General
- Target 8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd.apk
- Size 3.3MB
- Sample260817-e7xt3atbkd
- SHA256 8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd
- MD5 46fdb068ce8eda8fce387134a4fd4172
- SHA1 2f56a65676d377f552a86a4482ee1bf104d05b09
- SHA512 e34acb562bbda4702da6f83bd6c4b79aea02a0b982d8a88aadf298db27bb524220b8b7be17cddffa78f662f93d95dac118b77fe831e669a158387cdcce72ec06
- SSDEEP 49152:Hsjwrl65NLyheuX0HK/tYhZRpfO9uDtIlhf7Ln0LmeDfb6iIZtiXvDyUhVEtRGML:K5N+hbf6d3to7eme2GxhVURGAyznop
- TLSH T1C1F5334AEB469514EA7BC272C0A30327733C726922CAF67E4575408424EBD6DE72DC7B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd.apk
Resource
android-x86-arm-20260325-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd.apk
Resource
android-x64-20260325-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd.apk
Resource
android-x64-arm64-20260325-en
Malware Config
Extracted
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alienbot
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http://34.89.151.222
Extracted
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alienbot
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http://34.89.151.222
Targets
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- Target 8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd.apk
- Size 3.3MB
- SHA256 8e168f31f3bf0564d11b01e180d301f41e3582a89efc5ca15ed40a402c0ca3dd
- MD5 46fdb068ce8eda8fce387134a4fd4172
- SHA1 2f56a65676d377f552a86a4482ee1bf104d05b09
- SHA512 e34acb562bbda4702da6f83bd6c4b79aea02a0b982d8a88aadf298db27bb524220b8b7be17cddffa78f662f93d95dac118b77fe831e669a158387cdcce72ec06
- SSDEEP 49152:Hsjwrl65NLyheuX0HK/tYhZRpfO9uDtIlhf7Ln0LmeDfb6iIZtiXvDyUhVEtRGML:K5N+hbf6d3to7eme2GxhVURGAyznop
- TLSH T1C1F5334AEB469514EA7BC272C0A30327733C726922CAF67E4575408424EBD6DE72DC7B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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Cerberus payload
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Family: Alienbot
Alienbot is a fork of Cerberus banker first seen in January 2020.
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Contact harvesting with SMS self-propagation
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.
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Covert microphone or camera capture with exfiltration
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.
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Encrypted or packed staged payload inside Android package
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.
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Notification listener abuse for OTP and message theft
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
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Makes use of the framework's Accessibility service
Retrieves information displayed on the phone screen using AccessibilityService.
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Queries account information for other applications stored on the device
Application may abuse the framework's APIs to collect account information stored on the device.
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Queries the phone number (MSISDN for GSM devices)
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Acquires the wake lock
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Makes use of the framework's foreground persistence service
Application may abuse the framework's foreground service to continue running in the foreground.
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Performs UI accessibility actions on behalf of the user
Application may abuse the accessibility service to prevent their removal.
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Queries the mobile country code (MCC)
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Requests disabling of battery optimizations (often used to enable hiding in the background).
MITRE ATT&CK Mobile v16
Persistence
Event Triggered Execution
1Broadcast Receivers
1Foreground Persistence
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Defense Evasion
Download New Code at Runtime
1Foreground Persistence
1Hide Artifacts
2Suppress Application Icon
1User Evasion
1Impair Defenses
1Prevent Application Removal
1Input Injection
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
2System Checks
2