Extracted

• • Target

    https://github.com/Endermanch/MalwareDatabase/tree/master/trojans

  Score

  10^/10

  cerberdiscoveryevasionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomwaretrojan

  • Cerber

    Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.

    ransomwarecerber

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence

    persistence

  • UAC bypass

    evasiontrojan

  • Contacts a large (1109) amount of remote hosts

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

    discovery

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    evasion

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Modifies system executable filetype association

    persistence

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Checks installed software on the system

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery

  • Enumerates connected drives

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Checks system information in the registry

    System information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry

    ransomware

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

  behavioral1