cerberus | d0a47d1a6846dea994d641ade19b8b7a8f77bd327ac7ca1e643028d2a50e8fe1

General

Target

d0a47d1a6846dea994d641ade19b8b7a8f77bd327ac7ca1e643028d2a50e8fe1.apk
Size

1.2MB
MD5

1ebb7772deea9800be8769cf0ecafdc4
SHA1

85098b1f3868228e1f26f446fe5f94c8606fc39f
SHA256

d0a47d1a6846dea994d641ade19b8b7a8f77bd327ac7ca1e643028d2a50e8fe1
SHA512

cafbfc0e75bdbb31df0452e90b6823e6377f1f075fd024daa0fd756bb083b4d9ae8412dc046c7fd40ab412a8097f0295ab953a21ba25c8a36d8b9c0dbfcf4522
SSDEEP

24576:lAXvQJZMJ7b2VTu2lQ4+eKyDJQiftgAXhQLh7BP3aT8AFkhtg:CFtKVTu2uelVWyhoh9P3aT9YS

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

C2

http://212.109.198.127

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
5197	com.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture/app_DynamicOptDex/DQBj.json	5197	com.spring.mixture

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 4 TTPs 3 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.spring.mixture
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByText	com.spring.mixture
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.spring.mixture
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.spring.mixture
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

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.spring.mixture

com.spring.mixture
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:5197

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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Downloads

/data/data/com.spring.mixture/app_DynamicOptDex/DQBj.json

Filesize
34KB

MD5
765bb4bb6f4a7cb5a1fbd435b2cd8475

SHA1
dedfade7423a4e59a5fa513b0c1d1d10f9f258e7

SHA256
80e8a75f0aacf431dcc1d61e3e073cf49afddcd1c194b86c7f487d358d59c4d4

SHA512
caf8e5c1cdc20010cbfedaa6faeb4b0f2b4c08c42e7ca51bca08614a9102207c82a5bd2d0426fb6a52fb49a889a2c5a343cee47decce072b8e6c7c930f565b5d

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/data/data/com.spring.mixture/app_DynamicOptDex/DQBj.json

Filesize
34KB

MD5
bb7201061859629c03e1c28cd4335467

SHA1
a5aadbf41dffe93f74b0706f3b20017bd1375d1d

SHA256
6b47f6f77074da74ed6d71e30ec319bcb363861593a6345fca80b3f14e53a530

SHA512
28fd7e21fabb71c7e920945ab69d8f8ad6d0b66dd29995846857eeacd8b66b0867f109a788ff4992f35a7d0372165268faa6c675682d9f9531d3bf0b31367d84

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/data/data/com.spring.mixture/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/DQBj.json.cur.prof

Filesize
172B

MD5
027158fe14cbdd4dd23980cb2b9700b1

SHA1
40abc83a21030fe5273efc4eb420724c86ff8e9f

SHA256
15733db7569bf29678afb3b6dcabb283b08942c6f9945e6bebe8bbb059a8f1a2

SHA512
654588953c7ed21ace08e829e178c243b3e7b0168ef8c98d34d6bb5ad6edabaa97f9110e5c7ebc9aa8a7639d6ccfcd2df6e7e7c454424c773d103513d969eb9f

Download Submit
/data/user/0/com.spring.mixture/app_DynamicOptDex/DQBj.json

Filesize
76KB

MD5
ffc14c1925004660506364445e76896e

SHA1
680b2883d1a52ac3ac078278e5343c17dcf4968a

SHA256
297774b1fcb1300f1b9412af579ad224f0fe6728c8724ffa3e5142bb6d86cdff

SHA512
8e9aced62559d379a1d9d267e52e721d16b61e1d83853b2b797587d8943fe483ef1c2adec0d75189b19182f153a44d07f2d00fc3257dd889a719852b7d25a2cf

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

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