Rewterz Threat Alert – Emotet – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Emotet was initially discovered in 2014 when it infected clients of German and Austrian institutions. Emotet serves as a downloader for other malware variants like TrickBot, QakBot, and IcedID. Phishing attempts are the most common way to propagate emotet trojan, which employs an email with malicious links or Macro-embedded Microsoft Word files. It has mostly been used to attack the banking industry. Emotet can launch several malware payloads depending on the target system after deployment. Emotet is frequently used as a downloader for other malware and is a particularly common delivery method for banking Trojans such as Qakbot and TrickBot. Emotet can steal data such as saved user passwords on the browser by eavesdropping on network traffic. Its modules focus on credential theft, email theft, and spamming.

Impact

• Credential Theft
• Information Theft
• Financial Loss

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• 9f55d4c0c57290245b185ee2a66f8386
• 4bc76b39c9af960fe19ba9a3c4e34497
• 20d8713278395a255a04bc92ab2f6473
• 8a047d266fe379157dc30498c1637481

SHA-256

• 0716ad155cc7f7f85303b4dff943b1b211b6ca1e2bd838c53db8e85b76c9e1cf
• 24c6c92c7da31bf54b1659f3d5733b295db4728cd4b2607286d9fff31dd9594f
• ae98c7b46e828a0450daa8d7fe0603ac1832862269f7244714787f898958e7fb
• eeb4d94bfbd09d3400f11b5c972ea63ce5b1af891fb0bfa20430fe8d1574fec9

SHA-1

• 0ff7e0c20c1897101452fcc13597f277f92c4f1b
• 6fde28153bfd11777ed74b337179f505e534c1c1
• 7c0b5f078db4cdc0b6215b6dbe2fe26d2dd8d933
• 17a1a57aa19bc0b250dab4184facffcbe42ae89e

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.