Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    android_x86
  • resource
    android-x86-arm-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    androidarch:armarch:x86image:android-x86-arm-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:android-9-x86system
  • submitted
    20-03-2024 00:50

General

  • Target

    d780257e0bb666be027137b631af1c12.apk

  • Size

    2.9MB

  • MD5

    d780257e0bb666be027137b631af1c12

  • SHA1

    44935c16e5e66978b8950f81f3a3b2273edc6daa

  • SHA256

    617ec2c8e213b27bee59716033fe62074986872d31c30376dceb7e737e3533f6

  • SHA512

    449b59b57f1543f72a9e7a4e04ed6e755ca5a8f0e4d87a74dda9a0149b22cce59286b16b7c8da325817adedf0e6fc7c65e8d219cb00e626ed5e4913d7b799324

  • SSDEEP

    49152:tRCnMKa2mz3yutQroZRydxCUuHLZeNvuDTYqVL2EWFriBm0ELjTIRtw:tYnfdBoZQd7ACGvlVLuFWIpjTIRG

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

C2

http://

Signatures

  • Alienbot

    Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.

  • Cerberus

    An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.

  • Cerberus payload 2 IoCs
  • Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.

  • Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped Dex/Jar 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

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

Processes

  • celery.roast.lawn
    1⤵
    • Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
    • Removes its main activity from the application launcher
    • Loads dropped Dex/Jar
    • Requests enabling of the accessibility settings.
    • Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
    PID:4465
    • /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/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/NoT.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped Dex/Jar
      PID:4492

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

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Downloads

  • /data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json

    Filesize

    653KB

    MD5

    fd1c11559069001113f00baf3b81717b

    SHA1

    6834680054e2ee069be932b5eec33c469519f93a

    SHA256

    b8228ec2ce0101f67710a73cb627a9a91c287626fd014f5aad787f7d8cdd0aa0

    SHA512

    5db6210662f3cfcd7f3a129de9089c9cd9e86478ec557d48eae4eae8d6ff7f830cc2813199336be9edc3c09f9e2c003b85d5674bbd6a4443a5378abfea03160c

  • /data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json

    Filesize

    653KB

    MD5

    142b5cd973e8a5b0d4201c58f9918c1e

    SHA1

    5c91a1f3ed47a4d725213e7cf81ee5438a9766a3

    SHA256

    cd7bf34bc3afc3e969f844ba7bd3a4b1ee259c6c748e9e3777efb4cd9996b91c

    SHA512

    7ea4ea6cd28b6c4805ae338f2bf7f35899a8ffabf1564a5612b615600bc41ed1a8c2866365c32f58d07fd2b9a2b2538610654bace271c666a2f4044a7c1c122a

  • /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json

    Filesize

    399KB

    MD5

    dab9df7eeeb39bb355dec1a07d5dc5f8

    SHA1

    af90e78acfbefde7f782dc794995df4d097eb4ca

    SHA256

    be7e628dfa95fe295bf6fa060f65284ba09cc8deb404349e928f1a6dbff7c2a3

    SHA512

    279b50f25821da0480e32865616b41b4627fc0f70fac92710631b684ed438d051943cf7ec74343b2a7ea91be399731aa3e8e94bb3fb54360eaf0cfaf31b55dd6