Quantum Software: LNK File-Based Builders Growing In Popularity
2022-06-22 • Cyble •
https://blog.cyble.com/2022/06/22/quantum-software-lnk-file-based-builders-growing-in-popularity/
Cyble analyzed Quantum Software, also called Quantum Builder, a criminal LNK, HTA, and ISO builder advertised with extension spoofing, icon customization, payload URLs, DLL support, UAC-bypass options, and claimed DogWalk exploitation. The observed LNK sample executed obfuscated PowerShell that launched mshta against quantum-software[.]online to retrieve an HTA payload, illustrating abuse of LOLBins for phishing delivery and defense evasion. Cyble noted a possible Lazarus connection because recent Lazarus LNK delivery samples used a similar deobfuscation loop and variable initialization, but the report presents this as a tentative association rather than confirmed attribution.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASH | 924be824edb54f917d52e43a551c0eb… | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| HASH | 04e8a5c6e5797b0f436ca36452170a2f | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| HASH | b9899082824f1273e53cbf1d455f360… | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| HASH | 2f6c1def83936139425edfd611a5a1f… | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| HASH | dfdde88da020e584038d2656d0e3d48… | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| URL | https://quantum-software.online… | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| DOMAIN | quantum-software.online | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| HASH | 52b0b06ab4cf6c6b1a13d8eec2705e3b | 2022-06-02 | 2022-06-22 |