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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 565da9605daf330554fb4f04c7f66859dbfc3c0cda07c640f9b2730dedbb89ac
SHA3-384 hash: 89180be3411cbbd0215215fe2b35cecdcb0296f4f17c80051cb548aa9f624215d9f9d1428528d48f74d641e281ddfd06
SHA1 hash: bcc178122970d8e3af4d6465bd6f0d6f5f3c20ed
MD5 hash: 36a24edc86c7b1cd323ccb067232ee1e
humanhash: apart-two-four-fish
File name:emotet_e2_565da9605daf330554fb4f04c7f66859dbfc3c0cda07c640f9b2730dedbb89ac_2020-08-11__140705._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:230'074 bytes
First seen:2020-08-11 14:08:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:4j6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGk5ZFHJwLtHRu:4HgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gk5ZFpwLtHRu
TLSH 62246C1271DFEF3BDCA242B06956DB74247CBC55AD88814B30CD77AD2D3A92E268D04D
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
66
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
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
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
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)
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: 261644 Sample: mkz6koMh7h._doc Startdate: 11/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->39 41 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->41 43 Yara detected Emotet 2->43 45 6 other signatures 2->45 7 powershell.exe 14 18 2->7         started        12 768.exe 6 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 10 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 35 dandorahiphopcity.com 173.247.249.14, 443, 49725 IMH-WESTUS United States 7->35 27 C:\Users\user\768.exe, PE32 7->27 dropped 29 PowerShell_transcr....20200811161155.txt, UTF-8 7->29 dropped 47 Drops PE files to the user root directory 7->47 49 Creates processes via WMI 7->49 51 Powershell drops PE file 7->51 18 conhost.exe 7->18         started        53 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 12->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->55 20 wlidcredprov.exe 16 12->20         started        57 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 14->57 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 14->23         started        37 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->37 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\mkz6koMh7h.doc.LNK, MS 16->31 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 33 74.120.55.163, 49731, 80 WJBTN-ASCA Canada 20->33 25 conhost.exe 23->25         started        process9
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-11 14:07:23 UTC
AV detection:
34 of 48 (70.83%)
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:Cobalt_functions
Author:@j0sm1
Description:Detect functions coded with ROR edi,D; Detect CobaltStrike used by differents groups APT
Rule name:MALW_emotet
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect unpacked Emotet
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 565da9605daf330554fb4f04c7f66859dbfc3c0cda07c640f9b2730dedbb89ac

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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