cerberus | 64e3f01f37b2d1e8f609660fc638736e51681ba7e482d6286ad15ccb772dd3be

Analysis

max time kernel
45s
max time network
137s
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
13-10-2024 19:52

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General

Target

41c566fc2455a8ee2c37a887ec2e4f9b_JaffaCakes118.apk
Size

136KB
MD5

41c566fc2455a8ee2c37a887ec2e4f9b
SHA1

bc696293077a7c88d6833e1facb63b802eb2b235
SHA256

64e3f01f37b2d1e8f609660fc638736e51681ba7e482d6286ad15ccb772dd3be
SHA512

8e12ee0e326dae3d9a67aebacf560350fedfe342213832dc0fbc0c4355864d2ff85cf695d94cda006c2bb8a6cdea169e1c472368e584efdf81a7afa68bc2b963
SSDEEP

3072:mzSsiJBx9K3og6cpV3q4qjJOuJON8J8GwA4zkwA4zQUlvDm86UlvDm8Z:m27z9KYdIV3q4qkPq+PA4zBA4z7vDfdN

Score

10^/10

cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion infostealer persistence rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

http://20.49.203.83/

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
4213	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByText	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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 6 IoCs

Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.

evasion

Prevent Application Removal

T1629.001

ioc	Process
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

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.ggsrjmlu.rwu

com.ggsrjmlu.rwu
1⤵
- 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:4213