Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-19 05:13

Sample ID 241218-qgvgss1pdm
Target fbadda1aea91b50a5adc6b855b8bbfa4_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 d5686b96ed9847a7b5184b70ef9401c3295f50682ad12a9127eb87ec4b4d2feb
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

d5686b96ed9847a7b5184b70ef9401c3295f50682ad12a9127eb87ec4b4d2feb

Threat Level: Known bad

The file fbadda1aea91b50a5adc6b855b8bbfa4_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

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

Cerberus

Alienbot family

Alienbot

Cerberus payload

Cerberus family

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

Declares services with permission to bind to the system

Requests dangerous framework permissions

Declares broadcast receivers with permission to handle system events

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user

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

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

Acquires the wake lock

Queries the mobile country code (MCC)

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

2024-12-18 13:14

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 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 read SMS messages. android.permission.READ_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 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 read from external storage. android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE 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 receive SMS messages. android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS N/A N/A
Allows an application to send SMS messages. android.permission.SEND_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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-18 13:14

Reported

2024-12-18 13:26

Platform

android-x86-arm-20240624-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

141s

Command Line

bachelor.desk.version

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/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.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

Acquires the wake lock

Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.os.IPowerManager.acquireWakeLock N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

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

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

bachelor.desk.version

/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/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json --output-vdex-fd=41 --oat-fd=42 --oat-location=/data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/MnFHiEy.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
GB 216.58.204.74:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 semanticlocation-pa.googleapis.com udp
US 1.1.1.1:53 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com udp
US 104.21.59.19:443 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com tcp
GB 142.250.187.206:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 android.apis.google.com udp
GB 216.58.204.78:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp

Files

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 629fd011536d57fd48855a79a8e81adc
SHA1 8af3a590cf9593cd03504b37573fddad89c7c557
SHA256 baf9806357d61e6e451e75650eec0385bed0e74c87812107fda63f35628acfe3
SHA512 78ece321d214547cb143413a0952e875d0646d2ab74c0eae3c3b673daf728f4f529612752ca49a589afa933270bea22ea6e2d027d4543b1193fe18c6d6cbd3b0

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 660d53e8aab29da942ba4728544f49a6
SHA1 4fdc19a08166d93d527b653786451161d958252b
SHA256 353e1b2d19562411aff4966064c9704be08f280fc77070e5dc78bac4b2046d2f
SHA512 5b879c83d90b0a3b5d19e8fe5381f42bc9de0ea5cd1833f2e2053c2271f8f8ce1e95460c34107cbc2a9a63a56502a6c8187c2f7af792a015aa5d9eb6b652b3a5

/data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 d44ddb1dd222b1f559ae99ea4711afcf
SHA1 6af08eb6cc327813b995a60ebb232fd88c303763
SHA256 d6fae06b0e5761aba5465b078f42ba1d5dbbdfbeb9e02e07f37a4b6834130666
SHA512 8d34ecdd97540ae8620c12f74502a1d45ffc4e174605f12b7c924932d357021df9c312d37e72003d0c0c3e83ec16f4bc7d99bf4108dc66d9f9a05b04672bdb72

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/MnFHiEy.json.cur.prof

MD5 2c1c428dca95044a43f9944e5081a431
SHA1 946b4a49f7f8b30427e022e46a32dd7e7152da36
SHA256 041308560f6e494236daf17d0d514ceb6a11a420a28bf48752a59c68a51c72e4
SHA512 c09a18be136b0cbcbf5f15fe979eda010f0618b28e526c27c220470552e8dafe0590d03542c1434c8517042002b6793cb95b186f1e111157d503f6abd7d70001

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-18 13:14

Reported

2024-12-18 13:17

Platform

android-x64-20240910-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

152s

Command Line

bachelor.desk.version

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/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.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

Acquires the wake lock

Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.os.IPowerManager.acquireWakeLock N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

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

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

bachelor.desk.version

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
GB 172.217.16.238:443 tcp
GB 172.217.16.238:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 android.apis.google.com udp
GB 216.58.204.78:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com udp
US 104.21.59.19:443 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 ssl.google-analytics.com udp
GB 172.217.169.8:443 ssl.google-analytics.com tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
GB 172.217.16.226:443 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp

Files

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 629fd011536d57fd48855a79a8e81adc
SHA1 8af3a590cf9593cd03504b37573fddad89c7c557
SHA256 baf9806357d61e6e451e75650eec0385bed0e74c87812107fda63f35628acfe3
SHA512 78ece321d214547cb143413a0952e875d0646d2ab74c0eae3c3b673daf728f4f529612752ca49a589afa933270bea22ea6e2d027d4543b1193fe18c6d6cbd3b0

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 660d53e8aab29da942ba4728544f49a6
SHA1 4fdc19a08166d93d527b653786451161d958252b
SHA256 353e1b2d19562411aff4966064c9704be08f280fc77070e5dc78bac4b2046d2f
SHA512 5b879c83d90b0a3b5d19e8fe5381f42bc9de0ea5cd1833f2e2053c2271f8f8ce1e95460c34107cbc2a9a63a56502a6c8187c2f7af792a015aa5d9eb6b652b3a5

/data/data/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/MnFHiEy.json.cur.prof

MD5 4f5fdbfbdc4e96f7e167f459278106fc
SHA1 31dc96e497773eca8770d6b565064f006a2f1665
SHA256 150d50c971705319af3ab3e4200348430d4455117f69dc470fad78ee97f6f5cd
SHA512 d3425119463378eca30f14c3f07bcb7ae46e10f378a54a7160ad60ef798b8c6e21765bda129e9cee741368bbf120ac2072f02891e55b8c936092efc1ab09a38a

Analysis: behavioral3

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-18 13:14

Reported

2024-12-18 13:17

Platform

android-x64-arm64-20240910-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

152s

Command Line

bachelor.desk.version

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/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json N/A N/A
N/A /data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.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

Acquires the wake lock

Description Indicator Process Target
Framework service call android.os.IPowerManager.acquireWakeLock N/A N/A

Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service

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

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

bachelor.desk.version

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
GB 142.250.187.206:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 www.youtube.com udp
US 1.1.1.1:53 android.apis.google.com udp
GB 142.250.187.238:443 www.youtube.com udp
GB 142.250.187.238:443 www.youtube.com tcp
GB 172.217.169.78:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
GB 172.217.169.78:443 android.apis.google.com tcp
US 216.239.32.223:443 tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com udp
US 104.21.59.19:443 jsonplaceholder.typicode.com tcp
US 1.1.1.1:53 ssl.google-analytics.com udp
GB 216.58.212.200:443 ssl.google-analytics.com tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp
GB 172.217.16.238:443 www.youtube.com tcp
GB 142.250.187.225:443 tcp
US 216.239.32.223:443 tcp
GB 142.250.178.1:443 tcp
US 216.239.32.223:443 tcp
DE 194.163.136.78:80 tcp

Files

/data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 629fd011536d57fd48855a79a8e81adc
SHA1 8af3a590cf9593cd03504b37573fddad89c7c557
SHA256 baf9806357d61e6e451e75650eec0385bed0e74c87812107fda63f35628acfe3
SHA512 78ece321d214547cb143413a0952e875d0646d2ab74c0eae3c3b673daf728f4f529612752ca49a589afa933270bea22ea6e2d027d4543b1193fe18c6d6cbd3b0

/data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/MnFHiEy.json

MD5 660d53e8aab29da942ba4728544f49a6
SHA1 4fdc19a08166d93d527b653786451161d958252b
SHA256 353e1b2d19562411aff4966064c9704be08f280fc77070e5dc78bac4b2046d2f
SHA512 5b879c83d90b0a3b5d19e8fe5381f42bc9de0ea5cd1833f2e2053c2271f8f8ce1e95460c34107cbc2a9a63a56502a6c8187c2f7af792a015aa5d9eb6b652b3a5

/data/user/0/bachelor.desk.version/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/MnFHiEy.json.cur.prof

MD5 934b2cb93dcfc8903ed1dddfdd49baa3
SHA1 e1304f0a9d126ba7ca2c648d4b94ef22a7c3c79e
SHA256 ce819297466b1bc0789151f6c1da3121ccdc4a6b50dade64945b6a7d82fcc61c
SHA512 6831a3416c63d26c631726635c0b94923dc4b0845c4b017e89fa1618c59376cc30a4d3a3ac2b3c509c0fdede71e09728ef906b3f2410734b0641fc503af52a6d