Potential Qakbot Registry Activity

Hunt Hypothesis

Detects a registry key used by IceID in a campaign that distributes malicious OneNote files

Detection Rule

Sigma (Original)

title: Potential Qakbot Registry Activity
id: 1c8e96cd-2bed-487d-9de0-b46c90cade56
status: test
description: Detects a registry key used by IceID in a campaign that distributes malicious OneNote files
references:
    - https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution
author: Hieu Tran
date: 2023-03-13
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\firm\soft\Name'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

KQL (Azure Sentinel)

imRegistry
| where RegistryKey endswith "\\Software\\firm\\soft\\Name"

KQL (Microsoft 365 Defender)

DeviceRegistryEvents
| where RegistryKey endswith "\\Software\\firm\\soft\\Name"

Required Data Sources

False Positive Guidance

• Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK Context

• Tactic: Persistence
• Technique: T1112 — T1112

References

• https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution
• SigmaHQ Rule