alienbot | e3242bbd0a14045280fe57c7eca7c16a332a79edf58662c3e4ffa825bf78568c

Analysis

max time kernel
3396151s
max time network
137s
platform
android_x86
resource
android-x86-arm-20231215-en
resource tags

androidarch:armarch:x86image:android-x86-arm-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:android-9-x86system
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28-12-2023 05:54

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General

Target

c964e7894329592360aff35b7b23205e.apk
Size

4.1MB
MD5

c964e7894329592360aff35b7b23205e
SHA1

cfecbbb47621aae31c38dd3627731362faf1638b
SHA256

e3242bbd0a14045280fe57c7eca7c16a332a79edf58662c3e4ffa825bf78568c
SHA512

439c8bc169dac94fedb73c2e8c77c09d6cd0848765ec6ebe41fb49464ce6b48c1c3dee7c925da34c2b91a39604b0365eddba8fe60cf5946c0bd7128e51f30bf0
SSDEEP

98304:GVPE9wlCb8u8aYe/l5awpIK9bRjrimV9uCQeNGxmhdLp:GVPE9WCbx8azlsm1cs9UeNjdl

Score

10^/10

alienbot cerberus banker evasion infostealer rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

http://vaydemenescomeres.net

Signatures

Alienbot
Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.
banker trojan infostealer alienbot
Cerberus
An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.
banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus

Cerberus payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/fstream-2.dat	family_cerberus
behavioral1/memory/4487-1.dex	family_cerberus

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 2 IoCs

Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId	damage.found.shrug
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	damage.found.shrug

Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 IoCs

stealth trojan

pid	Process
4487	damage.found.shrug

Checks Android system properties for emulator presence. 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Accessed system property	key: ro.product.model	damage.found.shrug

Loads dropped Dex/Jar 3 IoCs

Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

ioc	pid	Process
/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json	4487	damage.found.shrug
/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json	4543	/system/bin/dex2oat --instruction-set=x86 --instruction-set-features=ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2,-avx,-avx2,-popcnt --runtime-arg -Xhidden-api-checks --runtime-arg -Xrelocate --boot-image=/system/framework/boot.art --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --instruction-set-variant=x86 --instruction-set-features=default --inline-max-code-units=0 --compact-dex-level=none --dex-file=/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/ygDNLCw.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json	4487	damage.found.shrug

Reads information about phone network operator.

Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background). 1 IoCs

evasion

description	ioc	Process
Intent action	android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS	damage.found.shrug

damage.found.shrug
1⤵
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Checks Android system properties for emulator presence.
- Loads dropped Dex/Jar
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
PID:4487
- /system/bin/dex2oat --instruction-set=x86 --instruction-set-features=ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2,-avx,-avx2,-popcnt --runtime-arg -Xhidden-api-checks --runtime-arg -Xrelocate --boot-image=/system/framework/boot.art --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --instruction-set-variant=x86 --instruction-set-features=default --inline-max-code-units=0 --compact-dex-level=none --dex-file=/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/ygDNLCw.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped Dex/Jar
  PID:4543

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Downloads

/data/data/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/ygDNLCw.json.cur.prof

Filesize
476B

MD5
95eb519c5b7d486d34bec1224816ea56

SHA1
60558a28afef063e62a8e8caafeb32855d976d35

SHA256
12e062e1c6d6947297b85dc52416d4f58b0f66f16ef1714a41f5cf51a162cabc

SHA512
38c80d3772a5ebc3d3ec6c1aa54e1050bff8b2b464c43d85793396d3da6644a9f4d8ab401ce715ba83a79e7cfa9832d802aa73419cb95e79e0d7a53f1e1a0fde

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/data/data/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json

Filesize
682KB

MD5
5f8a4837f4def1b09b0f188673123d22

SHA1
1e3920332d14db0c60f8e86c9351505d4a1331e0

SHA256
dbf46ae64f71b721f836f9c226449b40668031971524f1fc3120794c9fc2e67e

SHA512
00394441aeb7109d38d67b26920d5931c17a5f19fcc9e56a5c016bce5c8d753c7b713b92774c09d676e2f1f24e1ef0bf7275a768178a5b2be69bc82b0debf52e

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/data/data/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json

Filesize
682KB

MD5
d0cc1d856bc60542ac6bbd8b52f219ba

SHA1
42e30dadf7bbb78e547e412278b51f8803a039e6

SHA256
15c592305a47f5711e95708cd693b06ad287e2bb554a1ea27035aadba26af0db

SHA512
bf7398b9fd56f374959b26a9f3aece8c951839f159ea92cd244cefbf064dce3bd722777697d87f55da6e2c703289a30cc8b6f2e90432af207c10829ab91f53bd

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/data/user/0/damage.found.shrug/app_DynamicOptDex/ygDNLCw.json

Filesize
682KB

MD5
81496875f0a3e1b4b5fe691111943c20

SHA1
59ab593e6bcfa6c4fb7e12e2b60e3e8b7f521874

SHA256
f3c691eb8f42864d202f719c9cdc5bee60b33b8c2c03939fcd1234c47079df07

SHA512
a6d8ea79aa6b0b730cadc0444fe49a450963b910ffd947ddead69af1eaf8bfa13d85ae8d3723a20d009e496d76461640eac25c222fb39505b67b9926cfb9784f

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