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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	16f3e059c88e9fdf1260789cc78ed53fd0901dffb0cf9400b63ee21ab90ea1aa
SHA3-384 hash:	7c03d5f491921bace5b359be9314f054b75fb6d8dea525080368e30fb2c819afca31bef5ff8e8b125c952cdfb8b250c1
SHA1 hash:	2d8389845c5341d5b68eb6da8588b78e82ef0875
MD5 hash:	009b4ea70017f24cd6b27cce8239afd8
humanhash:	harry-double-floor-social
File name:	PO_08012020EX(2).doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	176'518 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-03 07:17:34 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	doc
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:w4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSe5DMSS0BefwDhi/ZF:NDRv1m4bnQgISMDA0efwDhUZF
TLSH	C204092030B3AC17E64226302CCACD5452EB6F631D46D22B774CBB6E5F36A706DB991D
Reporter	JAMESWT_WT
Tags:	Emotet Heodo

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL

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

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

Possible injection to a system process

Enabling autorun for a service

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Result

Threat name:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/407355

Signature

Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal encoded strings

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

Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)

Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found

Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)

PowerShell case anomaly found

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/16f3e059c88e9fdf1260789cc78ed53fd0901dffb0cf9400b63ee21ab90ea1aa/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-02 10:19:39 UTC

File Type:

Document

Extracted files:

AV detection:

22 of 29 (75.86%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=c3z6awoir2p56etapcompdwvh7ijahp7wdhziafwh3rbvoiougva._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200803-6bg7pc3jja/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Legit

Score:

0.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/16f3e059c88e9fdf1260789cc78ed53fd0901dffb0cf9400b63ee21ab90ea1aa

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_gen Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo DOC

Rule name:	Cobalt_functions Create hunting rule
Author:	@j0sm1
Description:	Detect functions coded with ROR edi,D; Detect CobaltStrike used by differents groups APT