cerberus | bc61649b671b13be4daecea73167c0e6ed194dbc2e9f262033406cb2b73c89bb

Analysis

max time kernel
4113915s
max time network
158s
platform
android_x86
resource
android-x86-arm-20231215-en
resource tags

androidarch:armarch:x86image:android-x86-arm-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:android-9-x86system
submitted
10/01/2024, 21:07

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General

Target

519f0bc90eedb594c23782c75e4202ff.apk
Size

3.1MB
MD5

519f0bc90eedb594c23782c75e4202ff
SHA1

0b30a3cdfee9eb309238562b59f642e246fc6972
SHA256

bc61649b671b13be4daecea73167c0e6ed194dbc2e9f262033406cb2b73c89bb
SHA512

f26952a5f446cc812f7c60720c4b7fc69425e2095480344561e4d055b9552ac51986002fc0a50fd48fade72abc34f636792d18be3fbee7486ed79e1b7dfda112
SSDEEP

49152:CZB9D1mDzMyqzwBOMszZkYpSE2SOcgHRhr6zjJjvGb3Y4c7RwUWN+4hdv+QfNnwm:akDzdqEsSETcUJDGbJm/WlhdmQlwp5G

Score

10^/10

cerberus banker evasion infostealer rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

http://gondolbarxyz.xyz

Signatures

Cerberus
An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.
banker trojan infostealer evasion rat 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	bleak.pelican.olive
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	bleak.pelican.olive

Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 IoCs

stealth trojan

pid	Process
4244	bleak.pelican.olive

Loads dropped Dex/Jar 3 IoCs

Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

ioc	pid	Process
/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json	4244	bleak.pelican.olive
/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json	4270	/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/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/kpmtcM.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json	4244	bleak.pelican.olive

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	bleak.pelican.olive

Listens for changes in the sensor environment (might be used to detect emulation) 1 IoCs

evasion

description	ioc	Process
Framework API call	android.hardware.SensorManager.registerListener	bleak.pelican.olive

bleak.pelican.olive
1⤵
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Loads dropped Dex/Jar
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
- Listens for changes in the sensor environment (might be used to detect emulation)
PID:4244
- /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/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/kpmtcM.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped Dex/Jar
  PID:4270

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Downloads

/data/data/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json

Filesize
661KB

MD5
925c5c3867fefe04e37d193d3bff849c

SHA1
f86cc54b986481a714a5fd9e4b4942827df5b13a

SHA256
060d16bbcb7de0697062603dee79b8e6e05ebecdef2e0c699a4593d2b19f971b

SHA512
7fb351356221ea17364addcb750049fcd6339ddbbca49518b5a7de37ff7501e49a1a2879a53de55580f50ec2bb5248f51feee9815c01bb2dad72b8b86d429d53

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/data/data/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json

Filesize
661KB

MD5
74a3abcf960e5f068242f1f138cebbec

SHA1
8a5fdfaddaf7483ef082a272c7a8ebd0990df74e

SHA256
4a226dde4769b687e18db964965c48818ab4d5cc7a241d709d25f50a41ce78e2

SHA512
f6a939c368dbc8990f9ceaf689f040a7f5c2bee00289a9bcb57060e1832d998d15c40a63b6643c40ebe6ed94835854893beb07d09fd77542d4e674b250e6816d

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/data/data/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/kpmtcM.json.cur.prof

Filesize
889B

MD5
f70c87f7cec12aced54fff9adb7ecc1e

SHA1
ebf271c0c37274b057b183f28ee8f2ce0241512d

SHA256
af45dd1b48882a3895effc367cbe37f204f73da455fe9c6cdcea0c500b1b8aea

SHA512
5f11bba10adad27fb170093ad8b15f4ac1d77ded1b52cc0bbf7cec2dbfb361f7ea58e80e79e4f4819a52a04b7c28d89cd2401635daca14502e5f05e5d178e73d

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/data/user/0/bleak.pelican.olive/app_DynamicOptDex/kpmtcM.json

Filesize
661KB

MD5
0c9b78c41ef7bf0294ce5a475b0fad72

SHA1
d5ce089d072fc9a9aa3328bb76f598e59b2eba54

SHA256
f4a44a4db05243516c85b6089e07fcec9e794ddf6d3f5e383f2e328933f86e70

SHA512
62ab7cd98c372b8ca8766ae73b863d292876800df2d3a2f19c585a51b35c31bb0a8e617a7ca0645e563109733806a352dac5c4adf89341e729d05605ff7423f6

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