Overview

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2025-02-15...ra.exe

windows7-x64

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2025-02-15...ra.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    15-02-2025 20:32

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General

  • Target

    2025-02-15_6673f0e55c55ef932148f57ac101bb82_spora.exe

  • Size

    250KB

  • MD5

    6673f0e55c55ef932148f57ac101bb82

  • SHA1

    32f195fc1cbe826c9a84e0e8ce9bcb07551e4613

  • SHA256

    af8f690a6581922e6ab012408d3a124227989099168be9e2f093b07f1c0104ff

  • SHA512

    2dfd8beae155cb36eff15b59a8bf6a450b9c9dfe617ff3a7a416c34d5622728bf79cdc37794f0893fdbcc93a7ccf169f1f4fd9535ec03bc3cccabe046c59aaf0

  • SSDEEP

    6144:7z8qLBjoa+n8XyI2LPboxczPJSL0pvsdvOnxrZ5ZvdUGB8ZoBAZ1:7z8qm3xI+bo6jAndvOxrDNa0781

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_BIOH_.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/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 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.1fy93v.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1fy93v.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/F1EF-67BE-FE1A-05C4-0C78

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
    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
  • 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\2025-02-15_6673f0e55c55ef932148f57ac101bb82_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-15_6673f0e55c55ef932148f57ac101bb82_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:2736
    • 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:2028
    • 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:2884
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_PKLM_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2908
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_BIOH_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3020
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-02-15_6673f0e55c55ef932148f57ac101bb82_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1744
      • 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:1908
  • 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:988
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1384

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_BIOH_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    18f1e4c7445c5c019ac48bfea757ac13

    SHA1

    739afbe8b1edfe5a7258fd92d7c043b7d8ee25f5

    SHA256

    aceee7c3eaaef31d05f8094c8110fe3486c2a83bffeb9d875c23c0eeabb1394e

    SHA512

    0d42c7f834f30acda6b10428f399b8e3ca4b60aef2446bd770933ca8fa74e401e4160b88a229aef2ae39e17d4ce2c9cd80d20def60212e84b272565697d425cc

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

    75KB

    MD5

    0a3da6a46d9ae251d3e88bc9cbeb9d9f

    SHA1

    bd0d5ffaa23e9a93b2920e2c9b187b7c6a37b368

    SHA256

    ad7980e517d2748bdcdca0a0698cd0517d86a5c41464d1667af3dd244f0f1b31

    SHA512

    d677f27ff4f5598d51b9e99da2b8b209b66365ef91f7085d83e799b99ecca3b37b15290564f48a574cf2da01a0daf066ece9619450ef8f2b715c719357e91ac0

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_ZRFIX_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    5657f81669321dad20b68197b5f45504

    SHA1

    5955801ac5e4315c834d2b6e178311f954f9795e

    SHA256

    3ed1d701e0e91d689268e4df56a11f3590d6f7990136371914d8bcb1a25a3165

    SHA512

    95eb6a9816ad340867bf2130d0d1c537ac32a2a42a08de942d9ff94e2200f940fd59c56270b08a91bf26dc1581b5a5762708365135c01978e509dfe8efc07481

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  • memory/988-71-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2736-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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  • memory/2736-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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  • memory/2736-6-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2736-63-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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  • memory/2736-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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  • memory/2736-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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  • memory/2736-2-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2736-70-0x00000000038D0000-0x00000000038D2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2736-1-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2736-94-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

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