Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
10-01-2025 13:33
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe
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Size
650KB
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MD5
9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914
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SHA1
3915f2ebe90d1be473290059b0e59997d4c4febe
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SHA256
12609d71c004ad4b262287771b98a2eb98032e32672b8b39861329e44d2fa8ee
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SHA512
b759810a90c7038f6c3bee384a7e179cee0c116ec1151d6b5e30dbba465c1274a5c4a166de224d2c4abc5985d5ccc46ae783bc8a9a9c54c8341af6ba04688cfa
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SSDEEP
12288:geySOCn73uSYcAEDCNBcXhuEE8YLoeMhq5fjw:aSOC7uSnAEDJXzEt6kU
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THIS_FILE_4547XA_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1nm62r.top/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1efxa8.top/3A7E-2608-80EB-05C3-C9C3
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THIS_FILE_8LARQ_.hta
cerber
Signatures
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Cerber
Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.
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Cerber family
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Contacts a large (1100) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
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Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 2880 netsh.exe 864 netsh.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpCDFE.bmp" 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\documents 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\office 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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 PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NOTEPAD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3748 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 2860 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe -
Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
pid Process 404 NOTEPAD.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3748 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe Token: 33 1696 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1696 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2860 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2880 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 84 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2880 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 84 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2880 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 84 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 864 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 86 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 864 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 86 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 864 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 86 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2292 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 103 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2292 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 103 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 2292 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 103 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 404 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 104 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 404 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 104 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 404 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 104 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 3240 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 109 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 3240 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 109 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 3240 4276 2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe 109 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2860 3240 cmd.exe 111 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2860 3240 cmd.exe 111 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2860 3240 cmd.exe 111 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3748 3240 cmd.exe 113 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3748 3240 cmd.exe 113 PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3748 3240 cmd.exe 113
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- 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
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2880
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:864
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_2ZLXP8_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2292
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_0NZVA59_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
PID:404
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3240 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-01-10_9b370aa30024e5dd0b9e14c3774de914_cerber.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2860
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping -n 1 127.0.0.13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3748
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x4e8 0x5141⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1696
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD5af4f764a39c74270f7798249bd1d2e19
SHA19fc21957db6085f02949a0367b797f8f705a9c24
SHA25676a5d2773ca9a75c20211a4fb38e0b5e15ee87a382f28bf00540c33f64b04df3
SHA512900247f10dcf7ea71e3a409349c898e27cbf4c5b8a593ebc88d3fec3f7142b213f7138ed81be8df65620f07f4d205e1033707b40452a6308427fdc9d87d86d2f
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Filesize
74KB
MD5e062e4ce6484d77c9a2b92b698d0b93a
SHA12c0bc237ee90fe1b1f62adb9ca0585f551a05c5c
SHA25660db7350e7f3e8c02cff7b0bca3322af2ba6a0a29ae13a0678051fc3d7769c0e
SHA5121841f5b68ef4e4b2ca4606e6d409c200be83481f8b2372a95de026cbd1f99059cc1a066e2170d0a5b093df78fa20a81d32e1a189826bef3932247f9993ba7905
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Filesize
150KB
MD50f9844eb368e67c36a96711b866616f3
SHA10d8cf805b96f448020755eb27b3190aada5f9750
SHA256d123e73ab2e2a1609df466bbbf29dfc6efd4509ec3879d91b82284011f5429df
SHA5127f9f3991ea27b7658d36e2dc97602eec61f8b679f73daee93ca7077253f81050e046f88f95952429768cc14e8b47deafaf5df838695dc80fddc0b720b76cac9c