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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	56916942bc59a1ae0cc030beaf907b54631390e0a5fa7d75bce1f120df88d843
SHA3-384 hash:	9eb2fd28fae9971df02a022a1d71a0e00ebab5ee3c4bc1fa85f830c8f31e798ecb50f85ec0eeccea45a92ec7bcaf609c
SHA1 hash:	a1e18ac08b98c88a49da1b8afa527468a102fd0d
MD5 hash:	9dc6c15bd5cadbea76473ca0a61270d0
humanhash:	apart-gee-grey-equal
File name:	SecuriteInfo.com.Exploit.Siggen2.13664.14938.7490
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	177'575 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-02 07:35:16 UTC
Last seen:	2020-08-03 07:19:51 UTC
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:L4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSImDz8mvKRq:kDRv1m4bnQgISImDz8mvKRq
TLSH	5204093020B3AC17E64226311CDACD5412EB6F631947D62B3748BB6E5F36A706CBA91D
Reporter	SecuriteInfoCom
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

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:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/407138

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

Drops PE files to the user root directory

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

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/56916942bc59a1ae0cc030beaf907b54631390e0a5fa7d75bce1f120df88d843/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-01 07:23:38 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=k2iwsqv4lgq24dgagc7k7ed3krrrhehaux5h25n44hysbx4i3bbq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200802-h3pq4x6aza/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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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