Qakbot Craigslist Domains


Description

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.

Query · kql

DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteUrl matches regex @"abuse\.[a-zA-Z]\d{2}-craigslist\.org"
Raw source Qakbot Craigslist Domains · KQL
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id: 5fa50982-9337-4c5f-b8de-cfa871b8f40f
name: Qakbot Craigslist Domains
description: |
  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.
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
  dataTypes:
  - DeviceNetworkEvents
tactics:
- Initial access
query: |
  DeviceNetworkEvents
  | where RemoteUrl matches regex @"abuse\.[a-zA-Z]\d{2}-craigslist\.org"

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