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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	228f4f253488803c245aad64df1d3673fa7c72874fb54a9d60741e1cdac97b37
SHA3-384 hash:	79b22adee67f5729bdba68261777efb540f1fcac283b9e14848407f278ab1496e8e984b0895ea7b0397d743ec6cf1e93
SHA1 hash:	09b3a257330898692d992cf1054059c7136e53d0
MD5 hash:	5a5f4f7e86a843b9f2cd502e59cd2f70
humanhash:	sink-december-hot-floor
File name:	30757936.doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	156'680 bytes
First seen:	2020-09-14 21:59:12 UTC
Last seen:	2020-09-14 22:50:30 UTC
File type:	doc
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	1536:DchEchkrdi1Ir77zOH98Wj2gpngt+a9phaJ1dJWT0XhFD4iJwMq:PrfrzOH98ipgKJg0hFkiJwMq
TLSH	EDE3A30A16C1984EF33A8E7027C9B9ED1896DCF48D9D40673284B7557A37F40E9F1AB8
Reporter	FORMALITYDE
Tags:	Emotet Heodo

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.AutoExecSeparateWays.20200818.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetARCROClubbedToDeathKurayamino.20200904.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/465920

Signature

Antivirus detection for dropped file

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with base64 encoded strings

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

Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

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

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

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/228f4f253488803c245aad64df1d3673fa7c72874fb54a9d60741e1cdac97b37/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-09-14 21:26:46 UTC

AV detection:

23 of 29 (79.31%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ekhu6jjurcadyjc2vvsn6hjwop5hy4uhj62uvhlaoqpbzwwjpm3q._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200914-n7qfn7xb2n/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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

Threat name:

Trojan

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/228f4f253488803c245aad64df1d3673fa7c72874fb54a9d60741e1cdac97b37

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_20200820 Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo DOC

Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_gen_3 Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) 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

Rule name:	win_sisfader_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator