cerberus | ac557784174d1edbb8e307d498bc8c29501d6d8a3245b670ffed80236d85b740

Analysis

max time kernel
36s
max time network
139s
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
14-11-2024 22:06

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General

Target

ac557784174d1edbb8e307d498bc8c29501d6d8a3245b670ffed80236d85b740.apk
Size

1.7MB
MD5

b3498622483299e1bd30e995521f1a9f
SHA1

f5506a87c2c7503fadffbbabaea86b9e95f846ca
SHA256

ac557784174d1edbb8e307d498bc8c29501d6d8a3245b670ffed80236d85b740
SHA512

945e15c6a1b87a23d1456e9c8d144e0eab08f96f43922fb8c030c6576d1ca2d9fdd93cc782fe8b2f103c3c31ec4f4e82b640943a670c5a538518e5178d64e2c1
SSDEEP

49152:IGZoBfe6AGZoBfe6lGZoBfe6eGZoBfe6SGZoBfe65GZoBfe6P66n:IIEYIENIEGIEqIEBIEX66n

Score

10^/10

cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion infostealer persistence rat stealth trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

http://93.114.133.215/

Signatures

Cerberus
An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.
banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus
Cerberus family
cerberus

Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4258	com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

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.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp

com.ucstbiiqkzda.lipbamscp
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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:4258