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
- 5a82c4f2f5acaae3b8144b4447c3b551
- e4c76191e0e4fd0dc0b3c01717f9122d
- 277b12df3a18a40513cbe09b6a187a87
- 8de6f0db50a0731d34a8943dd739e0dc
- c27ce088bd1a8861df0efbcaa134cc7c
- 383bf939b3a5877c8e2924325423759b
- 19edde3a9480f7f7449a07c8c903fb74
- 3e91b8bd8d2ffbca802245754d4f2c83
SHA-256
- 1e441f5c26faa7213ba14c992d53648a3a72aa111fa1c3aa687232652a841fc2
- b69d87ef9586fec6c52b8644560f7f5125ad7edd694af3f063b9df255a1bec17
- 0e90ec8207794598c90991e8009fe1d7bfecf0d465357ea17867fe02741d1820
- a6276be3b2976a066cad14cacfd1264e75e7b1f99e0a588f4415efb55b80d6b0
- 27b5bc9c426c958e414aa27bd508632971d4f505c3266478b5b2fc7a904154d4
- 581b6cbe68939f4af713c7a13c434760500b73d6dad54cf2c3894144196808be
- eb88d77be88802ac9c3a4d35077abf66e3402e14c3cc2be88d427ccd838ba145
- 5d26653880cfed6b9159b98470fcdcb2061d99c7ae59ef3f1dd18b4c3cc233b2
SHA-1
- 388470142ad2b5aafcf173ac4b59702596da054a
- 4ea8757c5cd5a3f01e2d98252106116ff23abb49
- 552c04c14eef91b0db15370f52fdf9f4d0a41e27
- ceae5dc08531548f74fa3a46b9a66a4ddb3422bd
- 016eac0136bc6099a993d7664fcc8352b6c83315
- 6bf7218f83c4600770b083b433aa338878f24130
- 1da1214828b8244fbc3e348b414d4882ae1e4eaf
- b7d9f0f0cb124a3af0603f14d0426390fd67c7d2
Remediation
- Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
- Search for IOCs in your environment.