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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 12b2d283c23abf4aa770e9ff4047181dc433e10cc786c652c1b474767a6581ac
SHA3-384 hash: 9a65ea1bafdcad44784439bac854f910f9141103348b5296dbba30fe5914201e4d48fe61e1656b705dd75e08d8b44b26
SHA1 hash: 60726db6724cab90a7af6df0b2a31fda9af0f8db
MD5 hash: 76f4c36a7130eef3eb5ac5b59addddf4
humanhash: yankee-seventeen-south-finch
File name:emotet_e2_12b2d283c23abf4aa770e9ff4047181dc433e10cc786c652c1b474767a6581ac_2020-08-13__185426._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:238'093 bytes
First seen:2020-08-13 18:54:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:3j6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGk0//whfVRw:3HgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gk0//whNRw
TLSH E7345A5B97C9AB92E78253710A1BEA2400959C783821421FBDCD3EFE7F79B680D71306
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
64
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Deleting a recently created file
Enabling autorun for a service
Bypassing of proactive protection methods using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Creates processes via WMI
Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 266296 Sample: 2Ey3i6TGZ7._doc Startdate: 15/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 35 cdn.onenote.net 2->35 41 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->41 43 Found malware configuration 2->43 45 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->45 47 8 other signatures 2->47 8 powershell.exe 14 19 2->8         started        13 svchost.exe 2->13         started        15 WINWORD.EXE 207 71 2->15         started        17 8 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 37 mezoonline.com 35.239.80.119, 49736, 80 GOOGLEUS United States 8->37 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Qkaz.exe, PE32 8->31 dropped 33 PowerShell_transcr....20200815065617.txt, UTF-8 8->33 dropped 53 Powershell drops PE file 8->53 19 Qkaz.exe 2 8->19         started        22 conhost.exe 8->22         started        55 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 13->55 24 MpCmdRun.exe 1 13->24         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 49 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 19->49 51 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 19->51 26 d3d9.exe 12 19->26         started        29 conhost.exe 24->29         started        process10 dnsIp11 39 75.139.38.211, 49739, 80 CHARTER-20115US United States 26->39
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-13 18:51:33 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 29 (68.97%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro
Behaviour
Suspicious Office macro
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen_2
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) DOC
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Heodo

Word file docx 12b2d283c23abf4aa770e9ff4047181dc433e10cc786c652c1b474767a6581ac

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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