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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b4af8baeea33ca21af96589af92b649bf69047b7b79857ae67f6b40479234b25
SHA3-384 hash: 2101338b5d074f133e72bd5e6563d8fcf65c85ceef89e5048b5834b70e3a50472e0102cdbab76b5f3f55fda23aeec09e
SHA1 hash: a1e40cb2f2d110dc7645b99a35df632ce7acd8b1
MD5 hash: 949ef4021b350ce9227b06b908df7040
humanhash: aspen-summer-equal-beryllium
File name:emotet_e2_b4af8baeea33ca21af96589af92b649bf69047b7b79857ae67f6b40479234b25_2020-08-25__151520._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:232'235 bytes
First seen:2020-08-25 15:16:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:HYy0u8YGgjv+ZvchmkHcI/o1/Vb6///////////////////////////////////6:p0uXnWFchmmcI/o1/YhmHFNwnY5
TLSH 25341CC83A846E7ACC2016318C5A47F53272EE126CEB545D9085F5DDBC7CF3A186A7E8
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 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
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
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:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Creates processes via WMI
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
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
Very long command line found
Writes to foreign memory regions
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 277070 Sample: 75oydzrZfQ._doc Startdate: 25/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->52 54 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->54 56 4 other signatures 2->56 7 powershell.exe 14 21 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 4 2->14         started        16 10 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 38 smileplz.com 67.20.113.236, 49721, 80 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 7->38 40 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 7->40 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\F1jq4l.exe, PE32 7->34 dropped 64 Powershell drops PE file 7->64 18 F1jq4l.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        66 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->66 23 MpCmdRun.exe 12->23         started        25 WerFault.exe 14->25         started        42 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->42 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\75oydzrZfQ.doc.LNK, MS 16->36 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 58 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->58 60 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->60 27 iri.exe 12 18->27         started        30 WerFault.exe 6 9 18->30         started        32 conhost.exe 23->32         started        62 Writes to foreign memory regions 25->62 process9 dnsIp10 44 45.55.219.163, 443, 49741 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 27->44 46 107.5.122.110, 80 COMCAST-7922US United States 27->46 48 ns1.360wisp.net 199.101.86.6, 443, 49739, 49740 AS-360WISPUS United States 27->48
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-25 15:18:06 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
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

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 b4af8baeea33ca21af96589af92b649bf69047b7b79857ae67f6b40479234b25

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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