cerberus | 7297d4d1f00dedf4415276c297be6b01d73f6210473b6568a89b746913eb271c

Analysis

max time kernel
60s
max time network
127s
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
02-10-2024 10:19

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General

Target

0a2d3b918377119adc8535a929da95f6_JaffaCakes118.apk
Size

133KB
MD5

0a2d3b918377119adc8535a929da95f6
SHA1

50d6bce28d05b8b0698768bfb4b254154a05d73e
SHA256

7297d4d1f00dedf4415276c297be6b01d73f6210473b6568a89b746913eb271c
SHA512

94e58d79cf054cbbb5849149bbe052d9c3f1fc22f18a3dbd81355f03beeeef2fcb32d0b4f68e42377cc267b7dce89e77834f2fcd78bd10d0f99e340032f1a644
SSDEEP

3072:ZFAQNdWFrK63yzQ7MfuxSpShoVFEV07uLuIQ2XzXcvm:3NdWpK63yzQQeThN07ovQ2jsvm

Score

10^/10

cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion infostealer persistence rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

https://herzamankigibigeneburdayiz.xyz

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
4255	com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

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.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw

com.ljxgbohzi.nsnlcmcuqigw
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- 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).
- 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:4255