Overview

overview

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Static

static

3

a73d7acb96...fd.exe

windows7-x64

10

a73d7acb96...fd.exe

windows10-2004-x64

8

$PLUGINSDI...em.dll

windows7-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...em.dll

windows10-2004-x64

8

gift.dll

windows7-x64

3

gift.dll

windows10-2004-x64

8

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    105s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    17-02-2025 04:54

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General

  • Target

    a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe

  • Size

    263KB

  • MD5

    0b6b9e4676a713e7c226801b5fc87315

  • SHA1

    167cf657d7b9e56ac4a43d326aa51ed8c5429fd3

  • SHA256

    a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd

  • SHA512

    2df8cec1fb9491aec3518218fc48871702f5a1f2207503f3ad9d9758fdc39729606c5b3d228cc53a813c9bceb8ff92638b6fac3787a0cf68e57f039df6c3c4f4

  • SSDEEP

    6144:SAsBZoikJTvZqKan+Jjj8tjsioCKZ9JqKvryubSquKeqpMM+Ir2:ZDN7a+l8tjsioPZ2Kv2JxZqpxhr2

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_RAQ3QLM_.txt

Ransom Note
CERBER RANSOMWARE --- YOUR D0CUMENTS, 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/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF 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/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF 2. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF 3. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF 4. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF 5. http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.tor2web.org/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.link/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.nu/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.cab/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

http://p27dokhpz2n7nvgr.onion.to/120C-CCC2-D140-0006-42BF

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 7 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
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
    ransomware
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 39 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2336
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe"
      2⤵
      • 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:2828
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2852
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:332
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_M5LKZIWR_.hta"
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        PID:284
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_RAQ3QLM_.txt
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:1784
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
        3⤵
        • Deletes itself
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1328
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im "a73d7acb96ac7fa41ab009baaa19f7c0b9c818d395f24ea66734aa7406fd37fd.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1240
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 1 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:1324
  • 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:712
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2524
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x5ec
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1700

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\Cab9F0F.tmp
    Filesize

    70KB

    MD5

    49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

    SHA1

    1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

    SHA256

    b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

    SHA512

    bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

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  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar9FDD.tmp
    Filesize

    181KB

    MD5

    4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

    SHA1

    a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

    SHA256

    8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

    SHA512

    6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_E8Y7E_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    e063a6356f79a52e2bb19abc795fe761

    SHA1

    7a88fad83fbef410139e1d4782f2e748d79f9d59

    SHA256

    361a272f6f63167f5fc8f940fa7004830357bac2f2a4ca34786003c257204d39

    SHA512

    3bdf7177bb239576ce391bf22604ba0e2eb8ea14df2ba83dfd7aaa2425b3f2fbf5c94d5ff01c2799c903824341b424111f82c38c1a326987ee26eb2ffe958af4

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_M5LKZIWR_.hta
    Filesize

    74KB

    MD5

    f85425eeed364a887636fe37bc4c8186

    SHA1

    e4ecc0e3561db65c894ee534f36253fe20d1618c

    SHA256

    68517e8f9cb88444fa49a5619c7d052291ddaf3d5a5772ce8eaf2a1f52aace9f

    SHA512

    580c0b901140eede0109072392f524ba40b1e57cc5a86179a8608ddf99fbe01b65c9145600b57031ecaa76a81e149840a1637faefbf9788d15ec6f9f58a62279

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_RAQ3QLM_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    d73deb880114f09f2e766f40b83c7214

    SHA1

    28edcbdba01a25eb1555d48b78d55e90624f3844

    SHA256

    8ef2a37a055a21310564bd8ac9f73ced7408137fd16feb7f1a287b0ed87affbf

    SHA512

    5de6eb59959741e326c8b74447f49c9813610e4790a02f5c198a44be0c901c59bf1c8e30c65ef1d02aeb51da7f8bb926ea40647026e501b4a89a2985132be402

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  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gift.dll
    Filesize

    63KB

    MD5

    0f24042f66d3e5d89cc6e21068f765a9

    SHA1

    8f27a5e556ab83ff5d35a58aa0e0dfd72bb78477

    SHA256

    00e8df1c5ded11cc861ce46a553cd8c66828bb2ad51241bf6cd0e0d575bb5442

    SHA512

    30464da8d18bd569fbbfaca7ce5a86eb89accd8f6c6939fc4af4ef3b67d13b57b1db6c77df213ffc19789bbbf86fac1e76c5805c191d34d06776d76217a21e7e

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  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseF3F2.tmp\System.dll
    Filesize

    11KB

    MD5

    b8992e497d57001ddf100f9c397fcef5

    SHA1

    e26ddf101a2ec5027975d2909306457c6f61cfbd

    SHA256

    98bcd1dd88642f4dd36a300c76ebb1ddfbbbc5bfc7e3b6d7435dc6d6e030c13b

    SHA512

    8823b1904dccfaf031068102cb1def7958a057f49ff369f0e061f1b4db2090021aa620bb8442a2a6ac9355bb74ee54371dc2599c20dc723755a46ede81533a3c

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  • memory/712-148-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000172000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2336-10-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003C4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

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  • memory/2828-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-143-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-126-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-125-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-22-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2828-147-0x0000000003FD0000-0x0000000003FD2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2828-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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  • memory/2828-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    232KB

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