Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-19 05:20

Sample ID 240813-zhf58svfmf
Target CovidLockRansomware.apk
SHA256 6b74febe8a8cc8f4189eccc891bdfccebbc57580675af67b1b6f268f52adad9f
Tags
banker discovery evasion impact persistence privilege_escalation
score
7/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Mobile Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
7/10

SHA256

6b74febe8a8cc8f4189eccc891bdfccebbc57580675af67b1b6f268f52adad9f

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file CovidLockRansomware.apk was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.

Malicious Activity Summary

banker discovery evasion impact persistence privilege_escalation

Queries a list of all the installed applications on the device (Might be used in an attempt to overlay legitimate apps)

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

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

Requests enabling of the accessibility settings.

Tries to add a device administrator.

Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events

Declares services with permission to bind to the system

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-08-13 20:42

Signatures

Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events

Description Indicator Process Target
Required by device admin receivers to bind with the system. Allows apps to manage device administration features. android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN N/A N/A

Declares services with permission to bind to the system

Description Indicator Process Target
Required by accessibility services to bind with the system. Allows apps to access accessibility features. android.permission.BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-13 20:42

Reported

2024-08-13 20:45

Platform

android-33-x64-arm64-20240624-en

Max time kernel

123s

Max time network

132s

Command Line

com.device.security

Signatures

Queries a list of all the installed applications on the device (Might be used in an attempt to overlay legitimate apps)

banker discovery

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

evasion persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.IActivityManager.setServiceForeground N/A N/A

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

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Intent action android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS N/A N/A

Requests enabling of the accessibility settings.

Description Indicator Process Target
Intent action android.settings.ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS N/A N/A

Tries to add a device administrator.

privilege_escalation impact
Description Indicator Process Target
Intent action android.app.action.ADD_DEVICE_ADMIN N/A N/A

Processes

com.device.security

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
GB 142.250.187.196:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.196:443 tcp
GB 216.58.212.238:443 tcp
GB 216.58.212.238:443 tcp
GB 216.58.212.238:443 udp
US 162.159.61.3:443 tcp
US 162.159.61.3:443 tcp
BE 142.251.168.84:443 tcp
US 162.159.61.3:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.228:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 rcs-acs-tmo-us.jibe.google.com udp
US 216.239.36.155:443 rcs-acs-tmo-us.jibe.google.com tcp
GB 142.250.187.228:443 tcp
GB 142.250.187.228:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.196:443 tcp
GB 172.217.169.68:443 tcp
GB 172.217.169.68:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 remoteprovisioning.googleapis.com udp
US 172.64.41.3:443 tcp
US 172.64.41.3:443 tcp
GB 142.250.200.3:443 tcp
US 172.64.41.3:443 udp
US 34.104.35.123:80 tcp
GB 142.250.200.3:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.196:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.227:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 qmjy6.bemobtracks.com udp
US 162.159.61.3:443 udp
GB 142.250.187.228:443 udp
IE 54.220.182.27:443 qmjy6.bemobtracks.com tcp
IE 54.220.182.27:443 qmjy6.bemobtracks.com tcp
IE 54.220.182.27:443 qmjy6.bemobtracks.com tcp
US 104.20.3.235:443 tcp
US 104.22.58.199:443 tcp
US 104.22.58.199:443 udp
US 1.1.1.1:53 update.googleapis.com udp
GB 142.250.200.3:443 update.googleapis.com tcp
US 104.18.95.41:443 tcp
US 104.18.95.41:443 udp

Files

N/A