Asacub

MITRE ATT&CK: S0540 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Smaps, Asacub

First seen
2015-06-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
android
Related IoCs
11 (9 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-10-17 20:35:19
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:04:03

Targeted industries: financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:ru

Context

Asacub is a banking trojan that attempts to steal money from victims’ bank accounts. It attempts to do this by initiating a wire transfer via SMS message from compromised devices.

Recent IoC activity

9 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to Asacub (S0540). The 9 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
hostname obmenvsemfiles.net 2026-10-17 4
file sample 7c1bffe1f9da61636463a916de13fd0fb50133414be22ebee3f92289a9923a4b 2026-10-13 1
file sample 39840ba4c5876545a034067165c6285da699a59fc3105092bd325f1cab73b65d 2026-10-13 1
file sample fb7dbb736ba10594d2ab2be3eaf7ff9d91c2d9ef47e9c3e9d3825481a900c2bb 2026-10-11 1
file sample ff03351d239782db67fec3be37cffcd86296aad1a0c82bd0eee832a8c3d034b2 2026-10-11 1
file sample f65e1588bb90e7f2ae5a5f1a5603a24317a25be725a3b63a2a92be75d94c1343 2026-10-11 1
file sample asacub.apk 2026-06-15 2
URL http://obmenvsemfiles.net/get/5322559/ 2025-11-13 1
URL https://obmenvsemfiles.net/get/5304671/ 2025-11-13 1

Malware & tools used

  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Internet Connection Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Contact List (attack-pattern)
  • SMS Control (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
  • SMS Messages (attack-pattern)
  • Device Administrator Permissions (attack-pattern)

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 96280 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Apk.Asacub (report)
  • Kaspersky — 87591 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0540 (report)

External references