Extracted

• • Target

    https://github.com/Endermanch/MalwareDatabase

  Score

  10^/10

  cerberbootkitdiscoveryevasionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

  • Cerber

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

    ransomwarecerber

  • Contacts a large (1178) amount of remote hosts

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

    discovery

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    evasion

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Checks for any installed AV software in registry

  • 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

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Probable phishing domain

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry

    ransomware
  behavioral1