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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 36a290d9df91c6881e6f23de7e03e02206ef7ca2d8aac9d585308806b6e2b965
SHA3-384 hash: ee9f50f2f82424df58602c3e254ff66a3752433d1e701c8819b463a8012bc3ae90514c2e140f9bd53347b762b736ba49
SHA1 hash: 5901f8b4865d2560b5fbc451e87ed00b0f72ae06
MD5 hash: d7025e4b41a99d493cecba06ff01fbad
humanhash: texas-diet-happy-princess
File name:emotet_e2_36a290d9df91c6881e6f23de7e03e02206ef7ca2d8aac9d585308806b6e2b965_2020-08-19__224802._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:197'665 bytes
First seen:2020-08-19 22:49:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Pb4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlS314nBhGMGGwkP:PUDRv1m4bnQgIS3ShGMGGwkP
TLSH 061419A820E57C9EC90732306AFA8BBF50805E8E11628979B73D335A3FFB175B275115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
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% subdirectories
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 base64 encoded strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
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
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 272499 Sample: aQLANaU7RU._doc Startdate: 20/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 41 Found malware configuration 2->41 43 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->43 45 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->45 47 8 other signatures 2->47 8 powershell.exe 14 20 2->8         started        13 svchost.exe 2->13         started        15 svchost.exe 1 1 2->15         started        17 5 other processes 2->17 process3 dnsIp4 35 eschricht.com 81.169.145.78, 49693, 80 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 8->35 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Padovoqv3.exe, PE32 8->31 dropped 33 PowerShell_transcr....20200820235303.txt, UTF-8 8->33 dropped 53 Powershell drops PE file 8->53 19 Padovoqv3.exe 2 8->19         started        22 conhost.exe 8->22         started        55 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 13->55 37 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 15->37 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 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 24 cfgbkend.exe 12 19->24         started        27 MpCmdRun.exe 1 22->27         started        process9 dnsIp10 39 70.121.172.89, 49697, 80 TWC-11427-TEXASUS United States 24->39 29 conhost.exe 27->29         started        process11
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-19 22:51:05 UTC
AV detection:
22 of 29 (75.86%)
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_20200820
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen_3
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) DOC

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 36a290d9df91c6881e6f23de7e03e02206ef7ca2d8aac9d585308806b6e2b965

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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