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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 551787921209758c689eaeedfa25f09e9fa7a7d283d64c7ab5b245b028c2f9f0
SHA3-384 hash: 51eaacfd66504eb67d885901558cedae7c930391ce5d2683516d864fe43b18633c4d1335f50e3ac43e98f89430317512
SHA1 hash: 4f319701a4b75c96b7d02b4526b9b9ad4f970197
MD5 hash: 31c6f7646e8f9e9047c157259bfe1e25
humanhash: quebec-alpha-cup-bakerloo
File name:emotet_e3_551787921209758c689eaeedfa25f09e9fa7a7d283d64c7ab5b245b028c2f9f0_2020-08-11__191616._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:232'047 bytes
First seen:2020-08-11 19:16:28 UTC
Last seen:2020-08-11 19:38:01 UTC
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:uj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkHEYcrQwGGkEORk:uHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkHQcwGCORk
TLSH 49345C1272DFEF3BDDA242B06A56DB74246CBC51AD88814B30CD77AD2F3A52E258D04D
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch3 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch3 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
67
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 a custom TCP 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
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.evad.troj
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
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
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: 262417 Sample: 7h1M9fkGgO.doc Startdate: 12/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 43 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->43 45 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->45 47 Yara detected Emotet 2->47 49 6 other signatures 2->49 7 powershell.exe 14 17 2->7         started        12 259.exe 2 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 35 www.jonathanmuir.co.uk 7->35 37 infinitefacade.com 34.94.83.26, 443, 49712, 49713 GOOGLEUS United States 7->37 41 2 other IPs or domains 7->41 27 C:\Users\user\259.exe, PE32 7->27 dropped 29 PowerShell_transcr....20200812061420.txt, UTF-8 7->29 dropped 51 Drops PE files to the user root directory 7->51 53 Creates processes via WMI 7->53 55 Powershell drops PE file 7->55 18 conhost.exe 7->18         started        57 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->57 59 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 12->59 61 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->61 20 networkexplorer.exe 12 12->20         started        63 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 14->63 23 MpCmdRun.exe 14->23         started        39 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->39 file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 31 139.99.157.213, 49727, 8080 OVHFR Canada 20->31 33 92.24.51.238, 80 OPALTELECOM-ASTalkTalkCommunicationsLimitedGB United Kingdom 20->33 25 conhost.exe 23->25         started        process9
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-11 19:18:08 UTC
AV detection:
21 of 29 (72.41%)
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 551787921209758c689eaeedfa25f09e9fa7a7d283d64c7ab5b245b028c2f9f0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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