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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8d38a6081eae6f7f5138a9186763cbde03a86957d7d6ae4fbd60076d38acd5d7
SHA3-384 hash: e37567d68302aec6fe6a0dd5e9cff73a5d10d2fc6a0010b10cdc5e3edc39d5b9ef99c6093e3b984f43d081b27a86b8c3
SHA1 hash: df3ae923eca27617d38a30d900735b8e49904577
MD5 hash: d0191ffe3ca10dca68985a97765ff59a
humanhash: robin-sixteen-lake-carolina
File name:emotet_e2_8d38a6081eae6f7f5138a9186763cbde03a86957d7d6ae4fbd60076d38acd5d7_2020-08-17__092458._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:240'818 bytes
First seen:2020-08-17 09:25:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:3j6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkjOl6/3+4y0wsuZ:3HgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkjOl6f5wsuZ
TLSH DB345CA3B18D7E16D9E31EF01F8ADBB8A598BC413A4842DBF40D7B7D2FB90D41A45424
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
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
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
Deleting a recently created file
Possible injection to a system process
Enabling autorun for a service
Connection attempt to an infection source
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
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 string operations indicating source code obfuscation
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
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
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:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 269062 Sample: xeUaOw8Cgf._doc Startdate: 17/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->42 44 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->44 46 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->46 48 6 other signatures 2->48 7 powershell.exe 14 19 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        16 11 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 34 quasi-monkey.com 23.235.200.201, 49731, 80 INMOTI-1US United States 7->34 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Jhrx.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200817174910.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 54 Powershell drops PE file 7->54 18 Jhrx.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        56 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->56 23 MpCmdRun.exe 12->23         started        36 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->36 38 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 16->38 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 50 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->50 52 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->52 25 msoert2.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 40 68.44.137.144, 443, 49737 COMCAST-7922US United States 25->40
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-17 08:30:09 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
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_3
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

File information


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Web download

Heodo

Word file docx 8d38a6081eae6f7f5138a9186763cbde03a86957d7d6ae4fbd60076d38acd5d7

(this sample)

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