cerberus | 2b43af46398ece7b9e1e41bb7c2e2ff3ec227edb38283bea7622115bb76a7823

Analysis

max time kernel
24s
max time network
150s
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
17/03/2025, 09:07

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General

Target

ef80429d554a6f7a0b1ad97a2ca5df4d.apk
Size

160KB
MD5

ef80429d554a6f7a0b1ad97a2ca5df4d
SHA1

18492f451511e2f736646ed61778365c6936f342
SHA256

2b43af46398ece7b9e1e41bb7c2e2ff3ec227edb38283bea7622115bb76a7823
SHA512

11c0599ce5b3a82b0438a8a41d965417e45fb41ba9b8511a6104544738270bf1c4abff0429c20957dc7427663e7c4281529330d068364ef64f50c61c1e828c17
SSDEEP

3072:gMG+RF83rVeAghsxDehY8JqdkBHqH+QQDDDRsI9OsI90/HdXAdPZ/HdXAdP+l:gm6rVeAghEDvKqduiQq4Xk/Xk+l

Score

10^/10

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

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cerberus

http://lanadelrey.top

Signatures

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 1 IoCs

stealth trojan evasion

Suppress Application Icon

T1628.001

pid	Process
4217	com.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom
Framework service call	android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.findAccessibilityNodeInfosByViewId	com.ytnfrar.rtom

Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices) 1 TTPs
discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery
T1422

Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.

evasion

Prevent Application Removal

T1629.001

ioc	Process
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ytnfrar.rtom
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ytnfrar.rtom
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ytnfrar.rtom
android.accessibilityservice.IAccessibilityServiceConnection.performGlobalAction	com.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom

Listens for changes in the sensor environment (might be used to detect emulation) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

User Evasion

T1628.002

description	ioc	Process
Framework API call	android.hardware.SensorManager.registerListener	com.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom

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.ytnfrar.rtom

com.ytnfrar.rtom
1⤵
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility 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).
- Listens for changes in the sensor environment (might be used to detect emulation)
- Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events)
- Checks CPU information
- Checks memory information
PID:4217