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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 88c16f598ab3e2ae31833ecde0a55057c723a25101a16540d55fe86ea861fe2d
SHA3-384 hash: d81539110e481ead559c1aedc9e4c081291fa948113ccfcad32f4553f551d58fff3abd8a44d5d8d8d13c15489bc37e52
SHA1 hash: 36959fe257d0a840dfdaa3cbae3a2a6fed5bde46
MD5 hash: 2e8cd9f7060cd0ba6ee4818a77d74b44
humanhash: artist-alaska-montana-black
File name:Attachments-20200903-BK824.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:266'653 bytes
First seen:2020-09-03 19:18:10 UTC
Last seen:2020-09-03 19:22:13 UTC
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Oj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkEumI3r/cTtrwc:OHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkVmI3z+trwc
TLSH 4744C38D1BE6166DFC3BA170C3D5AAA6B454CCF53824C98E34C837AD1B3943AE5E2744
Reporter FORMALITYDE
Tags:Emotet Heodo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
80
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
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:
Emotet MailPassView Qbot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.bank.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates processes via WMI
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Emotet Banking Trojan found
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Powershell drops PE file
Sets debug register (to hijack the execution of another thread)
Sigma detected: QBot Process Creation
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Uses ping.exe to check the status of other devices and networks
Uses ping.exe to sleep
Very long command line found
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected MailPassView
Yara detected Qbot
Yara detected WebBrowserPassView password recovery tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 281857 Sample: Attachments-20200903-BK824.doc Startdate: 03/09/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 85 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->85 87 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->87 89 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->89 91 14 other signatures 2->91 10 powershell.exe 14 21 2->10         started        15 svchost.exe 2->15         started        17 svchost.exe 2->17         started        19 10 other processes 2->19 process3 dnsIp4 67 alemelektronik.com 185.126.176.84, 49724, 80 BURSABILTR Turkey 10->67 59 C:\Users\user\Yq1F09M\InYcP6P\Cpc_0wt.exe, PE32 10->59 dropped 111 Powershell drops PE file 10->111 21 Cpc_0wt.exe 2 10->21         started        24 conhost.exe 10->24         started        113 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 15->113 115 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 15->115 26 MpCmdRun.exe 15->26         started        28 WerFault.exe 17->28         started        file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 103 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 21->103 105 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 21->105 107 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 21->107 30 NlsLexicons0009.exe 19 21->30         started        109 Writes to foreign memory regions 28->109 process9 dnsIp10 73 62.210.90.75, 443, 49729 OnlineSASFR France 30->73 75 185.215.227.107, 443, 49728 AS40676US United Kingdom 30->75 63 C:\Windows\...\nlslexicons0009seed.exe, PE32+ 30->63 dropped 65 C:\Windows\...\nlslexicons0009peer.exe, PE32+ 30->65 dropped 77 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 30->77 79 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 30->79 81 Emotet Banking Trojan found 30->81 83 8 other signatures 30->83 35 Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayerad8.exe 30->35         started        38 NlsLexicons0009.exe 30->38         started        40 NlsLexicons0009.exe 30->40         started        42 4 other processes 30->42 file11 signatures12 process13 signatures14 93 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 35->93 95 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 35->95 97 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 35->97 44 cmd.exe 35->44         started        49 Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayerad8.exe 35->49         started        99 Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords 38->99 101 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 38->101 51 WerFault.exe 42->51         started        53 conhost.exe 42->53         started        process15 dnsIp16 69 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 44->69 61 Windows.Media.Play....MediaPlayerad8.exe, PE32 44->61 dropped 117 Uses ping.exe to sleep 44->117 55 conhost.exe 44->55         started        57 PING.EXE 44->57         started        71 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 51->71 file17 signatures18 process19
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-09-03 19:16:55 UTC
AV detection:
18 of 28 (64.29%)
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 doc 88c16f598ab3e2ae31833ecde0a55057c723a25101a16540d55fe86ea861fe2d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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