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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b462b6985f21115db5a18167bd1701f4a2599116fe237a0156cc2cce93e96edb
SHA3-384 hash: 216fc844b9a1f9eac8cc0316c85ad9202670d1ae9ac76f974acc0876745f162631805b210440cd69da9edef727a95d5f
SHA1 hash: b08541e9e6ddf560e9c506d479edd34bef4858e2
MD5 hash: 82c4abf04978abcc57405c16c3e9f6dd
humanhash: skylark-pasta-ten-quiet
File name:emotet_e3_b462b6985f21115db5a18167bd1701f4a2599116fe237a0156cc2cce93e96edb_2020-08-20__064150._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:206'249 bytes
First seen:2020-08-20 06:42:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:E4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlS+TisQKz3wGB/TOk/zSBw0P:ZDRv1m4bnQgISw/3wGB/TOkuBw0P
TLSH E714C8A820E97C9ED907323179FA8BBF50804E8E11628979B73D335A3FFB175A271115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch3 Heodo


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Emotet epoch3 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: 272922 Sample: oa3elVxPf7._doc Startdate: 21/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 43 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->43 45 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->45 47 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->47 49 8 other signatures 2->49 7 powershell.exe 14 18 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 37 cahayu.id 103.129.221.18, 49733, 80 IDNIC-PAAS-AS-IDPTAwanKilatSemestaID Indonesia 7->37 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\R5mspzm.exe, PE32 7->31 dropped 33 PowerShell_transcr....20200821111305.txt, UTF-8 7->33 dropped 55 Powershell drops PE file 7->55 18 R5mspzm.exe 2 7->18         started        22 conhost.exe 7->22         started        57 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->57 24 MpCmdRun.exe 12->24         started        39 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->39 file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 35 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 18->35 51 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->51 53 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->53 26 stobject.exe 12 18->26         started        29 conhost.exe 24->29         started        signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 41 173.94.215.84, 49740, 80 TWC-11426-CAROLINASUS United States 26->41
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-20 06:44:07 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 48 (41.67%)
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 b462b6985f21115db5a18167bd1701f4a2599116fe237a0156cc2cce93e96edb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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