alienbot | 17b3916b2d4ef0726cf9026fb2102c1c2508b1b8474753f18089e416d94edf97

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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23-12-2024 22:04

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General

Target

17b3916b2d4ef0726cf9026fb2102c1c2508b1b8474753f18089e416d94edf97.apk
Size

545KB
MD5

79f7e1cea2d309fa7f5bb5b676bb682f
SHA1

0b4e9566c7a63a37d5b3d3c2644fe99fe7769547
SHA256

17b3916b2d4ef0726cf9026fb2102c1c2508b1b8474753f18089e416d94edf97
SHA512

db69025f40aee735a456c8eea182880e2eac957d90d4658c8c725bed4237e9c343d1d5f539c33d68a3252b6666b3cccd3bf7f9fddf2eb1a065ca61ea0c462562
SSDEEP

12288:96F3llX9BfLVHBNmMDcjkcYduxkbpjHrgf6bWpf2ZiL4XO4UdiVHr2lXn:96lllX9fH3pQ0LLgf6yp+ZQ4UaalXn

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

https://jojoadsup.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

Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4794	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4794	com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz
4794	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:4794