Qakbot discovery activies

id: 4c290208-c36d-4e57-8d6d-f7e790dc0d3f
name: Qakbot discovery activies
description: |
  Use this query to locate injected processes launching discovery activity. Qakbot has been observed leading to ransomware in numerous instances.
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
  dataTypes:
  - DeviceProcessEvents
tactics:
- Ransomware
query: |
  DeviceProcessEvents 
  | where InitiatingProcessFileName in~('mobsync.exe','explorer.exe')
  | where (FileName =~ 'net.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all('view','/all'))
       or (FileName =~ 'whoami.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has '/all')
       or (FileName =~ 'nslookup.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all('querytype=ALL','timeout=10'))
       or (FileName =~ 'netstat.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has '-nao')
       or (FileName =~ 'arp.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has '-a')
       or (FileName =~ 'ping.exe' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has '-t' and InitiatingProcessCommandLine endswith '127.0.0.1')
  | summarize DiscoveryCommands = dcount(InitiatingProcessCommandLine), make_set(InitiatingProcessFileName), make_set(FileName), make_set(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) by DeviceId, bin(Timestamp, 5m)   
  | where DiscoveryCommands >= 3