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2025-01-10...er.exe

windows7-x64

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2025-01-10...er.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240708-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    10-01-2025 13:37

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General

  • Target

    2025-01-10_8a61458e6ac4304f8e1eb9af490f5eaf_cerber.exe

  • Size

    660KB

  • MD5

    8a61458e6ac4304f8e1eb9af490f5eaf

  • SHA1

    32c87c24746d0ee330f7d25b55b96c808d25f5b4

  • SHA256

    12bace7eccbe03cf3a70d9d5579b2cdde4161f3e15aaee58ec3f39acd708f697

  • SHA512

    4c382442207aa7ce4a6045afcade58ee508563fe147f09a2d5c7443d6be4ccea67e2c05cbca59a7a135922b0ed5a272988eaec68634ab142188f290bfe4c9565

  • SSDEEP

    12288:keySOCn73uSYcAEDCNBcXkME8ICoeMhqO1:eSOC7uSnAEDJXnE7K691

Score
10/10
cerberdiscoveryevasionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_BIUIV_.txt

Ransom Note
CERBER RANSOMWARE --- YOUR D0CUMENTS, 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/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC 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.1eagrj.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/B82C-3D03-1201-05C4-05AC

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
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
    ransomware
  • 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 UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_8a61458e6ac4304f8e1eb9af490f5eaf_cerber.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_8a61458e6ac4304f8e1eb9af490f5eaf_cerber.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 UnmapMainImage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2704
    • 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:2784
    • 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:2688
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_RF86_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1588
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_BIUIV_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:2360
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2768
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-01-10_8a61458e6ac4304f8e1eb9af490f5eaf_cerber.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:800
      • 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:2248
  • 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:1848
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1092

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_THIS_FILE_9OJH5QJ_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    e21921af389a9eb58f8b10d5b3a39d7d

    SHA1

    196d063ca75b1e3f7cf9fb414f4b09c176ee3abe

    SHA256

    648803481c53d1f3ac5c27d306249d14d5f9462eb48bd85eb039594853a843bc

    SHA512

    fe139eddd22349c3126e9d66f72494a888c40d273348bcf8ab2383f38b1d654a8ede704f2cd63bfec4cc1193a077d49f79ba1c92aea64e479284cf40b8a6ce32

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_BIUIV_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    2c34649c0642f2f5a61d4ffd40ce49f9

    SHA1

    44284536f3984ed21592d5ff8f0d93ad86154c39

    SHA256

    ae1fd88cabc945c93d285e3dfd70a4cd41be15bfa79d20b01ac3b226ec5896d5

    SHA512

    a5e242fc5d4e7995fc73059b5995258d6d510310955ed6582cd2d15655897c00cd87ae2187d9570e56f1eccbd1349c272d7ade45a6d84ba36dacc3edf6198f9c

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_RF86_.hta
    Filesize

    74KB

    MD5

    28f70f1e09161ed774940eb3c4a604e1

    SHA1

    2baa3e2cda3e269c1060d30dcc90a1732078e0a3

    SHA256

    d8f3d54a441e08ff91135cce21977803fa62590ae88019ade5e22917aa7edaeb

    SHA512

    019c235bc229103f2acc6b2db9170cc448fd378307d96bb60abc697b0687af293c68fb1968b15973527ce7a84c5d30c5ced1136d207884068b10a8ecd9007ec9

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  • memory/1848-113-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2704-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2704-0-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000157000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    220KB

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  • memory/2704-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2704-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2704-92-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2704-108-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2704-112-0x0000000004330000-0x0000000004332000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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