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

Filename

• emotet_epoch4[.]dll

IP

• 160[.]16[.]142[.]56
• 167[.]172[.]253[.]162
• 176[.]56[.]128[.]118

MD5

• 571e544d30b862b4a10ecc8c00c1d3c1

SHA-256

• 6863e93363a463993c2ad9b81c99e32c9d855e8fbed0c97fbd1ca062f941bf86

SHA-1

• bbe0b1355f10824bf0715d133f7807484760fdc9

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
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