Analysis

  • custom tags

    dropperexfiltrationobfuscatedotpsmsspywarestealer
  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    android-11_x64
  • resource
    android-x64-arm64-20260325-en
  • resource tags

    arch:armarch:arm64arch:x64arch:x86image:android-x64-arm64-20260325-enlocale:en-usos:android-11-x64system
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 02:16

General

  • Target
    38e59c9876d09730d7e5d03204ebff9d9b6072108838354e62ab4b62e28bb839.apk
  • Size 3.6MB
  • Sample260813-cqf4waysax
  • SHA256 38e59c9876d09730d7e5d03204ebff9d9b6072108838354e62ab4b62e28bb839
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Alienbot

    Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.

  • Family: Cerberus

    An Android banker that is being rented to actors beginning in 2019.

  • Cerberus payload 1 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Contact harvesting with SMS self-propagation 1 IoCs

    Reads the device contact list and sends messages to the retrieved numbers, the distribution mechanism behind SMS worm campaigns. The victim's own address book becomes the delivery channel, which is why these campaigns spread rapidly within a region.

  • Custom signature
    Covert microphone or camera capture with exfiltration 1 IoCs

    Opens audio or camera capture outside any user-facing recording feature and pairs it with file staging and network transmission. The absence of a foreground recording interface alongside these primitives indicates surveillance rather than a legitimate media function.

  • Custom signature
    Encrypted or packed staged payload inside Android package 1 IoCs

    Extracted asset shows near-random entropy without a recognised container header, indicating an encrypted secondary payload staged for runtime decryption and loading. Correlate with any runtime class-loading detection on the same sample.

  • Custom signature
    Notification listener abuse for OTP and message theft 1 IoCs

    Binds a notification listener service and reads posted notification content, optionally dismissing notifications afterwards to hide them. This harvests one-time passcodes and private messages without ever requesting SMS permissions, which is why it has largely replaced SMS interception in modern ban

  • Removes its main activity from the application launcher 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Loads dropped Dex/Jar 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Runs executable file dropped to the device during analysis.

  • 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
  • Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.

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

Processes

  • custom.best.orchard
    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
    • 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:4754
    • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
      2⤵
        PID:4943
      • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
        2⤵
          PID:4976
        • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
          2⤵
            PID:5010
          • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
            2⤵
              PID:5041
            • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
              2⤵
                PID:5067
              • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
                2⤵
                  PID:5097
                • getprop ro.miui.ui.version.name
                  2⤵
                    PID:5123

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v16

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                      Downloads

                      jEc.json

                      • Path /data/user/0/custom.best.orchard/app_DynamicOptDex/jEc.json
                      • Size 724KB
                      • SHA256 04fee12db243334767cf584607a509077a10a55f999a26b35137920abd1a738c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      jEc.json

                      • Path /data/user/0/custom.best.orchard/app_DynamicOptDex/jEc.json
                      • Size 724KB
                      • SHA256 b8bee9641b7b59e2b2649c46e43cf3f0bb489ef57bbfe08061974f7804aa9328
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      jEc.json.cur.prof

                      • Path /data/user/0/custom.best.orchard/app_DynamicOptDex/oat/jEc.json.cur.prof
                      • Size 336B
                      • SHA256 47722c91a5e197ff6db245e2e9396f3aa60c86b5332e895109b3465da18b92a9
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH