General

  • Target

    3a41995a56fb1daa066d0c8c6464c861_JaffaCakes118

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • Sample

    240512-qa6lgsfh4y

  • MD5

    3a41995a56fb1daa066d0c8c6464c861

  • SHA1

    4ed5c16e3e7212d18e3804e9f42a7f90e6eef24d

  • SHA256

    ca4bf446ab44314ec4aa8d06034af2bd1e40455665ccd9ff48cfef5234bc678c

  • SHA512

    be5e017bd5cd1e03c880245fbdb30e99b1e46bcf0f5e7c23c735b05bac07f9cb388fb19c1d3d5b076e52f95bdfc67e31403393afddb8d045bd0bb362159b0c95

  • SSDEEP

    49152:9YR2Z1nhGT/BXZn2aQGkPUho0LkBNEsMU:ev/BXZn2aho0gBNEsMU

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

C2

http://nesenbenibitirebildin.cyou

Targets

    • Target

      3a41995a56fb1daa066d0c8c6464c861_JaffaCakes118

    • Size

      1.5MB

    • MD5

      3a41995a56fb1daa066d0c8c6464c861

    • SHA1

      4ed5c16e3e7212d18e3804e9f42a7f90e6eef24d

    • SHA256

      ca4bf446ab44314ec4aa8d06034af2bd1e40455665ccd9ff48cfef5234bc678c

    • SHA512

      be5e017bd5cd1e03c880245fbdb30e99b1e46bcf0f5e7c23c735b05bac07f9cb388fb19c1d3d5b076e52f95bdfc67e31403393afddb8d045bd0bb362159b0c95

    • SSDEEP

      49152:9YR2Z1nhGT/BXZn2aQGkPUho0LkBNEsMU:ev/BXZn2aho0gBNEsMU

    • 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

    • Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service

      Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.

    • Prevents application removal

      Application may abuse the framework's APIs to prevent removal.

    • Removes its main activity from the application launcher

    • Checks CPU information

      Checks CPU information which indicate if the system is an emulator.

    • Checks memory information

      Checks memory information which indicate if the system is an emulator.

    • Loads dropped Dex/Jar

      Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

    • Queries account information for other applications stored on the device

      Application may abuse the framework's APIs to collect account information stored on the device.

    • Queries the mobile country code (MCC)

    • Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)

    • Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)

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

    • Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time

      Application may abuse the framework's APIs to perform task scheduling for initial or recurring execution of malicious code.

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

Tasks