alienbot | 41b9a5f1a347465d4471f89f37c621d4946266c113a20411eac49c915522e5f4

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
130s
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
27-11-2024 22:07

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General

Target

41b9a5f1a347465d4471f89f37c621d4946266c113a20411eac49c915522e5f4.apk
Size

1.3MB
MD5

78e0cfe2ab9ef072be32319d756b8472
SHA1

7a90ce611490ae1a84eb7028419e6b3b77d27ccd
SHA256

41b9a5f1a347465d4471f89f37c621d4946266c113a20411eac49c915522e5f4
SHA512

3c0a12b894f54abef562c67d3c9cfa2ea91c984b9e9f7ca43fe80dbe8191ca562ae4e291366b66fab28f446de258a9230b3f87460ef282672fac11fa60283895
SSDEEP

24576:GQjlXllX6MuanL5hggyiJuvDMrJJ+JBrohp6kAnEP0Zt3q58xAL:tuOL5hggvsvDQJJ+JBshp6rEP0+KxAL

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

https://ramosahneleri.net

rc4.plain

Extracted

Family

alienbot

https://ramosahneleri.net

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

Cerberus payload 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4280-0.dex	family_cerberus
behavioral1/memory/4253-0.dex	family_cerberus

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

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

Processes:

com.domain.special

pid	Process
4253	com.domain.special

Checks Android system properties for emulator presence. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

System Checks

T1633.001

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Accessed system property	key: ro.product.model	com.domain.special

Loads dropped Dex/Jar 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

evasion

Download New Code at Runtime

T1407

Processes:

/system/bin/dex2oat --instruction-set=x86 --instruction-set-features=ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2,-avx,-avx2,-popcnt --runtime-arg -Xhidden-api-checks --runtime-arg -Xrelocate --boot-image=/system/framework/boot.art --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --instruction-set-variant=x86 --instruction-set-features=default --inline-max-code-units=0 --compact-dex-level=none --dex-file=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json --output-vdex-fd=42 --oat-fd=43 --oat-location=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/jw.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&com.domain.special

ioc	pid	Process
/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json	4280	/system/bin/dex2oat --instruction-set=x86 --instruction-set-features=ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2,-avx,-avx2,-popcnt --runtime-arg -Xhidden-api-checks --runtime-arg -Xrelocate --boot-image=/system/framework/boot.art --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --instruction-set-variant=x86 --instruction-set-features=default --inline-max-code-units=0 --compact-dex-level=none --dex-file=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json --output-vdex-fd=42 --oat-fd=43 --oat-location=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/jw.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json	4253	com.domain.special

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.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId	com.domain.special
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.domain.special

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.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser	com.domain.special

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

System Network Configuration Discovery
T1422

Acquires the wake lock 1 IoCs

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.os.IPowerManager.acquireWakeLock	com.domain.special

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.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.setServiceForeground	com.domain.special

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.domain.special

ioc	Process
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.domain.special
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.domain.special

Queries the mobile country code (MCC) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1422

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony.getNetworkCountryIsoForPhone	com.domain.special

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

evasion

User Evasion

T1628.002

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Intent action	android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS	com.domain.special

Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Broadcast Receivers

T1624.001

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver	com.domain.special

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.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule	com.domain.special

Checks CPU information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/cpuinfo	com.domain.special

Checks memory information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

Processes:

com.domain.special

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/meminfo	com.domain.special

com.domain.special
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Checks Android system properties for emulator presence.
- Loads dropped Dex/Jar
- 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
- Queries the mobile country code (MCC)
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
- Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
- Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
- Checks CPU information
- Checks memory information
PID:4253
- /system/bin/dex2oat --instruction-set=x86 --instruction-set-features=ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2,-avx,-avx2,-popcnt --runtime-arg -Xhidden-api-checks --runtime-arg -Xrelocate --boot-image=/system/framework/boot.art --runtime-arg -Xms64m --runtime-arg -Xmx512m --instruction-set-variant=x86 --instruction-set-features=default --inline-max-code-units=0 --compact-dex-level=none --dex-file=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json --output-vdex-fd=42 --oat-fd=43 --oat-location=/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/jw.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped Dex/Jar
  PID:4280

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1603

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1624

Broadcast Receivers

T1624.001

Foreground Persistence

T1541

Scheduled Task/Job

T1603

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Download New Code at Runtime

T1407

Foreground Persistence

T1541

Hide Artifacts

T1628

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

User Evasion

T1628.002

Impair Defenses

T1629

Prevent Application Removal

T1629.001

Input Injection

T1516

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1633

System Checks

T1633.001

Credential Access

Input Capture

T1417

GUI Input Capture

T1417.002

Keylogging

T1417.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1426

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1422

Lateral Movement

Collection

Input Capture

T1417

GUI Input Capture

T1417.002

Keylogging

T1417.001

Screen Capture

T1513

Stored Application Data

T1409

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Input Injection

T1516

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Downloads

/data/data/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json

Filesize
238KB

MD5
639ab35f9f51613dc40a3cddbd33cc33

SHA1
a4b686bedd74a9a4ef047bd01ac39ff711a03ac5

SHA256
d98a7d51bafd8fca2ee9de5bb54e1c6d62aa88db82148761b20c569ee225c198

SHA512
905a8b8718aad01bc3635e5a06a5fa5a9b7a250f25bd8a592f0267dd68534d89d5b934df13f48236caa418bffdb5c534c992f65813ec23d804b1779c2f24c424

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/data/data/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json

Filesize
238KB

MD5
d9416c04bd2c971c54649226a24e3eab

SHA1
e44835cb24a18f2f5cf2a947f426f3134ce679b8

SHA256
e161058d3335fe864e11a7d6a7a1b2688bb54bc4f0e0a109a244973f7cfd612f

SHA512
5ab61d8d0f9f17317f3414cf3c46e60e4d5972663d43abab7745c6c3f6dfb3a4e932d6281fa9814ddc04f98f80486a0f536cc2d8091dcc05f8eaaab1507e197a

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/data/data/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/jw.json.cur.prof

Filesize
468B

MD5
e3fbd932a8fb6b1c1ef6a63d6d398a8d

SHA1
a318196a10a2cdbe1a1fd647f09249061f187e7d

SHA256
301ad441513b87cedf9e1721f11a1d480c686dc6ac5d6199178dc159f3f820e5

SHA512
feb4012f811cde77a32c65ae30bf0437148a18ddc2849f9b7fac37eadf9b8a372e764f767b8f55d93996768d3b679eba4a62a53c84f7e5b4292212c9417f2562

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/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json

Filesize
483KB

MD5
9e36942982a565b579e639e7196cce75

SHA1
c38dcdc337e8ecea4b97c05d16798f085c447294

SHA256
387733008456aeb93731ce94f460612a4eacec3ec827c33dba872eabec6cc60b

SHA512
f57122cec19091940672f36fb5ff09fef58e194ddd6e83f41e34b2af4959f67a3189a762ea9f3005a20cbfd46e14fa7d2ba88ef09f65d8e7a8b589c58c7a6882

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/data/user/0/com.domain.special/app_DynamicOptDex/jw.json

Filesize
483KB

MD5
eca424e286f028877957a7b6b2ed6f55

SHA1
622183dc855c84a0b564aeb98fd36ea7a4c1cdf5

SHA256
8a3124b5fbec659ad22af414838fa2f3cc5917dcb2ee08764b4f20c105199b83

SHA512
322a02fb94951a1c6f17f6f0169f2643f7de758ceb7c3e758488007a0ec3a980735e0496de12471e924133948151ae9d4d5c282084a71050934939d52dd440df

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