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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f78cca2fe3917f70f2161b757384a94c34283a6b6611a218d4ce0f1713f6a4a1
SHA3-384 hash: 58743ba1966563e52ea65cee3c524addc53fcf9dfe55f6325b462c8536dcfea9b7d5937c45dc35050f35724e3368834b
SHA1 hash: 999ad2133d7bb04667d6f8f77406db3c5a6b7ba0
MD5 hash: a25edbfa00a369135e6cd61e8f033cc2
humanhash: twenty-neptune-magnesium-twelve
File name:emotet_e2_f78cca2fe3917f70f2161b757384a94c34283a6b6611a218d4ce0f1713f6a4a1_2020-08-18__012952._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:245'857 bytes
First seen:2020-08-18 01:30:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:tj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkFCcd3wvF6:tHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkFC0wv8
TLSH 1E344BA2B18D7E15DCE71EF01F8ADBF8E698BC413A4842DBF4097BBD19B90D41A45834
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
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
Deleting a recently created file
Possible injection to a system process
Enabling autorun for a service
Connection attempt to an infection source
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
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
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 270264 Sample: NNW2nu1j0Y._doc Startdate: 18/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 40 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->40 42 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->42 44 Yara detected Emotet 2->44 46 5 other signatures 2->46 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        16 5 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 34 clanspectre.com 173.249.157.230, 49706, 80 NEXCESS-NETUS United States 7->34 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Lwxms9o.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200818180152.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 52 Powershell drops PE file 7->52 18 Lwxms9o.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        54 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->54 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 12->23         started        36 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->36 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 48 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->48 50 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->50 25 HoloShellRuntime.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 38 64.183.73.122, 49710, 80 TWC-20001-PACWESTUS United States 25->38
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-18 01:32:06 UTC
AV detection:
22 of 29 (75.86%)
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: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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Heodo

Word file docx f78cca2fe3917f70f2161b757384a94c34283a6b6611a218d4ce0f1713f6a4a1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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