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
17-01-2025 19:16
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe
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Size
657KB
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MD5
d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a
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SHA1
5b70796b80827208db86dc09eb5394c4aa64e9bc
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SHA256
aa249168bec90ed80c2633a89804c81b0e807cb9cd435630a11ee2908a78c062
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SHA512
cfdc7bc1b113056ce3a5304682be33bc1d0f084faa6cd2b13b7dc04a73ef3c6bf97492f473e2c3a94e64e8bbc4d83b81cdfb62bf31c8d92efc527bba26e88632
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SSDEEP
6144:uqKZl30feXONU/8uu4UqVta/CnXOxHQSwKihBFtHmZ3+kGEQNbrYKdX3XkeP3:FKYWnD1UqvFMHQviZ3kL/X3U6
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_READ_THI$_FILE_B1RQB39_.hta
cerber
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THI$_FILE_7Z7KHDH_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.12zucf.top/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1cnkik.top/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1ntyds.top/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1c7osg.top/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.15bjqq.top/3E15-7D04-5BF9-05C3-CC64
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 (1099) 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 3312 netsh.exe 4828 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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\documents 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\documents 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_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 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 Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \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 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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4588 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 3164 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4588 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3164 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 82 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 82 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 82 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4828 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 84 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4828 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 84 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4828 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 84 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4312 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3484 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 95 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3484 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 95 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3484 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 95 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 324 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 98 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 324 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 98 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 324 3292 2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe 98 PID 324 wrote to memory of 3164 324 cmd.exe 100 PID 324 wrote to memory of 3164 324 cmd.exe 100 PID 324 wrote to memory of 3164 324 cmd.exe 100 PID 324 wrote to memory of 4588 324 cmd.exe 101 PID 324 wrote to memory of 4588 324 cmd.exe 101 PID 324 wrote to memory of 4588 324 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- 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
PID:3292 -
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:3312
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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:4828
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_3L1Q_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4312
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_G4XN81L2_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3484
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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:324 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-01-17_d6a19dae35457493ce54ffb82877417a_cerber.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3164
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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:4588
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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
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD509b973001a5ad376559fae8a64c25d44
SHA133db643db396384e2ffa35be18ad635a6e60bcda
SHA256ef09a1aaf363b74f20e5d8f3ba42c25a1c1bf28c9f33ee6b701af74fee53e856
SHA512af99fda0a71f5f4cda338441c6e13126ed8fc8b6a625ffdccfde7f4695818344c3c749a3159017ace536903d8ae00a48fa34eb09e0ad4e86f574e4bb9b58c6dd
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Filesize
75KB
MD5adc802ec6c4c153adc2001681d6e2e18
SHA17f03cec3b7876746b96f1d28379bc5eb654448e2
SHA25689489259d33a54582c4ab446ee939f1b991a2f45647d36a16dd82d1bcd35b503
SHA512cc87327a8bc40f3389f5e346130ef83838323c13cc07b9eee11177fe4490f0989826722bd8b48115982fdc251f3af3bb29924d21d1590d0ea9c180b6f42c91a9