Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-19 05:12

Sample ID 241215-f1p2bavpax
Target f27a16156566dd59fda402c3ce5d0928_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 b89349f430d4afe1900adcde123f11289abf2734588f5deaea856b46f503fce7
Tags
alienbot cerberus banker collection credential_access discovery evasion execution infostealer persistence rat stealth trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Mobile Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral3

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

b89349f430d4afe1900adcde123f11289abf2734588f5deaea856b46f503fce7

Threat Level: Known bad

The file f27a16156566dd59fda402c3ce5d0928_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

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

Alienbot

Alienbot family

Cerberus

Cerberus family

Cerberus payload

Removes its main activity from the application launcher

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)

Queries account information for other applications stored on the device

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service

Loads dropped Dex/Jar

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user

Queries the mobile country code (MCC)

Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events

Requests dangerous framework permissions

Declares services with permission to bind to the system

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 memory information

Checks CPU information

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-15 05:20

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 send SMS messages. android.permission.SEND_SMS N/A N/A
Allows an application to receive SMS messages. android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS N/A N/A
Allows an application to read from external storage. android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE N/A N/A
Allows an application to read SMS messages. android.permission.READ_SMS N/A N/A
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data. android.permission.READ_CONTACTS 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 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 an application to record audio. android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO N/A N/A
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service. android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS 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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-15 05:20

Reported

2024-12-15 05:23

Platform

android-x86-arm-20240624-en

Max time kernel

145s

Max time network

149s

Command Line

baby.among.sustain

Signatures

Alienbot

banker trojan infostealer alienbot

Alienbot family

alienbot

Cerberus

banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus

Cerberus family

cerberus

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

stealth trojan evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Loads dropped Dex/Jar

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service

collection evasion credential_access
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

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser N/A N/A

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)

discovery

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction N/A N/A
N/A android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction N/A N/A

Queries the mobile country code (MCC)

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony.getNetworkCountryIsoForPhone N/A N/A

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

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Intent action android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS N/A N/A

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

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver N/A N/A

Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time

execution persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule N/A N/A

Checks CPU information

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for read /proc/cpuinfo N/A N/A

Checks memory information

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for read /proc/meminfo N/A N/A

Processes

baby.among.sustain

/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/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/dSkHMc.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
GB 142.250.179.238:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
GB 216.58.201.106:443 semanticlocation-pa.googleapis.com tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp

Files

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 a45fd5887e70d51071d50312cf74713c
SHA1 70ba66b0fd83bf418fd8c55837a8a7646a72b335
SHA256 b03500e71067f8e9cee145160f7c0a8d4c0223a355f0cba73e7bd3c3ef715ef8
SHA512 ef66461c81ccda90eee52347d8111d73beb59358d0155771676b8d5c81ec286f62beee32bfc46a22ef5bfa751ae8c6ef3cc01256bb4c24bbb2ce09e45a8ac3d3

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 6e83e311544fd9e95cb7bd24bb35c3c2
SHA1 06429c6d0568d3f02e4b777a453f16f037896f18
SHA256 8588b94d17a10801d7124440fbd470e501bbbacb47f17d6bb4160143f9c5f8c1
SHA512 c7d071e42112c367a67bed47067989d459505bdc181bda3a92a758c5277dbcbfe48776539b9c7146e65a2fe80f378e51b23c610d77f2959eb63b3687eb96cf9c

/data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 e3df573ba4ddcb99c4d394ce97dabf0a
SHA1 9f52595e0e822fd5ad19bdf0082a8e1df662a744
SHA256 36cb561461c860d6e620f591bd24c5d5a007867ebc7a8669bcf78739e331ad2a
SHA512 9fc55a7bc199df734704691e700af29d87cd28d5f32c716cbc8adc5d8455727f4f0bbc37396cfc1ed61acf8ff216443d32477a8e04aff46fa84b1038fdc0321b

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/dSkHMc.json.cur.prof

MD5 b6faffdc81f93f2a9db257094523fcd6
SHA1 b8bf3c505cd037d6c5827f84a4abdf5150ce5120
SHA256 8acc723649f5f2fc2a86ce81c2ff0e8300810cd1d6fcd0ec65b4ec772096a86e
SHA512 013572c33d0eb03384e94ac4b735d376b1c8409a8c5ad6d0836b0aa2f881db367c2f25522d79ddf853a82f92c97bff12af6faf41007fb38e0259c2b413fd81da

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-15 05:20

Reported

2024-12-15 05:23

Platform

android-x64-20240624-en

Max time kernel

144s

Max time network

148s

Command Line

baby.among.sustain

Signatures

Alienbot

banker trojan infostealer alienbot

Alienbot family

alienbot

Cerberus

banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus

Cerberus family

cerberus

Cerberus payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Removes its main activity from the application launcher

stealth trojan evasion
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
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Loads dropped Dex/Jar

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service

collection evasion credential_access
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

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser N/A N/A

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)

discovery

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user

evasion
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)

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver N/A N/A

Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time

execution persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule N/A N/A

Processes

baby.among.sustain

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 142.250.200.8:443 ssl.google-analytics.com tcp
GB 142.250.179.238:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 android.apis.google.com udp
GB 172.217.16.238:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
GB 142.250.180.4:443 tcp
GB 142.250.180.4:443 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
GB 216.58.201.98:443 tcp
GB 172.217.169.46:443 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp

Files

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 a45fd5887e70d51071d50312cf74713c
SHA1 70ba66b0fd83bf418fd8c55837a8a7646a72b335
SHA256 b03500e71067f8e9cee145160f7c0a8d4c0223a355f0cba73e7bd3c3ef715ef8
SHA512 ef66461c81ccda90eee52347d8111d73beb59358d0155771676b8d5c81ec286f62beee32bfc46a22ef5bfa751ae8c6ef3cc01256bb4c24bbb2ce09e45a8ac3d3

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 6e83e311544fd9e95cb7bd24bb35c3c2
SHA1 06429c6d0568d3f02e4b777a453f16f037896f18
SHA256 8588b94d17a10801d7124440fbd470e501bbbacb47f17d6bb4160143f9c5f8c1
SHA512 c7d071e42112c367a67bed47067989d459505bdc181bda3a92a758c5277dbcbfe48776539b9c7146e65a2fe80f378e51b23c610d77f2959eb63b3687eb96cf9c

/data/data/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/dSkHMc.json.cur.prof

MD5 63e8dd99ad278c90314b6a0b8f333863
SHA1 c4cfb20826338a9a77f66d984d25d7778f6df4a1
SHA256 b0e38cef0e8c60273512a284b1955c6b3cc39a70f3551a31db3650c21f30c6b7
SHA512 91e39965c925cce88abfc29b2f1739e5c8e7fd11a7aa862a0f227917e8a3a6bad96f7349459e38a1b30de62a7a9edc07fe3821a9b2b66b91a77f792d4fdeaddf

Analysis: behavioral3

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-15 05:20

Reported

2024-12-15 05:23

Platform

android-x64-arm64-20240624-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

157s

Command Line

baby.among.sustain

Signatures

Alienbot

banker trojan infostealer alienbot

Alienbot family

alienbot

Cerberus

banker trojan infostealer evasion rat cerberus

Cerberus family

cerberus

Cerberus payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Removes its main activity from the application launcher

stealth trojan evasion
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

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service

collection evasion credential_access
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

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.accounts.IAccountManager.getAccountsAsUser N/A N/A

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)

discovery

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user

evasion
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).

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Intent action android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS N/A N/A

Schedules tasks to execute at a specified time

execution persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.app.job.IJobScheduler.schedule N/A N/A

Processes

baby.among.sustain

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
GB 142.250.187.206:443 tcp
GB 142.250.187.206:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 android.apis.google.com udp
GB 142.250.179.238:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 ssl.google-analytics.com udp
GB 142.250.179.232:443 ssl.google-analytics.com tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
GB 142.250.179.228:443 tcp
GB 142.250.179.228:443 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp
DE 95.156.227.194:80 tcp

Files

/data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 a45fd5887e70d51071d50312cf74713c
SHA1 70ba66b0fd83bf418fd8c55837a8a7646a72b335
SHA256 b03500e71067f8e9cee145160f7c0a8d4c0223a355f0cba73e7bd3c3ef715ef8
SHA512 ef66461c81ccda90eee52347d8111d73beb59358d0155771676b8d5c81ec286f62beee32bfc46a22ef5bfa751ae8c6ef3cc01256bb4c24bbb2ce09e45a8ac3d3

/data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/dSkHMc.json

MD5 6e83e311544fd9e95cb7bd24bb35c3c2
SHA1 06429c6d0568d3f02e4b777a453f16f037896f18
SHA256 8588b94d17a10801d7124440fbd470e501bbbacb47f17d6bb4160143f9c5f8c1
SHA512 c7d071e42112c367a67bed47067989d459505bdc181bda3a92a758c5277dbcbfe48776539b9c7146e65a2fe80f378e51b23c610d77f2959eb63b3687eb96cf9c

/data/user/0/baby.among.sustain/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/dSkHMc.json.cur.prof

MD5 39f962d45c768fa3f5ea765311540c2a
SHA1 3e5b02e9eaffbc17363f73cbd29e109d6f28d59a
SHA256 14aadc1aac80d4ba1705d6b17f7d0f30c47eb1d6645885e89ce704fa2fca6f0b
SHA512 68f787c81ab060c24aebcfda13b5ba9037385c0144580ba238807b436b917cb94b8ffd160bc2c4a6922ffcc4a8f2a7e56f4077be6cbb0e6a64ff6a7101575f34