Severity
Medium
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
- 782b6ae6eb15e3c4a156963b36a89dd4
- 0d49d645bdd3b4754ab195300015e128
SHA-256
- 2e987aa3b08265228fac337f9322b4cfc9b7130c06eab12819b4977a051a9bd5
- 5ef6615218c88219036179cf658abd2a319abf590c9c053582338c0d56777114
SHA-1
- ae4ed3b34340cf6efcbdca1694b6bebe47bfbcb0
- 035700972140dc8f268db776b70de81f160e4871
URL
- http[:]//rayanew[.]ir/wp-content/6b7OVW/
Remediation
- Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
- Search for IOCs in your environment.