General

  • Target
    4e0206cb0b0ab3591de5313386312083_JaffaCakes118
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample240517-cm1dcach86
  • SHA256 662c3234cfd236b8d0bf01ebb8aaa9e0eb2b3617c8cc5f0fcacfae11ef341adc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • alienbot

C2
  • http://manavgatselalesi2.xyz

Targets

    • Target
      4e0206cb0b0ab3591de5313386312083_JaffaCakes118
    • Size 2.6MB
    • SHA256 662c3234cfd236b8d0bf01ebb8aaa9e0eb2b3617c8cc5f0fcacfae11ef341adc
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
    • 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