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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 5

Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ba9a8497f8d62ce6e51e23f89f045998e57f187f7b8b9ff3168e5289d1758e80
SHA3-384 hash:	ceff634bbfbef1685369b35a6764285985ded81c799e3052912c93db2f143056282501e016172b8fa68f23829f6b1a2f
SHA1 hash:	ffa1269587c055c88e8549b5a6b0174d634039e2
MD5 hash:	c83e17e500a7328da4e6748a0b2e1081
humanhash:	sweet-lion-idaho-utah
File name:	INVOICE HA713 914449554.doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	231'543 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-11 22:10:40 UTC
Last seen:	2020-08-11 23:00:13 UTC
File type:	doc
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:wj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkXUJk0DcacFwMk5GajRI:wHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkH0swMkIoRI
TLSH	CB345D1271DFEF3BDDA242B06A56DB74246CBC51AD88814B30CDB7AE2D3652E368D04D
Reporter	FORMALITYDE
Tags:	Emotet Heodo

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetWindowSong.20200204.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

Sending a custom TCP request

Creating a file

Creating a process from a recently created file

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Connection attempt

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:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/420634

Signature

Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables

Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection

Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them

Drops PE files to the user root directory

Encrypted powershell cmdline option found

Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)

Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found

PowerShell case anomaly found

Powershell drops PE file

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/ba9a8497f8d62ce6e51e23f89f045998e57f187f7b8b9ff3168e5289d1758e80/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-11 22:12:05 UTC

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=xknijf7y2ywonzi6ep4j6bcztdsx6gd7pofz74ywrzjitulvr2aa._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200811-as5db77nqn/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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Threat name:

Legit

Score:

0.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ba9a8497f8d62ce6e51e23f89f045998e57f187f7b8b9ff3168e5289d1758e80

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