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 into 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 emails. 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 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

• f4d1470af3a7d82560b38558b132d468
• 831d56cb94ef057926f4cedc6935956b

SHA-256

• 6fa0dd6002d4b4e7ebabefc7f4f90f36fc53069e0cf4e845f683fb087d476e90
• 0ecfc56e44a233d2a6c5e47d86b9e09769e240b44faea46f0d03ce57e9e5fdd7

SHA-1

• 0c45cf4e32116eae8d73b52c140f5d91a19ee8ea
• 1c8da93b890631063c36b9b8b68c0a1638c4e49a

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
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