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2025-01-10...ra.exe

windows7-x64

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2025-01-10...ra.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    10-01-2025 11:27

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General

  • Target

    2025-01-10_b334a864ea118d01c79bcdc103e34520_spora.exe

  • Size

    254KB

  • MD5

    b334a864ea118d01c79bcdc103e34520

  • SHA1

    22c5aa7bd68c2b2f1a0e48563c6906aec506ab0b

  • SHA256

    10d2b986aa4412c4b6e3ffd91e55a66bf8a4f40d58bf9b91280ba47e41dff276

  • SHA512

    2d924a62490473961526092f6ecba169eec8e6879c53737fa79bec984630211cc9e8464e71a5e4aad7461f142119f048b02c85c8cbe49a3f71eae923048a8c5d

  • SSDEEP

    6144:CPOKkm12ZI49J4bBm1pWCkOTyaNTUohr/z+flgRjG9MN:5K312C42BaTkeN40jKKN

Score
10/10
cerberdiscoveryevasionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_PPYKHX9N_.txt

Ransom Note
CERBER RAN$OMWARE --- YOUR DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, DATABASES AND OTHER IMPORTANT FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED! --- The only way to decrypt your files is to receive the private key and decryption program. To receive the private key and decryption program go to any decrypted folder, inside there is the special file (*_READ_THIS_FILE_*) with complete instructions how to decrypt your files. If you cannot find any (*_READ_THIS_FILE_*) file at your PC, follow the instructions below: --- 1. Download "Tor Browser" from https://www.torproject.org/ and install it. 2. In the "Tor Browser" open your personal page here: http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 Note! This page is available via "Tor Browser" only. --- Also you can use temporary addresses on your personal page without using "Tor Browser". --- 1. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/4752-3DAB-EA71-0502-0301

Signatures

  • Cerber

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

    ransomwarecerber
  • Cerber family
    cerber
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Contacts a large (1090) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs

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

    discovery
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    evasion
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
    ransomware
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

    discovery
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
    evasion
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    adwarespyware
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_b334a864ea118d01c79bcdc103e34520_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_b334a864ea118d01c79bcdc103e34520_spora.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2600
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_DF29GC_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:940
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_PPYKHX9N_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2824
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-01-10_b334a864ea118d01c79bcdc103e34520_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping -n 1 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:2676
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\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:2220
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2620
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x50c
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:688

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

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

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

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

1
T1562.004

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Network Service Discovery

1
T1046

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

System Location Discovery

1
T1614

System Language Discovery

1
T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1
T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1
T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Defacement

1
T1491

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_DF29GC_.hta
    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    f88e3d7d635dba2b94715a2b1a69a92c

    SHA1

    2ec4ac591b8e13e4e843279b2900523f7dcd290b

    SHA256

    a1f0b414002aa702ef094ef50864c58a69fb8521f5c180247c52cd1b6b21b19d

    SHA512

    70e91323c171fda0996af42fdf44dd8311f0088297dd93d4a3c61d1243bc521e0805529144558353ae3f27cb80fd6b84ae01e3110caeb93d4ec974f151296d3f

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_PPYKHX9N_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    82896530cb23c1a80f53c47c45a5036b

    SHA1

    bbfb1bc1cae65379eea94183ac3913719b34bcbe

    SHA256

    3a15f331de4ceec7cab485dd3cb08f504c475f7f3aac91a1f2355e3fb68593c4

    SHA512

    f443fa62b6b2368ce362b1f74aab9735b2fc425775191513136b6c7b9199b2cd4ac2f29de5a0a42ccdc53afce4580276440de82b547bd762d0724c3c71e6d458

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_UMEVY_.jpeg
    Filesize

    151KB

    MD5

    53ef5cce8d0fe642b8a5d2aec711e812

    SHA1

    52b08b83d6bf02d9f23599e8e6178aeea8d64ed3

    SHA256

    8add1cfe04cb3170574df2223e7b586b4f9715ef6379c4145226069638971dcd

    SHA512

    627c5a079a65364e2ecd422cfab89d35072497222ccbab62fb61aae83e89c07382fadcf59928b5d9303a5062bfc6044365b032202c3cc971145cf0f79008f4f5

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  • memory/2220-133-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2600-0-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2600-1-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2600-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2600-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2600-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2600-126-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2600-132-0x00000000046F0000-0x00000000046F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2600-134-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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