cerberus | 1e3e2c37c819e4d6fc7c2bb0cb2b9a302d94682cf960bd002553a10db2db0693

Analysis

max time kernel
36s
max time network
131s
platform
android_x86
resource
android-x86-arm-20240624-en
resource tags

androidarch:armarch:x86image:android-x86-arm-20240624-enlocale:en-usos:android-9-x86system
submitted
08/07/2024, 22:05

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General

Target

1e3e2c37c819e4d6fc7c2bb0cb2b9a302d94682cf960bd002553a10db2db0693.apk
Size

1.6MB
MD5

12614456c8b9bbb2a35d276d84fc6df5
SHA1

80fd6cd176bac6b6f3449fc1350a9d979d29e864
SHA256

1e3e2c37c819e4d6fc7c2bb0cb2b9a302d94682cf960bd002553a10db2db0693
SHA512

15cbd4239f2526c3a956ce3269e08c14ced3eeeeaab0c410e3c74da7c9f098b67182a3fa9bd9e15bf531fc2746fa94a1a92f39593f5720ad0522fb056577c299
SSDEEP

49152:y+6VmPdqCnrhfVxTICBazsFm66b/mOyUlo:ykP0AF/nOSZ67mOyUlo

Score

10^/10

cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion impact infostealer persistence privilege_escalation rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

.urlConnectPanel.

Signatures

Cerberus
An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.
banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus

Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4252	com.example.mmm

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 4 TTPs 2 IoCs

Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.

collection evasion credential_access

Input Injection

T1516

Screen Capture

T1513

Keylogging

T1417.001

GUI Input Capture

T1417.002

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.example.mmm
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId	com.example.mmm

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices) 1 TTPs
discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery
T1422

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.

evasion

Prevent Application Removal

T1629.001

ioc	Process
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.example.mmm
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.example.mmm
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.example.mmm
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.example.mmm

Queries the mobile country code (MCC) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1422

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony.getNetworkCountryIsoForPhone	com.example.mmm

Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background). 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

User Evasion

T1628.002

description	ioc	Process
Intent action	android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS	com.example.mmm

Tries to add a device administrator. 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

privilege_escalation impact

Device Administrator Permissions

T1626.001

Account Access Removal

T1640

description	ioc	Process
Intent action	android.app.action.ADD_DEVICE_ADMIN	com.example.mmm

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

evasion

User Evasion

T1628.002

description	ioc	Process
Framework API call	android.hardware.SensorManager.registerListener	com.example.mmm

Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Broadcast Receivers

T1624.001

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver	com.example.mmm

Checks CPU information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/cpuinfo	com.example.mmm

Checks memory information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/meminfo	com.example.mmm

com.example.mmm
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
- Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
- Queries the mobile country code (MCC)
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
- Tries to add a device administrator.
- Listens for changes in the sensor environment (might be used to detect emulation)
- Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
- Checks CPU information
- Checks memory information
PID:4252