-standard directories. It leverages Sysmon EventCode 7 to monitor DLL loads and cross-references them with a lookup of known hijackable libraries. This activity is significant as it may indicate an attempt to execute malicious code by exploiting DLL search order vulnerabilities. If confirmed malicious, this could allow attackers to gain code execution, escalate privileges, or maintain persistence within the environment.
The analytic detects the execution of tasks registered in Windows Task Scheduler by monitoring EventID 200 (action run) and 201 (action completed) from the Task Scheduler logs. This detection leverages Task Scheduler logs to identify potentially suspicious or unauthorized task executions. Monitoring these events is significant for a SOC as it helps uncover evasive techniques used for persistence, unauthorized code execution, or other malicious activities. If confirmed malicious, this activity could lead to unauthorized access, data exfiltration, or the execution of harmful payloads, posing a significant threat to the environment.
Use this query to locate injected processes launching discovery activity. Qakbot has been observed leading to ransomware in numerous instances.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects if Qakbot has injected code into the ping.exe process, to evade security and access credentials.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects if Qakbot has injected code into the ping.exe process, to evade security and access credentials.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects if an instance of Qakbot has attempted to overwrite its original binary.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects if an instance of Qakbot has attempted to overwrite its original binary.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot operators have been abusing the Craigslist messaging system to send malicious emails. These emails contain non-clickable links to malicious domains impersonating Craigslist, which the user is instructed to manually type into the address bar to access.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Emulation-evading JavaScripts.
Attackers in several ransomware campaigns have employed heavily obfuscated JavaScript code, in order to implant malware or execute malicious commands. The obfuscation is intended to help the code evade security systems and potentially escape sandbox environments.
The following query detects the creation of files with a .jse extension. Certain ransomware campaigns, such as Emotet, are known to employ encrypted JavaScript code that is saved to the target as .jse files.
See Detect potentially malicious .jse launch by File Explorer or Word for a similar technique.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Attackers in several ransomware campaigns have employed heavily obfuscated JavaScript code, in order to implant malware or execute malicious commands. The obfuscation is intended to help the code evade security systems and potentially escape sandbox environments.
The following query detects the creation of files with a .jse extension. Certain ransomware campaigns, such as Emotet, are known to employ encrypted JavaScript code that is saved to the target as .jse files.
See Detect potentially malicious .jse launch by File Explorer or Word for a similar technique.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Use this query to find email stealing activities ran by Qakbot that will use "ping.exe -t 127.0.0.1" to obfuscate subsequent actions.
Email theft that occurs might be exfiltrated to operators and indicates that the malware completed a large portion of its automated activity without interruption.
Email theft that occurs might be exfiltrated to operators and indicates that the malware completed a large portion of its automated activity without interruption.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects registry entries that may indicate that an operator is trying to establish persistence for the Qakbot binary.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects registry entries that may indicate that an operator is trying to establish persistence for the Qakbot binary.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects possible use of the system process, esentutl.exe, to look through a user's browser history and steal cookies.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects possible use of the system process, esentutl.exe, to look through a user's browser history and steal cookies.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Use this query to find Excel launching anomalous processes congruent with Qakbot payloads which contain additional markers from recent Qakbot executions.
The presence of such anomalous processes indicate that the payload was delivered and executed, though reconnaissance and successful implantation hasn't been completed yet.
The presence of such anomalous processes indicate that the payload was delivered and executed, though reconnaissance and successful implantation hasn't been completed yet.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects possible attempts by Qakbot to execute malicious Javascript code.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects possible attempts by Qakbot to execute malicious Javascript code.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Use this query to find email stealing activities ran by Qakbot that will use "ping.exe -t 127.0.0.1" to obfuscate subsequent actions.
Email theft that occurs might be exfiltrated to operators and indicates that the malware completed a large portion of its automated activity without interruption.
Email theft that occurs might be exfiltrated to operators and indicates that the malware completed a large portion of its automated activity without interruption.
This query was originally published in the threat analytics report, Qakbot blight lingers, seeds ransomware
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects attempts to access files in the local path that contain Outlook emails.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
Qakbot is malware that steals login credentials from banking and financial services. It has been deployed against small businesses as well as major corporations. Some outbreaks have involved targeted ransomware campaigns that use a similar set of techniques. Links to related queries are listed under See also.
The following query detects attempts to access files in the local path that contain Outlook emails.
Reference - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2017/11/06/mitigating-and-eliminating-info-stealing-qakbot-and-emotet-in-corporate-networks/
The analytic detects the creation of suspicious registry entries by Qakbot malware. These entries are characterized by 8 random hexadecimal registry value names with encrypted binary data, typically found under the "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\" path. The detection focuses on processes like explorer.exe, wermgr.exe, dxdiag.exe, OneDriveSetup.exe, mobsync.exe, msra.exe, and xwizard.exe making these modifications. This activity is a strong indicator of a Qakbot infection, as the malware uses the registry to store malicious code or configuration data, enabling persistence and arbitrary code execution on compromised systems.
Detects potentially suspicious child processes spawned by Wscript.exe or Cscript.exe. This includes scenarios where these script hosts launch command-line interpreters (cmd.exe, powershell.exe) that then execute tools like rundll32, regsvr32, msiexec, or mshta with network-related arguments. It also covers direct spawning of rundll32.exe by Wscript/Cscript, while filtering out common legitimate uses of rundll32. This behavior is often observed in malware such as Pikabot and Qakbot for execution and defense evasion.
Detects files with suspiciously structured names potentially related to stage 2 malware delivery, focusing on those that contain specific HTML and image file extensions. This is specifically related to known malware TTPs related to Qakbot.
This analytic identifies suspicious remote thread execution where the `wermgr.exe` process injects code into known browser processes such as `firefox.exe`, `chrome.exe`, `iexplore.exe`, and `microsoftedgecp.exe`. It uses Sysmon EventCode 8 logs to detect this behavior by monitoring the `SourceImage` and `TargetImage` fields. This activity is significant because it is indicative of Qakbot malware, which is known to inject malicious code into legitimate processes to steal information. If confirmed malicious, this activity could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, and exfiltrate sensitive data from the compromised host.
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