Overview

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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
    117s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    10-01-2025 13:32

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General

  • Target

    2025-01-10_906f30a25282e810a2b494270251327f_spora.exe

  • Size

    254KB

  • MD5

    906f30a25282e810a2b494270251327f

  • SHA1

    27c22c69983262fcd3b20089fa55da761fd7ea32

  • SHA256

    11720fe344f910e13845f6c3314551ecbeca3808ba4d750fb26d50bab93cbf15

  • SHA512

    4df06af95228db06e581009d57f5f054af43f65eea0de6e0875cdfe562d5d97f0f900627c5ea8bdd46e90dd3b08ab0916f09e2ccc1870ae4d275d22566168e47

  • SSDEEP

    3072:FOVS4tqx3yX/hABZwmuPtHxl4aamSq6l/RVd9WRF5Im8ZRsKnkNKDl5vCOcQWOwE:coxsKwfP+af36FLW1sZRBnkMpWJWhwQ7

Score
10/10
cerberdiscoveryevasionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_LX5Q_.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/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 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/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/8430-E73F-159C-0502-06C3

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 2 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_906f30a25282e810a2b494270251327f_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_906f30a25282e810a2b494270251327f_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:3020
    • 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:2516
    • 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:1732
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_TC3UNUT0_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_LX5Q_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3068
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2448
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-01-10_906f30a25282e810a2b494270251327f_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:892
      • 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:1696
  • 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:980
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2940

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_LX5Q_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    69bd89831f047d782df05b2344728507

    SHA1

    320ec71be6ba3e3845cc0ea7d272cad49b4f90e8

    SHA256

    e7e8200d35c855c54c1e68046b03229ede423dc19a17dc07d841b53002923557

    SHA512

    47fc9f62dadb0d706e2e129f58a833fea499a01e37cf325a2d2e1158454e33a018f9b8486688c88327cd71a888b7d1fe6ac3a45ea40b7a4bbf287caa534726ec

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_SL06DFNO_.jpeg
    Filesize

    151KB

    MD5

    ea6badc60098de37036b5be2f94d1073

    SHA1

    526673a305b8a92e5d575c34f96543956f63324f

    SHA256

    9e00dfa73870a899d527c211e39cdd1bb6f7363c2f8c3ea7ac9871e590ca1345

    SHA512

    30c758597d013d0450b0385d15e11727c3b7b644a3c3ef786ec9b41ab034ebf608f5917d9cac98a2105e8a0d60cb3eb805f6a8a9d2cb28a220c252a3561b2557

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_TC3UNUT0_.hta
    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    2892b396f26af5e0107b1ec09a933eeb

    SHA1

    e8f48b010cdf9d617967efd966161a80351f4b63

    SHA256

    2a8555075c2a8533ae7f32334863710be2ca2d4bcfaffc1946a3fcea1450fc16

    SHA512

    62faf12e7f781922434e0197b0667ed56056a8fcbad6b42339e195020a6c9fc2eb5938febe99a3a6aa555cc300f317ba5de09b29e556f8a42cdb1e88bb95b999

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  • memory/980-48-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001A2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/3020-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/3020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/3020-40-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/3020-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/3020-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/3020-2-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/3020-47-0x0000000003340000-0x0000000003342000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/3020-1-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/3020-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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