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

MD5

• 57595f82e73bed372c669e907d4db642
• f5e7d2c7e4568efb55d999bfd3e5e0ac
• 3a3bfc5e4f8573b0ef10ac5693d76d78
• a7f7aef892b99248f072d55802e657a5
• 464618b1bb56d13bd7d4c703ec9d3c1f

SHA-256

• 14b57211308ac8ad2a63c965783d9ba1c2d1930d0cafd884374d143a481f9bf3
• 089abcc8f91b6bdf7cfe98e38168209957d97115a597fe14f44545c7636d8052
• 26039c8a0b54cb479fe40cdf8bec3f3f6861b440522a13ce8f82605dd56897d1
• 24768fac4f4863bf5c7c38b93fbbb768c9e33623b6433994bb2307629511d7fc
• fca9ff05af162339f60a4ecf09b677869a4e7a53aafac856444a9673b98f9dbf

SHA-1

• 78f18ab091be74f0cf4002d5f452d1856ae33790
• 587f8e5baf0b345957b5f45cd6d8f8b17238f46d
• e01d2d9feb13003c430fbd5899324fea86e6ad94
• 9df1a59219776c36058b3841cfeee174c36f9c91
• 11c90abb05e543f1f217f2cfe4da60b2dfb83436

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment