Rewterz Threat Alert – Fresh Emotet IoCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Emotet has recently found in increased cyber activities after a short period of dormancy. Fresher IoCs are being retrieved everyday. Emotet is a banking trojan turned to a malware loader that drops other payloads after initial infection, often Qbot. Emotet Malware is constantly being detected in the wild, targeting organizations from multiple sectors and countries, primarily spread through spam emails (malspam). The infection may arrive either via malicious script, macro-enabled document files, or malicious link. Emotet emails may contain familiar branding designed to look like a legitimate email. Emotet operators usually try to get users to click the malicious files by using lures like “YourInvoice,” “Payment Details,” or possibly an upcoming shipment from well-known parcel companies. Emotet has gone through a few iterations. Early versions arrived as a malicious JavaScript file. Later versions evolved to use macro-enabled documents to retrieve the virus payload from command and control (C&C) servers run by the attackers. Lately, Emotet infections have been used to distribute other malware like Qakbot. So these can be multi-stage attacks that bundle other malware with emotet.

Impact

• Credential Theft
• Information Theft
• Financial Loss

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• f5a730468ed8daa28578acee71b0c685
• f2e53067a34e38ad2dd24f9d3b308326
• 66009e80847d04f67ddb1eb0cda0ce35
• 1feaadfd9cb65a2f9f39dba2aae508fe
• a29cd4c21017efc5487f9d1f90a60bed
• 0cf9a1c5c7282acf17c60a8d823a7921
• 9ca5d12a4ba8b98881670af77da9db2e
• d725786fd717b03741473f4c7cdd7041

SHA-256

• cd47947804cd66ca26d9c8df758faddba8ac6575fe2863e810a15237ff114fca
• 8c49b2f291f88331c53493459f4a2c3f5d83c384366eab6fc92d4853b0d91102
• d0f3f7ff91592d588b5a5409142c52e9df303622e19ef9d95156e9a99da6684f
• f14043530d1da9ab12ecb95532ce13964852ac52328e4c754c71117f1206adf1
• 827102ec1f787e529f384e4daa25348f5c5fd2643d68141756744c1637794830
• b2dab8fab758e4669061b7dec41605bb07d75e7d1268e5c48bf26c866f920d18
• b34953cd8e1e329f1bb6cbfafe7c962281911a179c5dd54e94e058b0bfaf30eb
• adb4320936098b1adbfcbf7c081d3b6a143d521ea3cc6eb2b5728d12097c0b95

SHA1

• 0eab749475654892ef5efeccd8fb021d28dd6150
• 87bc0e78e620ff1e3a7d0bd470b77cb0760bcf04
• 913281750653bcaf0689ce214cbb834b21a28194
• b356b87b98b528b76163bfbf026ef43583e68c65
• 6a60f1c4651d635a9d4a80edd82d12c0f4108391
• ceb5488565fe92f124f3891fb98b7adcf9a2a185
• 9468748b741160c5af943b57077e038ff59296d0
• d634cef3b51a7895ff9d4a249c140bfcb26afe38

Remediation

• Block the threat indicators at their respective controls.
• Do not download files attached in untrusted emails.
• Do not download untrusted files from random sources on the internet.
• Only download software from legitimate and official sources.