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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9ea89a24c2efb06595aa09d8d9dc8ac79ad4a9df0d0d99a7fd5fe63fe9e1f7f8
SHA3-384 hash: bf922b351e23a544c284111a3cfdab6446a69dd1a70c4c754a3b39c9cccefe931fad5a50b0933d7a724f79fe846d748a
SHA1 hash: 0b34f5a5ef239d90f01f420f2261bbd0ce826514
MD5 hash: 2f83d2fd3e5df8c3797fc47d9f355c79
humanhash: kentucky-oranges-apart-london
File name:emotet_e1_9ea89a24c2efb06595aa09d8d9dc8ac79ad4a9df0d0d99a7fd5fe63fe9e1f7f8_2020-08-20__015346._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:202'582 bytes
First seen:2020-08-20 01:54:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:H4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSVBgJEsGKh7KiwtO:YDRv1m4bnQgISVGJEKhuiwtO
TLSH 9114D8A820E97C9EC90B32316AFA8BBF50805E8D11628979773D33593FFB179B271115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch1 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch1 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
78
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 in the %temp% subdirectories
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:
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 base64 encoded strings
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
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:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 272668 Sample: QOrMFPFLh7._doc Startdate: 21/08/2020 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 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->46 48 8 other signatures 2->48 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        16 10 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 34 mealsandwheels.com 81.169.145.90, 49715, 80 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 7->34 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Ben6q6ae.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200821031513.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 54 Powershell drops PE file 7->54 18 Ben6q6ae.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 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 cmlua.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 38 65.36.62.20, 80 GRANDECOM-AS1US United States 25->38 40 209.126.6.222, 49728, 8080 CONTABOUS United States 25->40
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-20 01:50:56 UTC
AV detection:
19 of 26 (73.08%)
Threat level:
  2/5
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


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Web download

Heodo

Word file docx 9ea89a24c2efb06595aa09d8d9dc8ac79ad4a9df0d0d99a7fd5fe63fe9e1f7f8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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