Analysis

  • max time kernel
    84s
  • max time network
    84s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    11-01-2025 08:21

General

  • Target

    363e1cdb01d44402d2b6bf25453450b034d226db8987c303e1977d57dfe85056.exe

  • Size

    254KB

  • MD5

    b423bbba22571c18697d04ff54f749f1

  • SHA1

    719c64f4d8403fe712f81d041c101ceefbb8402b

  • SHA256

    363e1cdb01d44402d2b6bf25453450b034d226db8987c303e1977d57dfe85056

  • SHA512

    869826fe7b96c01bf920dd802a7fa0095ddfe70f5c62e06fc307c5685d768eb962837ccc9f1ebc472cda2a96724e24ca23eee3906b361d92eb53ffd1444776f4

  • SSDEEP

    6144:CPOKkm12ZI49J4bBm1pWCkOTyaNTUohr/z+flgRjG9Mt:5K312C42BaTkeN40jKKt

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_UPAMMRR_.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://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB 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://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.tor2web.org/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB 2. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB 3. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB 4. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB 5. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.tor2web.org/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/DC10-6AED-BCD6-0006-4AAB

Signatures

  • Cerber

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

  • Cerber family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
  • Contacts a large (1098) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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
  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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\363e1cdb01d44402d2b6bf25453450b034d226db8987c303e1977d57dfe85056.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\363e1cdb01d44402d2b6bf25453450b034d226db8987c303e1977d57dfe85056.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:1200
    • 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:2288
    • 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:2764
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_O29XF_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2784
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_UPAMMRR_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1868
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "363e1cdb01d44402d2b6bf25453450b034d226db8987c303e1977d57dfe85056.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1148
      • 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:3060
  • 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:1668
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2772

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabB2A.tmp

    Filesize

    70KB

    MD5

    49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

    SHA1

    1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

    SHA256

    b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

    SHA512

    bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarB3C.tmp

    Filesize

    181KB

    MD5

    4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

    SHA1

    a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

    SHA256

    8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

    SHA512

    6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_O29XF_.hta

    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    7be900b97613732752a0836d626602fb

    SHA1

    4a8724919962808fbb08d875c2de5c0b4fab8147

    SHA256

    b198bd02f118ad1f6263fd1f7434bc0e0c8a9d6a65dd64c48d2b71ce076cef91

    SHA512

    8f9384ebd575db51adee2bdf5bbdc8b115e42a62d550f00374c0aedea6e774a599df339f5bbb2c2f5819f3f768600d43a15bbfa30e328af8ed4fa0bfe71917c2

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_UPAMMRR_.txt

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    3631b0e45e756c9a2e5e181a0c0a33e5

    SHA1

    77cd78dae1a4559b018329b126e09d6a0c10ab50

    SHA256

    c3f84da42108a1aa31bbb3b0780519fab5f48ed241b2bc247586042438f2bdd3

    SHA512

    477cd9760bbbd669bbb166e96701d81e285c03824f173bffac64f7d5ec094feb30adabbcff7a5c25ebe2c73b0dda13759000f88ae1a0f2891dc3069da51a5bce

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_YGA6TR_.jpeg

    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    9183d3f6d729a8d6f391b10d0113c796

    SHA1

    df15787b4324d7ccb9a2646478e7ea664b0d5f91

    SHA256

    3dee8e6314e05f2cfe70206419add21653d74976ee531fee3c5783976a34d8bc

    SHA512

    647848bcdda029e34bfcbd8f90d1f09335545c4205ac31ab68bafca99e86503d2104c0c926b3be80fd5f1a3e2b1f31618ceea42f9ad0aeb39ab486184098d7f3

  • memory/1200-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

  • memory/1200-69-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1200-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

  • memory/1200-76-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B32000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1200-0-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1200-98-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

  • memory/1200-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

  • memory/1200-1-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1668-77-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000162000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB