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Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
13/01/2025, 19:56
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe
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Size
354KB
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MD5
9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6
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SHA1
f7c0768782ebf006c2f68fd99d4334a2b56d4076
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SHA256
c814fb07c509eac76a474a6715b1f490fd072f15fe8c67bfa508e5d91d3cec52
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SHA512
638e01375f057f1da0592bffa357fb44a02e870d8361909a89ac9897073cca1d6708105d8b040691a26a8f6e76b1e60caca6acc7d5c388605d9fcc36804db23f
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SSDEEP
6144:9ssRK9bhOaVcY8r1hbeyZ3L8ysbx4kkcD5P2ArIS0Koa+888888888888W88888O:c9b4DYghbeyZ3Ebx4kkgTrIjKoa+888J
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0117-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\_README_4ZXEF_.hta
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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Blocklisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
flow pid Process 1736 2384 mshta.exe 1738 2384 mshta.exe 1740 2384 mshta.exe -
Contacts a large (580) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
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Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 1800 cmd.exe -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpCE95.bmp" 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\PLANNERS.ONE 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\DESIGNER.ONE 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\_README_8SP4T_.hta 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\BUSINESS.ONE 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\BLANK.ONE 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\ONENOTE\14\Stationery\ACADEMIC.ONE 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DllHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3060 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 664 taskkill.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main mshta.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3060 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe Token: 33 2724 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2724 AUDIODG.EXE Token: 33 2724 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2724 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 664 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2384 mshta.exe 2384 mshta.exe -
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
pid Process 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2208 wrote to memory of 2384 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 33 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 2384 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 33 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 2384 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 33 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 2384 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 33 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1800 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 34 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1800 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 34 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1800 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 34 PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1800 2208 2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe 34 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 664 1800 cmd.exe 36 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 664 1800 cmd.exe 36 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 664 1800 cmd.exe 36 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 3060 1800 cmd.exe 38 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 3060 1800 cmd.exe 38 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 3060 1800 cmd.exe 38
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe"1⤵
- Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2208 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_README_OQIBVSW8_.hta"2⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2384
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1800 -
C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-01-13_9f043372f108201011080e83bd6ddcd6_cerber.exe"3⤵
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:664
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C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXEping -n 1 127.0.0.13⤵
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3060
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2652
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x50c1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2724
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
66KB
MD55fb0397a02c1e1fa2c7c3f385745f17f
SHA1fa3018e8993ad96cef98f11a59926e2af2a72717
SHA256bc0c76ca0053767cd31b0f758b92350fe9663a389f85e1b00cb23c6cf474e141
SHA512489802b3f41614bc43cd044d40325358c68890efc22d63f9c818930b9e8a18799fc95afc407c6e8dddea5dc55d90942a2272aeb8d77c97fb9dee10aa6fe6ce87