Analysis

  • max time kernel
    113s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    16-02-2025 08:30

General

  • Target

    6c9a70865b976095a5d7c09b8b80c2191b8f2727aa7cda09715ea5beb242cd69.exe

  • Size

    284KB

  • MD5

    cbd6b660f253d9335a12c014341d9bf0

  • SHA1

    9cef6488c6a87f85ecf3b6816e2bc7dc9f9dee44

  • SHA256

    6c9a70865b976095a5d7c09b8b80c2191b8f2727aa7cda09715ea5beb242cd69

  • SHA512

    1417ec75f6cbb13873a2391027866b36319d89ecd3e3169ee4c528fc0178bc5ddbf24d7be91f0ec5c8b03d7c6a208eb73c200417422a7d59f7e98646e20676d3

  • SSDEEP

    3072:ItkANW4LGu3XL7qPnVDvLlsBOo9usQZ6lI2TwSBnW94/6NekcsH8ZlW90NIx0Bbc:IxW4KuncVuB9usQZWMcscoiIgUHsSueX

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_H8T27R_.txt

Ransom Note
----- !!! CERBER RANSOMWARE !!! ----- 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/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 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.tor2web.org/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 2. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 3. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 4. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 5. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740 ----- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time! -----
URLs

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.tor2web.org/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/EC89-C6EE-83BB-0006-4740

Signatures

  • Cerber

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

  • Cerber family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
  • Contacts a large (1096) 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
  • 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 8 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 WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6c9a70865b976095a5d7c09b8b80c2191b8f2727aa7cda09715ea5beb242cd69.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6c9a70865b976095a5d7c09b8b80c2191b8f2727aa7cda09715ea5beb242cd69.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1364
    • 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:2700
    • 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:2800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_WNIX_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_H8T27R_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2208
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "6c9a70865b976095a5d7c09b8b80c2191b8f2727aa7cda09715ea5beb242cd69.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1876
      • 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:1540

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

    Filesize

    342B

    MD5

    c5817e6807e080a0c548a65fc5ba43f2

    SHA1

    1de44bbb31a5eeece77e22d17196354d64489b9c

    SHA256

    84354f6b21834e6e17b0ec16e877249d17a22eb4717439da9f65013c389d2582

    SHA512

    244f375c4271738936dd43d41f7d960ef2bf9cc09007b8d3bc629c43fc03e3ec694a489d81709760cddbe48e45e3a088123392b34323b03f4a7f8ce79bd8bb12

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab8393.tmp

    Filesize

    70KB

    MD5

    49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

    SHA1

    1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

    SHA256

    b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

    SHA512

    bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar83A6.tmp

    Filesize

    181KB

    MD5

    4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

    SHA1

    a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

    SHA256

    8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

    SHA512

    6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_H8T27R_.txt

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    694bf25732bfea6afeb64aa053bd2a6d

    SHA1

    3fea9aa9342c78cc9ed201c7eb94befc4f1ecabd

    SHA256

    b4990a2b3f0e9e89672a3764273eac837e1e016f53efb8453c74b54cbd23359f

    SHA512

    63f16d85bb4de0a7a8a53216f295c72f5e21511469bf5fae397c851b26a3394feffb00e2075fc195eece961f7773cb5a8339827bd5ff830bff71a2ea58a0ef42

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

    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    afdee37280cfc62bc7a3d128bfd4c76e

    SHA1

    8b234dad8e8ea16c87a55da285adc8f00d8f3ae6

    SHA256

    ae19b879da5e89d55a2bed45b01a35dee2a45e9d8f936eb27ac07c4f639a8477

    SHA512

    04ae1c5658844daf9a9d68b87aba6884815880c72a979d2a5a9438d6e9109fbf0f56946f8191bbda0d2fef1aef3503f44b25d26bbab1244c67d878e789d44e40

  • memory/1364-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

  • memory/1364-98-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1364-99-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000221000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1364-5-0x00000000050E0000-0x00000000050F1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/1364-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

  • memory/1364-119-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

  • memory/1364-0-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1364-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

  • memory/1364-1-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000221000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB