alienbot | af0abc52efb421d80c685fa888ccdaf9f0f360b7c45c22237e5a77e694aa0d6d

Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
152s
platform
android-11_x64
resource
android-x64-arm64-20240910-en
resource tags

arch:armarch:arm64arch:x64arch:x86image:android-x64-arm64-20240910-enlocale:en-usos:android-11-x64system
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23-11-2024 22:08

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General

Target

af0abc52efb421d80c685fa888ccdaf9f0f360b7c45c22237e5a77e694aa0d6d.apk
Size

591KB
MD5

e306fe7652e3ac6bceab868ce85da2f8
SHA1

554ad6bdd1e776e6c3229bfdccce684009290f75
SHA256

af0abc52efb421d80c685fa888ccdaf9f0f360b7c45c22237e5a77e694aa0d6d
SHA512

4284c74eb4df6d3e56d0400d5c130868fb143e824938924eaa12c378d6c1073fd6d029564157b8b4502a84df906b23325bca8671515d711db6f3ac97ada27f2a
SSDEEP

12288:bmH+jtG+r0aWc4XiFUfme91Vm4yG+jMRSY7G+r0A/JHD4HkyYp4OrgC29GXR:bZjtFwPcQWNNRj1Y7FwABj4ze4Zc

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

http://telsmncads.com.tr/

Signatures

Alienbot
Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.
banker trojan infostealer alienbot
Alienbot family
alienbot
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 3 IoCs
stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon
T1628.001

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

pid process

4779 com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4779 com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4779 com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

pid	process
4779	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4779	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4779	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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

description ioc process

Framework service call android.app.IActivityManager.setServiceForeground com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

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

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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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

Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background). 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

User Evasion
T1628.002

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

description ioc process

Intent action android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS 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

Processes:

com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

description ioc process

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

description	ioc	process
Intent action	android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz

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
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
- Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
PID:4779