alienbot | 22156d5d8b763a1f10bce4fe14d13ad98a73522ad9da8d923e0d3b1b0dd04655

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
154s
platform
android-9_x86
resource
android-x86-arm-20240910-en
resource tags

arch:armarch:x86image:android-x86-arm-20240910-enlocale:en-usos:android-9-x86system
submitted
21/01/2025, 22:08

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General

Target

22156d5d8b763a1f10bce4fe14d13ad98a73522ad9da8d923e0d3b1b0dd04655.apk
Size

1.6MB
MD5

48e697323a0779f4e0e7b0fff8618400
SHA1

3c3172d219d942dd7636f7373f01c9fd38141211
SHA256

22156d5d8b763a1f10bce4fe14d13ad98a73522ad9da8d923e0d3b1b0dd04655
SHA512

37599aadb30b31d10e2e5dcbfa138d16b0f9c47b02d0ac49f5b6bd559cc8dea6399d777aa3382b7588b64c0c574acce570326afa398086d89bebd8b6902d9771
SSDEEP

24576:hcycIR0aeP9Ji8GU6ICuVOFlnlUa8vBQ6LBUAXhQLh7guvqYanpNwYYT8ABwR:hcyc3WU6PuwF216yhohE6qYipNwYYTpK

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

alienbot

http://akrepbaba323.net

rc4.plain

Extracted

Family

alienbot

http://akrepbaba323.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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4256-0.dex	family_cerberus
behavioral1/memory/4229-0.dex	family_cerberus

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

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4229	com.manage.decade

Loads dropped Dex/Jar 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

evasion

Download New Code at Runtime

T1407

ioc	pid	Process
/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json	4256	/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.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json --output-vdex-fd=42 --oat-fd=43 --oat-location=/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/ick.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json	4229	com.manage.decade

Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 4 TTPs 2 IoCs

Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.

collection defense_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.manage.decade
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.manage.decade

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.manage.decade

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.manage.decade

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.

defense_evasion persistence

Foreground Persistence

T1541

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.setServiceForeground	com.manage.decade

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.manage.decade
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.manage.decade

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

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1422

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony.getNetworkCountryIsoForPhone	com.manage.decade

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

defense_evasion

User Evasion

T1628.002

description	ioc	Process
Intent action	android.settings.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS	com.manage.decade

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

persistence

Broadcast Receivers

T1624.001

description	ioc	Process
Framework service call	android.app.IActivityManager.registerReceiver	com.manage.decade

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.manage.decade

Checks CPU information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/cpuinfo	com.manage.decade

Checks memory information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Checks

T1633.001

System Information Discovery

T1426

description	ioc	Process
File opened for read	/proc/meminfo	com.manage.decade

com.manage.decade
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- 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:4229
- /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.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json --output-vdex-fd=42 --oat-fd=43 --oat-location=/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/x86/ick.odex --compiler-filter=quicken --class-loader-context=&
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped Dex/Jar
  PID:4256

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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/data/data/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json

Filesize
238KB

MD5
71a2e5ce421b408c7750b39b6791ec77

SHA1
c8b7603f7de04b2fce4577cd746ca5d70ddd548e

SHA256
59eedcf74638fac737fbdc4823e053aa237f2f2b96077fedf7a512cd9a91fd78

SHA512
a37a9637523ae9259190dcce753aa3c32c8fc12a372e601cabe33aa3da5bf9155e7f8a35d4043fd624801e424c0175fddacb798f3aa6aab46d2e1af5b52ba27d

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/data/data/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json

Filesize
238KB

MD5
c97c173757c162edadf2c175c111d4f3

SHA1
ecc2e50188692034baa9df231f1a02d8d48158c8

SHA256
75ec426d5647f05b60e9689337f911d6d00db926121b7dc70d93ca83d5f9a82a

SHA512
993496ba2a55ff7c66f9c215f7bfda3def106f79d4eeafbc0084b8a48c2d4d3609723f509155e0b2423988c0b824e76a5304a43b7cf7923c0d80fba4c155deb3

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/data/data/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/ick.json.cur.prof

Filesize
478B

MD5
ab11ad73108ae9c4cc0b26e197d6f6e0

SHA1
e38b652a06f344e86bd81f4bbb3d78dd70081d3c

SHA256
7ba660d102d85473b45c982421d9dc8d506fb83b9af8662703b4860c320dbc9e

SHA512
1a6aa428e939490551b865851a6f43fef4f19ad6132dfd62dc25de26b4f0bfd12e883db3731478c59032d6c7ecad542654f32c46c21feec206e394ea867b9aca

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/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json

Filesize
483KB

MD5
adc1099b7403eaa397b14bdfb951508e

SHA1
c02fbf11f6a62a3353fb74752db22f4b40588356

SHA256
82626e2d7cdd4023bf550787013a01a9d747d7dc98a91bfec9283d6d6f968052

SHA512
c1c092ddb9ed6c48f82f0187f2a18a52d9e81d72ec71c26f96addb5f488d56e83c28e76ca7dee617f0da1d757d96958e9f30869fac066c46c694d1f4888d7eb5

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/data/user/0/com.manage.decade/app_DynamicOptDex/ick.json

Filesize
483KB

MD5
9fa33990983350ae0d7c3ceedd471320

SHA1
983dd45a782d3514c26dc6a809603eb67ae0a059

SHA256
4385ed115259680065796fde235affa74d1c55c0ce2f58186572e45ba819a80e

SHA512
71df84dd6cf7942c7fa741c1f68b9a1fed86b9f7eff0ba661c66d7eb6768ad14f9579deb92926fa2534a3d263a9130fe796509fc7de51ff06f862aaef49aa54e

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v15

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