Overview

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JaffaCakes...89.exe

windows7-x64

10

JaffaCakes...89.exe

windows10-2004-x64

10

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241023-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    10-01-2025 10:38

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General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89.exe

  • Size

    76KB

  • MD5

    e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89

  • SHA1

    50f28d1d8e0acc5ddcbc0d4a5f0d5e0d88ceebd8

  • SHA256

    64a95c8862fe88df0a77bff4ef03f6a2c2cf632cc3ffe84506c534d5874bb277

  • SHA512

    d0f5830d8a0afdfb5b7101e0f7dfb68135b295a4e7623836ae96cb173a7d43e8f767960c2878da202dbec3112303ca18c24667e7a967e7ca1bbc71c65e1beebb

  • SSDEEP

    1536:wPgGB2xAiABz7T43MSTdQluUV2CU+tqRnq9kDIuK:wWuv7QMuY1DtqRPDl

Score
10/10
phobosdefense_evasiondiscoveryevasionexecutionimpactpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Phobos

    Phobos ransomware appeared at the beginning of 2019.

    ransomwarephobos
  • Phobos family
    phobos
  • Deletes shadow copies 3 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

    ransomwaredefense_evasionimpactexecution
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    evasion
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

    discovery
  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

    ransomware
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

    ransomware

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2612
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e21bc6d01dad98fa8dfb297be8581b89.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2864
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2316
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off
          3⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:2936
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh firewall set opmode mode=disable
          3⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:1096
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2816
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
          vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
          3⤵
          • Interacts with shadow copies
          PID:2704
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2612 -s 452
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:236
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3028

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

    Reconnaissance

    Resource Development

    Initial Access

    Execution

    Windows Management Instrumentation

    1
    T1047

    Persistence

    Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

    1
    T1547

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1547.001

    Create or Modify System Process

    1
    T1543

    Windows Service

    1
    T1543.003

    Event Triggered Execution

    1
    T1546

    Netsh Helper DLL

    1
    T1546.007

    Privilege Escalation

    Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

    1
    T1547

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1547.001

    Create or Modify System Process

    1
    T1543

    Windows Service

    1
    T1543.003

    Event Triggered Execution

    1
    T1546

    Netsh Helper DLL

    1
    T1546.007

    Defense Evasion

    Direct Volume Access

    1
    T1006

    Impair Defenses

    1
    T1562

    Disable or Modify System Firewall

    1
    T1562.004

    Indicator Removal

    2
    T1070

    File Deletion

    2
    T1070.004

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Discovery

    System Location Discovery

    1
    T1614

    System Language Discovery

    1
    T1614.001

    Lateral Movement

    Collection

    Command and Control

    Exfiltration

    Impact

    Inhibit System Recovery

    2
    T1490

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