cerberus | 40f497133ba37928b8276d7b0a774778beaf2518ff82b53608be98648dd25ca5

General

Target
40f497133ba37928b8276d7b0a774778beaf2518ff82b53608be98648dd25ca5.apk
Size 1.2MB
Sample240809-144n4a1hrj
SHA256 40f497133ba37928b8276d7b0a774778beaf2518ff82b53608be98648dd25ca5
MD5 5c59436f70e8f57b9600be224324c495
SHA1 c4a4e111a48af8ca14ef4ccd36320f6183e2137f
SHA512 6d664d5fb6bd2d494d97db2b7ba3b769674f8e4f9a301baa1661c981ccc7f0fd9ffcaeca3192b2d712266bbd5a4d558fd94ae0d08cd60ecaae138987f3904710
SSDEEP 24576:8w93w9JcP86lPFuNx84vVCx3hBYpmQevhcAXhQLh75X+TET8AF8X:DSbcU6lPF2x849wxeuuyhoh9OTETNQ
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

C2

http://195.201.239.40

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
4972	com.pipe.assault

Loads dropped Dex/Jar 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

evasion

Download New Code at Runtime

T1407

ioc	pid	Process
/data/user/0/com.pipe.assault/app_DynamicOptDex/Hah.json	4972	com.pipe.assault

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.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId	com.pipe.assault
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.pipe.assault

Obtains sensitive information copied to the device clipboard 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Application may abuse the framework's APIs to obtain sensitive information copied to the device clipboard.

collection credential_access impact

Clipboard Data

T1414

Transmitted Data Manipulation

T1641.001

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.content.IClipboard.addPrimaryClipChangedListener	com.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.pipe.assault
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.pipe.assault
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault

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.pipe.assault

com.pipe.assault
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Loads dropped Dex/Jar
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
- Obtains sensitive information copied to the device clipboard
- Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
- Queries the mobile country code (MCC)
- 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:4972

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

1

T1624

Broadcast Receivers

1

T1624.001

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Download New Code at Runtime

1

T1407

Hide Artifacts

2

T1628

Suppress Application Icon

1

T1628.001

User Evasion

1

T1628.002

Impair Defenses

1

T1629

Prevent Application Removal

Input Injection

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1633

System Checks

2

T1633.001

Credential Access

Clipboard Data

1

T1414

Input Capture

2

T1417

GUI Input Capture

1

T1417.002

Keylogging

1

T1417.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2

T1426

System Network Configuration Discovery

2

T1422

Lateral Movement

Collection

Clipboard Data

1

T1414

Input Capture

2

T1417

GUI Input Capture

1

T1417.002

Keylogging

Screen Capture

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Data Manipulation

1

T1641

Transmitted Data Manipulation

Input Injection

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Hah.json

Path /data/data/com.pipe.assault/app_DynamicOptDex/Hah.json
Size 64KB
SHA256 f955009a6a947a3fb2fc804ccec1ed43ac6b54cd12dd0b16a1de8093ab733177
MD5 4eed8e3f6bdd1c311db382313b9eaf8d
SHA1 524cc4c109e811d360d78bcb750119cec2bdb104
SHA512 81ec22a2181d53e09afccbd33413b906db62c277e846c629fc0c117d68870c47729ffa08a257a73d4cba50bc82e48a60018c7256db4e889f6d50f21f1ae8b8eb
SSDEEP 1536:q0IaYQtdWA7DoqN13qJj/zc0fw/j7027fpYWMeMDpU28d:q0I0pnoG1Mj/jw/j7n7fy/tzA
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Hah.json

Path /data/data/com.pipe.assault/app_DynamicOptDex/Hah.json
Size 64KB
SHA256 b24d0720d475767efad2a076ee53168719128266f2a8a4f634b96dabe0de63ca
MD5 44ae2b14a899213c637462b5a3fba106
SHA1 b38077e14a6378b077dbb12d628112dfca266398
SHA512 8e4780cfca6045a00d979db822f0c72da2dcd2ce9f7ac36a642dbfdfa23017687e4479c1b96a8dc2d42c9713ba71eb0cffc6c2829ca0c5597a5b7d19447f7f25
SSDEEP 1536:jHOJGqQP64wsTopgdAi5mS13F4shCwmQ5+3TN:j7q06HsYgKOvdGshLX5+DN
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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Hah.json.cur.prof

Path /data/data/com.pipe.assault/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/Hah.json.cur.prof
Size 797B
SHA256 813d7b719d26fbd005bc39bd9c6f344a7effc0637fa6d7ee5c676f891fead8f3
MD5 2c4827c679bf33aef77b308aec123912
SHA1 1afa72ee9772e2edab6d67d3613216f314239834
SHA512 7c851bff9c5ae3c9d8a02ecc65e51fd90be50308407402f2ce6fb1c29773b93722fcf16c879f450b4042926f10a0bdd67985a7137715c8e258051467522686fb
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Hah.json

Path /data/user/0/com.pipe.assault/app_DynamicOptDex/Hah.json
Size 125KB
SHA256 443d3602205f8d3623969be557060efaa46611cffafc201dfa1bc50ab054dccc
MD5 479825fe1e4f4e3694ef8ca647ad7218
SHA1 b71f70373b3a8bf107f30f8bbbc74e760fc14f3b
SHA512 a76ec1f7281e7fa0fafee143a1b815cf05a93a335cdad1facad8cce31b40b74b39db235d8bedc9bacbf63362084b5d2476f9575bdd97b67b599b4389a49b5c3d
SSDEEP 3072:duhpYIZ40H0hulz+bReug+sGfSkVD7UbNeQU+A:6EeugGakV02
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

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