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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9e72fe17b23f8ec865af8a2762597922eb5e0debafed9515603f3af974b15379
SHA3-384 hash: 1f110246b0c590d27d38e1b814ef2f7bebe2c96ff52fc78d1e30708c4a67b65e47895f49fd44013121f6bd75bbb9c05e
SHA1 hash: f31b7c5aecb7609ead804f7cb4f04655c255d85e
MD5 hash: c6a0684848b2e01fd33ceaf621a0db4e
humanhash: solar-april-monkey-kitten
File name:emotet_e2_9e72fe17b23f8ec865af8a2762597922eb5e0debafed9515603f3af974b15379_2020-08-14__020731._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:236'721 bytes
First seen:2020-08-14 02:08:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Yj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkpoMt/qowFLR8lp:YHgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gkp5tSowFLR6
TLSH 03346B5B93DAAB97E78253710A1BFA6400919C783821421FBDC93EFD7C79B680E71316
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# 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
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
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
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
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
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: 266684 Sample: S4K8I6zaxt._doc Startdate: 15/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->44 46 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->46 48 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->48 50 7 other signatures 2->50 7 powershell.exe 14 19 2->7         started        11 svchost.exe 2->11         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 34 lifepartner.hk 103.13.50.243, 49722, 80 SGC-CAL-ASSGC-CloudAllianceLimitedHK Hong Kong 7->34 36 agenciann.com 148.163.122.6, 443, 49720 IOFLOODUS United States 7->36 40 3 other IPs or domains 7->40 30 PowerShell_transcr....20200815145357.txt, UTF-8 7->30 dropped 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Uqhg.exe, data 7->32 dropped 18 Uqhg.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        56 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 11->56 23 MpCmdRun.exe 11->23         started        38 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->38 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 52 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->52 54 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->54 25 ngclocal.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 42 75.139.38.211, 49735, 80 CHARTER-20115US United States 25->42
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-14 02:10:06 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 9e72fe17b23f8ec865af8a2762597922eb5e0debafed9515603f3af974b15379

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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