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a98577b632...fN.exe

windows7-x64

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a98577b632...fN.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    47s
  • max time network
    46s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    16-02-2025 13:37

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General

  • Target

    a98577b632bf0c7f52e0ad630deb142f025548e11742c722edfc1aa7e451307fN.exe

  • Size

    863KB

  • MD5

    3b04620c595f056953d8a69f7df50890

  • SHA1

    a081df0cb394ef9b7d7d36e9df30a35d56d326dd

  • SHA256

    a98577b632bf0c7f52e0ad630deb142f025548e11742c722edfc1aa7e451307f

  • SHA512

    50be59e6d82590d47fa0eb3e95d4493b59576ec21c821ee6cf4d671687f38767e6d24b97df87c60197d014ce412a9c95c68e9938715485a88080514db4912bda

  • SSDEEP

    6144:aLghm3ma0IcIIY9Y3urjY0MxecINPBPSsHo0wlTyXc4t+/qemoNNozPs:akh0marcc9RANINPB9oeMhq0

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_LIO7_.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://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 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.1cdqfv.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1cdqfv.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/8800-77F8-B4E0-0501-F9B5

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
  • 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 UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a98577b632bf0c7f52e0ad630deb142f025548e11742c722edfc1aa7e451307fN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a98577b632bf0c7f52e0ad630deb142f025548e11742c722edfc1aa7e451307fN.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 UnmapMainImage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3016
    • 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:1384
    • 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:2060
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_V2OTF4_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_LIO7_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:2664
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1896
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "a98577b632bf0c7f52e0ad630deb142f025548e11742c722edfc1aa7e451307fN.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:888
      • 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:2292
  • 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:1788
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2184

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_THIS_FILE_8DWZISW_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    831892a4b29ce8f4cf5c068493af3afe

    SHA1

    d92b9e1ffbeb2c698c74961ad014d360c4851d3f

    SHA256

    fc4dd6839e4cbfb8af50b15ca26f7c8a9727d100deaf161b23ce31266bef20a9

    SHA512

    08e704a2f126acc0bd41fbb2d6274a01402d5bb45a6402ede157c075b11a50ddd641e653cae1d027c1dfa8ad70ffad44c919d542deadbfaf1774f2d09052daa9

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_LIO7_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    3fc1dd96ad516360633a50d224207e90

    SHA1

    be63c71312a67e0760e73eee42aebde230f7b030

    SHA256

    b863c08941759c26deedaf0c1e5b036896db0b7b79db0bf3e304424d3d395943

    SHA512

    11896646f42bd27fc4cda0c760de268df9eb860be6489668e343a6a648dbc69fc227b32c7ebfd5c365350312fc273758f2c5032418d49103034ded062a74ac0c

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_V2OTF4_.hta
    Filesize

    74KB

    MD5

    b1c08642de1b66cb6931753e94c8e2ab

    SHA1

    fcb35bf2ed88a6568d760bff39adbad61f3c63e5

    SHA256

    74e9ef946cecc64616088829453ec477ae779426ec3e495f99a69a5b631befc4

    SHA512

    87e166c5087a0194c3e44be69f60c9feb2a8e0385b6a8821c7f881103beeaad11ee533a606ad39735f8c025a01e4a2febae0a2cf3f1b037750cdd2574aaf3a4c

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  • memory/1788-95-0x0000000000130000-0x0000000000132000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/3016-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/3016-94-0x0000000003B90000-0x0000000003B92000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/3016-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000257000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    220KB

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  • memory/3016-118-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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