Analysis

  • max time kernel
    53s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    15-02-2025 20:43

General

  • Target

    2025-02-15_3df0e4476f73b9dbc1895c6cc4d9da6c_spora.exe

  • Size

    250KB

  • MD5

    3df0e4476f73b9dbc1895c6cc4d9da6c

  • SHA1

    0493ae345ac0cfbe6052d359499fd6516a2ceba9

  • SHA256

    db8e2fe2c8a183273d80635299c27fb76bf00603dbe280d1605790817c2d139c

  • SHA512

    949f6b726c777e9d5bcd9d141af452e51ec56495d7541af098802fda31b3a92d9ea05158179ff1b087a96fbd211c99a400ba1d0ebfc63f0efdf24dd785eefa31

  • SSDEEP

    6144:7z8qLBjoa+n8XyI2LPboxczPJSL0pvsdvOnxrZ5ZvdUGB8ZoBA1:7z8qm3xI+bo6jAndvOxrDNa07I

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_CQ43_.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/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 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.13kn4l.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/FD58-51AC-0D50-05C3-CA32

Signatures

  • Cerber

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

  • Cerber family
  • 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.

  • 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\2025-02-15_3df0e4476f73b9dbc1895c6cc4d9da6c_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-15_3df0e4476f73b9dbc1895c6cc4d9da6c_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:2656
    • 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:2800
    • 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:2760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_PVLATYRL_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_CQ43_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2320
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:344
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-02-15_3df0e4476f73b9dbc1895c6cc4d9da6c_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2472
      • 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:1588
  • 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:2004
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2976

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_CQ43_.txt

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    068aee70bc3d1f96de3031ff7dd04ac3

    SHA1

    54599f43bee1870a47ae5dae67bac0c740ea2d03

    SHA256

    ddec4c0f813510158566f6fcf93d6dc55c0d363fabfe40495d7ceb5a826bef00

    SHA512

    01b53207eb7b790ab4f0fead4db243373760e2abb6b8b3882627b18ff31d56a338d98850e02e7733270d4c12862c545799db59a5b631e7d0927eddb8914bc218

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_H5EK6O_.jpeg

    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    6866f8e8c9f6773b860b749012edb7e8

    SHA1

    504fb367bff0e7d813b22cc7f14894c359dda8eb

    SHA256

    7b5c34b231db1050543937823162292a07eb695e33fbb8432de13918546cf973

    SHA512

    3a6aaafea686c07847a83a4a497f006958e085740d3c859c6ade638b995fa266cc1caef6d68559fda8e622c664b7a7bf212cf19dcb82d416d4b5baa08fb480b6

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

    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    9cc7da9531af07013eec1d7427d75aca

    SHA1

    b56cfc7253d3ad09152ef53058ff3e6a976b4ae1

    SHA256

    59c34423d697fcb5c00b2db4cb959940dab908dac0597d2597794372c96761fe

    SHA512

    5cc0d2ea94b393cea26f7991bb141eb021f4057a5730c9b06753b0e818a63233452439f8d338ae1632a622cebaf3ee79229dbdd5e08d70d89568cefeba770c9d

  • memory/2004-92-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000122000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2656-87-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2656-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2656-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2656-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2656-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2656-91-0x00000000049F0000-0x00000000049F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2656-2-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2656-1-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2656-113-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB