Analysis
-
max time kernel
127s -
max time network
133s -
platform
windows7_x64 -
resource
win7-20240903-en -
resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
20-12-2024 10:54
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
-
Target
2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe
-
Size
351KB
-
MD5
fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e
-
SHA1
02753fbf7af6f695cb48cb49d94479a7fe2077a6
-
SHA256
059266e6c33368fba9c4725220d92fd0599cf7c9e412611c87e3e4234bfeb40a
-
SHA512
4c419bd95b06a2de83579773989657ad1d2e843eae7f2b99e63dffd51918b860950b5d0991ff3e2966283366abbc51d421d64990bca41a8b33a98b1d3e048927
-
SSDEEP
6144:p8LgSffeUGspMOystWrPDdntFlY/nfskKoJdW7VVTcCgzF6:pefflGspMOyst4PJtjUnfsk9JdhCgz4
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_HELP_DECRYPT_A0QF0_.hta
http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/0B8B-027C-47E9-05C5-7F27
http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/0B8B-027C-47E9-05C5-7F27
https://www.baidu.com
Signatures
-
Cerber
Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.
-
Cerber family
-
Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
flow pid Process 1157 2984 mshta.exe 1160 2984 mshta.exe 1162 2984 mshta.exe 1164 2984 mshta.exe 1166 2984 mshta.exe -
Contacts a large (585) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
-
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2192 cmd.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe -
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1846800975-3917212583-2893086201-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp145B.bmp" 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2080 set thread context of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
-
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DllHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DllHost.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 2516 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 1492 taskkill.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1846800975-3917212583-2893086201-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main mshta.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2516 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs
pid Process 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1492 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 2720 DllHost.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2720 DllHost.exe 2720 DllHost.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2080 wrote to memory of 2392 2080 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 31 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2984 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 33 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2984 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 33 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2984 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 33 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2984 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 33 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2192 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 38 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2192 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 38 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2192 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 38 PID 2392 wrote to memory of 2192 2392 2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe 38 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1492 2192 cmd.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1492 2192 cmd.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1492 2192 cmd.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2516 2192 cmd.exe 41 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2516 2192 cmd.exe 41 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2516 2192 cmd.exe 41
Processes
-
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2080 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe"2⤵
- Drops startup file
- Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2392 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_HELP_DECRYPT_A0QF0_.hta"3⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
PID:2984
-
-
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"3⤵
- Deletes itself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2192 -
C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2024-12-20_fafad4c198b4e3d9e9891831ac7ad02e_karagany_mafia.exe"4⤵
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1492
-
-
C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXEping -n 1 127.0.0.14⤵
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2516
-
-
-
-
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2720
-
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1360
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Replay Monitor
Loading Replay Monitor...
Downloads
-
Filesize
70KB
MD549aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5
SHA11723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976
SHA256b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f
SHA512bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b
-
Filesize
181KB
MD54ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1
SHA1a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7
SHA2568efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8
SHA5126c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b
-
Filesize
66KB
MD5c51f1541ac41061a1209ad31d58abfcf
SHA1d43e0a4b3a3f280ee9fbc92a8eac06058ae91b65
SHA256a3d0b89e407ddeda69f26a5532f703da6f20aab60ec1905f1a2ecff692dce8d3
SHA5121d093cc4db2fdb7b4585de82884a78db332d96514c491f5156779642670edab59552698386bd96c50d18e29012267a779459e762e5cef3cce570d27b466ad326
-
Filesize
150KB
MD5023bba6865841a86599c4df8a0f3556e
SHA18139fcdd42d296bb040c4fbe736563ad5f24c84c
SHA256735da9565917407fc33c4e0aee8bc2262b1986dd6e2c7fdf9921b292d1680259
SHA512067cf4fafa3d898fad2c30226cd86eccd7049b7b9e9fe7a43cb9373b737061bd70a20d043ecce1c4d2fbc8c24709dccb370c380e487d5568358dd054c4c80f99