Analysis Overview
SHA256
617ec2c8e213b27bee59716033fe62074986872d31c30376dceb7e737e3533f6
Threat Level: Known bad
The file d780257e0bb666be027137b631af1c12_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Cerberus family
Cerberus
Alienbot
Cerberus payload
Alienbot family
Removes its main activity from the application launcher
Loads dropped Dex/Jar
Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)
Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events
Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
Declares services with permission to bind to the system
Requests enabling of the accessibility settings.
Requests dangerous framework permissions
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
MITRE ATT&CK
Mobile Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-12-08 14:23
Signatures
Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Required by device admin receivers to bind with the system. Allows apps to manage device administration features. | android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN | N/A | N/A |
Declares services with permission to bind to the system
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Required by notification listener services to bind with the system. Allows apps to listen to and interact with notifications on the device. | android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE | N/A | N/A |
| Required by accessibility services to bind with the system. Allows apps to access accessibility features. | android.permission.BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE | N/A | N/A |
Requests dangerous framework permissions
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Allows an application to read from external storage. | android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call. | android.permission.CALL_PHONE | N/A | N/A |
| Allows read only access to phone state, including the current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device. | android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to send SMS messages. | android.permission.SEND_SMS | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to read SMS messages. | android.permission.READ_SMS | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to record audio. | android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to write to external storage. | android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to receive SMS messages. | android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS | N/A | N/A |
| Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service. | android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS | N/A | N/A |
| Allows an application to read the user's contacts data. | android.permission.READ_CONTACTS | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-12-08 14:23
Reported
2024-12-08 14:26
Platform
android-x64-20240624-en
Max time kernel
148s
Max time network
131s
Command Line
Signatures
Alienbot
Alienbot family
Cerberus
Cerberus family
Cerberus payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Removes its main activity from the application launcher
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loads dropped Dex/Jar
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId | N/A | N/A |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId | N/A | N/A |
Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser | N/A | N/A |
Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)
Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver | N/A | N/A |
Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule | N/A | N/A |
Processes
celery.roast.lawn
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 224.0.0.251:5353 | udp | |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | ssl.google-analytics.com | udp |
| GB | 172.217.16.232:443 | ssl.google-analytics.com | tcp |
| GB | 142.250.179.238:443 | tcp | |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | android.apis.google.com | udp |
| GB | 216.58.204.78:443 | android.apis.google.com | tcp |
| GB | 142.250.179.228:443 | tcp | |
| GB | 142.250.179.228:443 | tcp |
Files
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | fd1c11559069001113f00baf3b81717b |
| SHA1 | 6834680054e2ee069be932b5eec33c469519f93a |
| SHA256 | b8228ec2ce0101f67710a73cb627a9a91c287626fd014f5aad787f7d8cdd0aa0 |
| SHA512 | 5db6210662f3cfcd7f3a129de9089c9cd9e86478ec557d48eae4eae8d6ff7f830cc2813199336be9edc3c09f9e2c003b85d5674bbd6a4443a5378abfea03160c |
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | 142b5cd973e8a5b0d4201c58f9918c1e |
| SHA1 | 5c91a1f3ed47a4d725213e7cf81ee5438a9766a3 |
| SHA256 | cd7bf34bc3afc3e969f844ba7bd3a4b1ee259c6c748e9e3777efb4cd9996b91c |
| SHA512 | 7ea4ea6cd28b6c4805ae338f2bf7f35899a8ffabf1564a5612b615600bc41ed1a8c2866365c32f58d07fd2b9a2b2538610654bace271c666a2f4044a7c1c122a |
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/NoT.json.cur.prof
| MD5 | 22544f9ba0aba95aa2476966814419e2 |
| SHA1 | baca2cc1b1f19b574c233f8693b9472869ce480d |
| SHA256 | e99ed616f9b1b4a6104c1efe1f364b7f942c42fd5580952acb927942639212b5 |
| SHA512 | 851dc9c8e857943def843affdac30fa4ace4848e7c7cc78a39a0f4499f21f5cd17932aaf172270f4fb8b60f2468f4e7a7b607398f7bba592f274b8995f110ee7 |
Analysis: behavioral3
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-12-08 14:23
Reported
2024-12-08 14:26
Platform
android-x64-arm64-20240624-en
Max time kernel
145s
Max time network
136s
Command Line
Signatures
Alienbot
Alienbot family
Cerberus
Cerberus family
Cerberus payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Removes its main activity from the application launcher
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loads dropped Dex/Jar
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId | N/A | N/A |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId | N/A | N/A |
Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser | N/A | N/A |
Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)
Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Intent action | android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS | N/A | N/A |
Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule | N/A | N/A |
Processes
celery.roast.lawn
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| GB | 142.250.187.238:443 | tcp | |
| GB | 142.250.187.238:443 | tcp | |
| GB | 142.250.187.238:443 | tcp | |
| N/A | 224.0.0.251:5353 | udp | |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | android.apis.google.com | udp |
| GB | 216.58.204.78:443 | android.apis.google.com | tcp |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | ssl.google-analytics.com | udp |
| GB | 142.250.200.36:443 | tcp | |
| GB | 142.250.200.36:443 | tcp |
Files
/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | fd1c11559069001113f00baf3b81717b |
| SHA1 | 6834680054e2ee069be932b5eec33c469519f93a |
| SHA256 | b8228ec2ce0101f67710a73cb627a9a91c287626fd014f5aad787f7d8cdd0aa0 |
| SHA512 | 5db6210662f3cfcd7f3a129de9089c9cd9e86478ec557d48eae4eae8d6ff7f830cc2813199336be9edc3c09f9e2c003b85d5674bbd6a4443a5378abfea03160c |
/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | 142b5cd973e8a5b0d4201c58f9918c1e |
| SHA1 | 5c91a1f3ed47a4d725213e7cf81ee5438a9766a3 |
| SHA256 | cd7bf34bc3afc3e969f844ba7bd3a4b1ee259c6c748e9e3777efb4cd9996b91c |
| SHA512 | 7ea4ea6cd28b6c4805ae338f2bf7f35899a8ffabf1564a5612b615600bc41ed1a8c2866365c32f58d07fd2b9a2b2538610654bace271c666a2f4044a7c1c122a |
/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/NoT.json.cur.prof
| MD5 | a350ec6293d05524b28cb705389bc90a |
| SHA1 | ba24ac5dabbb1ac5e03a488fccc7385476895607 |
| SHA256 | d4c0dd1a0a9e183e8753ee23594a846e7cd2c8e695921c89aaf1c70186353a55 |
| SHA512 | 091ab51d375c8ce62bdb743d50712a1b4f7d83db5734deca82fba8ec3e0a7a7299b46eb0a17b563bd981716ecfe07f1a202dad2ae4d2d8458e15cf9517ff84b9 |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-12-08 14:23
Reported
2024-12-08 14:26
Platform
android-x86-arm-20240624-en
Max time kernel
139s
Max time network
131s
Command Line
Signatures
Alienbot
Alienbot family
Cerberus
Cerberus family
Cerberus payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Removes its main activity from the application launcher
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loads dropped Dex/Jar
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | /data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json | N/A | N/A |
Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityId | N/A | N/A |
| Framework service call | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId | N/A | N/A |
Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser | N/A | N/A |
Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)
Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction | N/A | N/A |
Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Intent action | android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS | N/A | N/A |
Requests enabling of the accessibility settings.
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Intent action | android.settings.ACCESSIBILITY_SETTINGS | N/A | N/A |
Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver | N/A | N/A |
Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Framework service call | android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule | N/A | N/A |
Processes
celery.roast.lawn
/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/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/NoT.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 224.0.0.251:5353 | udp | |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | semanticlocation-pa.googleapis.com | udp |
| GB | 142.250.200.46:443 | tcp | |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | android.apis.google.com | udp |
| US | 1.1.1.1:53 | android.apis.google.com | udp |
| GB | 142.250.200.46:443 | android.apis.google.com | tcp |
| GB | 142.250.200.46:443 | android.apis.google.com | tcp |
Files
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | fd1c11559069001113f00baf3b81717b |
| SHA1 | 6834680054e2ee069be932b5eec33c469519f93a |
| SHA256 | b8228ec2ce0101f67710a73cb627a9a91c287626fd014f5aad787f7d8cdd0aa0 |
| SHA512 | 5db6210662f3cfcd7f3a129de9089c9cd9e86478ec557d48eae4eae8d6ff7f830cc2813199336be9edc3c09f9e2c003b85d5674bbd6a4443a5378abfea03160c |
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | 142b5cd973e8a5b0d4201c58f9918c1e |
| SHA1 | 5c91a1f3ed47a4d725213e7cf81ee5438a9766a3 |
| SHA256 | cd7bf34bc3afc3e969f844ba7bd3a4b1ee259c6c748e9e3777efb4cd9996b91c |
| SHA512 | 7ea4ea6cd28b6c4805ae338f2bf7f35899a8ffabf1564a5612b615600bc41ed1a8c2866365c32f58d07fd2b9a2b2538610654bace271c666a2f4044a7c1c122a |
/data/user/0/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/NoT.json
| MD5 | 7d243ef4a4d967feacd8852631716d7f |
| SHA1 | 55ad07dac2abe32dcee1311b6e4eded86dceb2d5 |
| SHA256 | 312df14edd3ee172426f5eeec16963eaf63573432a5569e65fe6d38e74a63932 |
| SHA512 | e3e90bea960e39dff70fc7d8bfacbd35866ef7ac6e3482c172aae665ab765167fbb90d9e9214a69138e2835c9bc299aebdd496cd6d4f913dd8536ed680aaffe7 |
/data/data/celery.roast.lawn/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/NoT.json.cur.prof
| MD5 | be43baf490e69f766d7ad9e2b536a21c |
| SHA1 | e0c11158121b8489ace8047e8a2b99a9e55bbde3 |
| SHA256 | 65cf37b61552e500b4869ffd4839a76e1db9870d37c828b69788902299afcf65 |
| SHA512 | 09080dd7b571118c3a32972cfd757cd18d8e79204c4632f80f6223113454a657ff0e8be85664e83c4b06a019c99e8eff61edbce385534a8599833d9c905b6007 |