Overview

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2025-02-06...ra.exe

windows7-x64

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2025-02-06...ra.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    124s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    06-02-2025 18:58

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General

  • Target

    2025-02-06_85af7f0008af0824466777e983aaab66_spora.exe

  • Size

    254KB

  • MD5

    85af7f0008af0824466777e983aaab66

  • SHA1

    553a19e427798f096e89b673b4d6271ce21a2958

  • SHA256

    c66186b924a5080e72e7650de1ad799da660866f41a10141ae85805ff03ecf1b

  • SHA512

    942eadc3599d68d8aa9a4432a0d9c2bd1cc209aa5ba8047ccbb9159a935da2710c79bf553a2428270f479f35f3a03c9a55f002f40054b40b7caaca6f24d3380b

  • SSDEEP

    6144:/ZZ3w5sIMsZwtI9K72UIETOhiJq2EKKbOEWVZ9UuCUrbJ+RXo:Y5sIM/Xm0g2Erju9UgrbMe

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

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

Ransom Note
CERBER RANS0MWARE --- 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/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 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.1hpvzl.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 2. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1pglcs.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 3. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1cewld.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 4. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1js3tl.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 5. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1ajohk.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1hpvzl.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1pglcs.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1cewld.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1js3tl.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.1ajohk.top/A911-4FE3-212C-0051-B779

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 5 IoCs
  • Contacts a large (1098) 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
    defense_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
    defense_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 WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-06_85af7f0008af0824466777e983aaab66_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-06_85af7f0008af0824466777e983aaab66_spora.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:2388
    • 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:1788
    • 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:3012
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_XKRT38M9_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2420
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_OTSQ_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:2424
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-02-06_85af7f0008af0824466777e983aaab66_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1852
      • 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:1984
  • 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:2580
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2492

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\AppData\Local\Temp\CabDC1E.tmp
    Filesize

    70KB

    MD5

    49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

    SHA1

    1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

    SHA256

    b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

    SHA512

    bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

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  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarDC40.tmp
    Filesize

    181KB

    MD5

    4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

    SHA1

    a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

    SHA256

    8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

    SHA512

    6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_D17X858_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    44d60cb2dc443299808c8e6e39ed005d

    SHA1

    9b4c4ae870884360a9f3d970d41fcf264eb184df

    SHA256

    a0707dc6c12ef1d58321c8ed9440f63bc99bbdf02670d01e4314970df942d1f6

    SHA512

    af7ccc1b5c0b769a30fca488674f873e2ed0a451aecb59487be364a9f81edc197e30e26e4a9a564ffb4b230f743bad3a9c1fb8da170030d205c764cc03a14d02

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

    1KB

    MD5

    b08bbc2cdafba422a9dd19370cbafc45

    SHA1

    004ced883a66ca77329293f470e972e5f4b78052

    SHA256

    b5d7958e00e83636e1e03bba4a97fa1561f373f4836378b8b570925c32f64874

    SHA512

    f356c789136f078f2f2a8058ef67aace12203921a367cb14f9842357bcdd0734c7b6cbbc18adc19e4dc0f21da6705bc3d7d6fa5675837f15dc608f4492a309cb

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_XKRT38M9_.hta
    Filesize

    74KB

    MD5

    d319a54129d9006f327994bd0120ace7

    SHA1

    ef196e18079408a919fb6c7bb667bc761664644b

    SHA256

    0fe74c3f4d83be4437112bd6a5bb8f787c9310bc9154b79dc06163ef4329d5b8

    SHA512

    d3c22ab3355f7e741839e305fe4d2a29341eed79791b7db7590e08d65a9b099919c8012336a56bbe2c00184c289a7b97a693b0e065b44d1c69773059efc734b2

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  • memory/2388-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2388-118-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2388-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2388-122-0x0000000004760000-0x0000000004762000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2388-0-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2388-144-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2388-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/2388-1-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2580-123-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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