alienbot | ad71c6b78c0d36053cab7a2c06bfb0b461d003bfad2b78e6c20a62a3e706b702

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
146s
platform
android_x64
resource
android-x64-20240624-en
resource tags

androidarch:x64arch:x86image:android-x64-20240624-enlocale:en-usos:android-10-x64system
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30-09-2024 22:06

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General

Target

ad71c6b78c0d36053cab7a2c06bfb0b461d003bfad2b78e6c20a62a3e706b702.apk
Size

545KB
MD5

2ac8d081626ab699579d48e9b660aeff
SHA1

682e301261a62a4c4975a6dbbcb0157f02f9138c
SHA256

ad71c6b78c0d36053cab7a2c06bfb0b461d003bfad2b78e6c20a62a3e706b702
SHA512

ca5c7a71f56798c8bacde9333ea098f702270a16b1bdaf62e138930970359a572963e596b56dc8720c9a2963a79113f20c41f9f25dcfb4011b6b4ab8199c6d82
SSDEEP

12288:aYUlXzyUDq6N32YNjUPbT+Kuqzlelokqr2AlH20blQ7W42gnuz21UlX/:aXlXfqcmuOTruqzoykqrFlW0p42z+UlP

Score

10^/10

alienbot cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion execution infostealer persistence rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

https://marcolucano.net

Signatures

Alienbot
Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.
banker trojan infostealer alienbot
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 7 IoCs

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4928	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

Queries account information for other applications stored on the device 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Application may abuse the framework's APIs to collect account information stored on the device.

collection

Stored Application Data

T1409

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

System Network Configuration Discovery
T1422

Acquires the wake lock 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.os.IPowerManager.acquireWakeLock	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Application may abuse the framework's foreground service to continue running in the foreground.

evasion persistence

Foreground Persistence

T1541

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.setServiceForeground	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.

evasion

Prevent Application Removal

T1629.001

ioc	Process
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Application may abuse the framework's APIs to perform task scheduling for initial or recurring execution of malicious code.

execution persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1603

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
- Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
- Acquires the wake lock
- Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service
- Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
- Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
- Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
PID:4928