Link to auto-downloaded disk image in encrypted zip
A link in the body of the email downloads an encrypted zip that contains a disk image of the format IMG, ISO or VHD. This is a combination of file types used to deliver Qakbot.
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1name: "Link to auto-downloaded disk image in encrypted zip"
2description: |
3 A link in the body of the email downloads an encrypted zip that contains a disk image of the format IMG, ISO or VHD. This is a combination of file types used to deliver Qakbot.
4type: "rule"
5references:
6 - "https://twitter.com/pr0xylife/status/1592502966409654272"
7 - "https://delivr.to/payloads?id=ca00292e-d5a2-43f9-b638-6c0b01b73353"
8 - "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/j/black-basta-infiltrates-networks-via-qakbot-brute-ratel-and-coba.html"
9 - "https://www.cyfirma.com/outofband/html-smuggling-a-stealthier-approach-to-deliver-malware/"
10severity: "medium"
11authors:
12 - twitter: "ajpc500"
13source: |
14 type.inbound
15 and any(body.links,
16 any(ml.link_analysis(.).files_downloaded,
17 any(file.explode(.),
18 (
19 any(.flavors.yara, . == "encrypted_zip")
20 and any(.scan.zip.all_paths,
21 any([".img", ".iso", ".vhd"],
22 strings.ends_with(.., .)
23 )
24 )
25 )
26 )
27 )
28 )
29 and (
30 profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier")
31 or (
32 profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
33 and not profile.by_sender().any_messages_benign
34 )
35 )
36tags:
37 - "Malfam: QakBot"
38attack_types:
39 - "Malware/Ransomware"
40tactics_and_techniques:
41 - "Encryption"
42 - "Evasion"
43 - "Social engineering"
44detection_methods:
45 - "Archive analysis"
46 - "File analysis"
47 - "Sender analysis"
48 - "URL analysis"
49 - "YARA"
50id: "b50f0cb1-67b8-570c-9b34-0de08ff52508"
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