General

  • Target

    872EBBA0DFE0A28DA3E91B0EE4D6DF32

  • Size

    1.6MB

  • Sample

    240517-w3ax6scf2v

  • MD5

    872ebba0dfe0a28da3e91b0ee4d6df32

  • SHA1

    6a87c50179b08740bcab9da69a869d7c881f40c4

  • SHA256

    9832b1ade1907849fd7091e85f2c24bd8a4488ecd96f0638fc979d8858b25196

  • SHA512

    e29e0f2b36fa161569e0b38a9e0c22365a041432ee9e84083b39aa510247dd5ffea324627d5e5ae30fd538b10ea6f7a6a7ba6dddb635284a12097dc4a6333604

  • SSDEEP

    49152:7ldldTEx0nf0/ddeu6bbwKVKgBTavcGHBGFVQ:5TjTav71

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

C2

http://botduke1.ug

Targets

    • Target

      872EBBA0DFE0A28DA3E91B0EE4D6DF32

    • Size

      1.6MB

    • MD5

      872ebba0dfe0a28da3e91b0ee4d6df32

    • SHA1

      6a87c50179b08740bcab9da69a869d7c881f40c4

    • SHA256

      9832b1ade1907849fd7091e85f2c24bd8a4488ecd96f0638fc979d8858b25196

    • SHA512

      e29e0f2b36fa161569e0b38a9e0c22365a041432ee9e84083b39aa510247dd5ffea324627d5e5ae30fd538b10ea6f7a6a7ba6dddb635284a12097dc4a6333604

    • SSDEEP

      49152:7ldldTEx0nf0/ddeu6bbwKVKgBTavcGHBGFVQ:5TjTav71

    • 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 Android system properties for emulator presence.

    • 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