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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ac17c79acdf8dacbc6b93da5811f3ed7c7304e25f8f69612a93dd594cececa16
SHA3-384 hash:	a47ab15a555bce2b08608bef3cd94e2a63388f2c0941fcf5120961f4c7f81a57efb85e09dc4706f28365ef0d08245471
SHA1 hash:	950cef708ecb6c43a814f6869f579921cfc49fb2
MD5 hash:	8388dabb825806f4b483b9200a5b117b
humanhash:	seven-mockingbird-black-arkansas
File name:	emotet_e3_ac17c79acdf8dacbc6b93da5811f3ed7c7304e25f8f69612a93dd594cececa16_2020-08-14__220837._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	239'055 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-14 22:09:09 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:2j6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkrlDnc9k1KwhnRD:2HgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gk5Dnc9sKwhnRD
TLSH	E034394665CB2E7BDD12A0300D47FF696568ACC27F078007314E3FADEF7A7250A5A899
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch3 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch3 doc

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.VBS.Obfus-97.UNOFFICIAL

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

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

Deleting a recently created file

Possible injection to a system process

Enabling autorun for a service

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Result

Threat name:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/431129

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

Found malware configuration

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ac17c79acdf8dacbc6b93da5811f3ed7c7304e25f8f69612a93dd594cececa16/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-14 22:11:08 UTC

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vql4pgwn7dnmxrvzhwsychz627dtatrf7d3jmevjhxkzjtwozila._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200814-rmfd54srbe/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ac17c79acdf8dacbc6b93da5811f3ed7c7304e25f8f69612a93dd594cececa16

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_gen_2 Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) 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