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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b28d94f0a4f1561b6fb8a5797ab538946130854ca70f61cd41ee6ac742898af7
SHA3-384 hash: 81f1357de3e1aa7777a0740a8aca9ade31a4b4d212b1115197badd46dfc3a1c8c1704e7350a9188ddb927283472323fb
SHA1 hash: e573c872ac885cb97f03ff3edfa252bc81c9883a
MD5 hash: 1c3b6de8142174be13ac83a465b84a19
humanhash: fifteen-item-nineteen-purple
File name:emotet_e3_b28d94f0a4f1561b6fb8a5797ab538946130854ca70f61cd41ee6ac742898af7_2020-08-25__031925._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:235'641 bytes
First seen:2020-08-25 03:19:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:i6rj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkl/bn2Jgao7lw2xa:rHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkVn2Jg9xw28
TLSH F1343C6B57856E36FD8393F24545AB6C38BC9D2A3F88423FAC4776EE2E391B4024105D
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch3 Heodo


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Emotet epoch3 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
86
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 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
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 276433 Sample: eakJSWKUy0._doc Startdate: 25/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->42 44 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->44 46 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->46 48 5 other signatures 2->48 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 184 45 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 mathisprost.lu 83.166.151.246, 49736, 80 INFOMANIAK-ASCH Switzerland 7->36 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Qwe8qg.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200825052111.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 54 Powershell drops PE file 7->54 18 Qwe8qg.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        34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\eakJSWKUy0.doc.LNK, MS 14->34 dropped 38 127.0.0.1 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 AuthBrokerUI.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 40 162.249.220.190, 49742, 80 US-TELEPACIFICUS United States 25->40
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.GenScript
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-25 03:21:04 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 47 (42.55%)
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
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 b28d94f0a4f1561b6fb8a5797ab538946130854ca70f61cd41ee6ac742898af7

(this sample)

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