Analysis
- max time kernel
20s - max time network
32s - platform
android-9_x86 - resource
android-x86-arm-20250619-en - resource tags
- submitted
16/08/2025, 00:21
General
- Target 77e89eb7a8c5d7303715581b31c87599ff3e2e78920fa7c8e27f6bcbf5708d55.apk
- Size 373KB
- Sample250816-ancybssxhx
- SHA256 77e89eb7a8c5d7303715581b31c87599ff3e2e78920fa7c8e27f6bcbf5708d55
Malware Config
Extracted
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alienbot
-
http://zenyatirim.org/
Signatures
- Alienbot
Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.
- Alienbot family
- Cerberus
An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.
- Cerberus family
- Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service 4 TTPs 2 IoCs
Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.
- 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.
- Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices) 1 TTPs
- Acquires the wake lock 1 IoCs
- 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.
- Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.
- Queries the mobile country code (MCC) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background). 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Registers a broadcast receiver at runtime (usually for listening for system events) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- 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.
- Checks CPU information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks memory information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Processes
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com.mhiauaqmlacl.ypmsfwbkjhsbeoz1⤵
- 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
- 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
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v16
Persistence
Event Triggered Execution
1Broadcast Receivers
1Foreground Persistence
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Defense Evasion
Foreground Persistence
1Hide Artifacts
2Suppress Application Icon
1User Evasion
1Impair Defenses
1Prevent Application Removal
1Input Injection
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
2System Checks
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