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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
    119s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    10-01-2025 13:37

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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_RAXLQG4Q_.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/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB 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/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/D357-5DC2-314D-0502-0CFB

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 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 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:2228
    • 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:2676
    • 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:2620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_IACCZRD_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_RAXLQG4Q_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2720
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2584
      • 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:2188
      • 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:2912
  • 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:1532
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2124

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_F95OJ_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    cd1e6a5b2d067e95ea79752a2982215a

    SHA1

    323b36fded912d769f35d94c07a485cddab1fe0d

    SHA256

    28920ac3126e3664cb0d11fe0a2a38bae7f421b121381d64a0e571e040d9f72d

    SHA512

    f13eb27d890cf5b36b403b70ac2fbc077a2b1a81cee4e06768d9c955be1a7925a5dfc8f1f56bf69ad1fd4f9ef727cd938fdcfa6d021f779f91189e0e61110abc

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

    75KB

    MD5

    83bdea7118e89ef7e5be32bd885f86b8

    SHA1

    496d57fa8825aa54dfa3d16f67604eaea10981b2

    SHA256

    deaa00451f131653e8db3e046b728393987d50e235def46f5f041f43f9cd6eea

    SHA512

    1edbd103c700f2d86dde8c485f8efd9572035911e057914184e4cebcca9bba625bce7bc91c65dd4eacec0b6e8548622df0e774d17fe8038b1a616f6bf1b04152

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_RAXLQG4Q_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    22701faf6c495e7d562aa060fa9ac996

    SHA1

    31425d6e1377481029ff9b801f51e2f9f152365f

    SHA256

    89efd9301b1150c17c65bbbc53a0dfc5cde642af660238551fbebe34bb7ac159

    SHA512

    0d3852c66ca93c88b7a00b72821dfe68b491330c260a94b553345da23edda20bdb5992c1dccdad66c0aa5afdfa52a65d38df6b0ca089d550551f9b4062216a60

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  • memory/1532-116-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000122000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2228-111-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2228-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2228-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2228-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2228-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2228-115-0x0000000003CB0000-0x0000000003CB2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2228-2-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2228-1-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2228-139-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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