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69c2540963...7c.exe

windows7-x64

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69c2540963...7c.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    21-02-2025 01:43

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General

  • Target

    69c25409639131445b74146349726dcddce23b79d3cd6ed9d98f08bc6626b27c.exe

  • Size

    280KB

  • MD5

    f04272e1893caff78c0bc335286bdfc9

  • SHA1

    722215edc89870bb0c33e65908391bf87a7f93f8

  • SHA256

    69c25409639131445b74146349726dcddce23b79d3cd6ed9d98f08bc6626b27c

  • SHA512

    24581bab9d44afb150f01648db8e4e95d3359aa1e720d790a11e50e8a475b505c3d05c683b79cb25b3242b83ec1d103fed095af530c0f15fc8e783d732f0e99a

  • SSDEEP

    6144:APfe/V3WApRICD4pz+ZoIQB9SkZsBt1QbVHyf:AHQVlRIoZMB9SkJVC

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_YW8V2_.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://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 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.1gu5um.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1nm62r.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1efxa8.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6 --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1nm62r.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1efxa8.top/EFA7-D4E6-30C2-05C4-02F6

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 WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69c25409639131445b74146349726dcddce23b79d3cd6ed9d98f08bc6626b27c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69c25409639131445b74146349726dcddce23b79d3cd6ed9d98f08bc6626b27c.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:2420
    • 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:2704
    • 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:2708
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_GDAZ0A4O_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_YW8V2_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:1964
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "69c25409639131445b74146349726dcddce23b79d3cd6ed9d98f08bc6626b27c.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2800
      • 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:2916
  • 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:1848
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2240

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_G5HUO8_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    2ed8c32bab41399af4144861660c91a6

    SHA1

    2bf4f8664bbd1079822064fabb664b441c7def3c

    SHA256

    d304e62675697507a785d95d98fcc8af503a6b644c77c2d7829be7c05257254c

    SHA512

    c10fa2519f28ef021921d61578786c00f66100194f6b316a62f97562123d525e9e717f847ea15621e76972d981101d13b0c17a3d7c8cc456d206aca9ea1e1b89

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_GDAZ0A4O_.hta
    Filesize

    74KB

    MD5

    953b3c9a7f323d9bece3c0572dcdeb21

    SHA1

    ece392768fbfea0e604b561a7c7cb443c5387b74

    SHA256

    32edb238e611aa0e6c7c84724b101b0321dde17aeec75071bcf6c9a1acb93591

    SHA512

    a61a8f048dc90e7694115ad6f4188feab41a1f607399bda36d54e0a7c425a620724e1c7b44007525fda4a80ff451b196bec6fab7b2167a3468380bc0356e5f90

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_YW8V2_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    2d57ea5bb98d0364ed8cbabed8c045f8

    SHA1

    beea4783986ea6d671eead981dc99e43a63f476f

    SHA256

    afa307823ebeda944acdf42bd43bf2681fdcdd832a62131b2f972bcaf6a3fc3a

    SHA512

    b2321d190df15ef0e29636f2e5a920dadfe52c39ad42f59da595a6e967ce75cfdf8c81d546c18304331f75649733a678796da41e959f39862f29aec740607ba6

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  • memory/1848-106-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2420-1-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000321000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2420-2-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000331000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2420-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

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  • memory/2420-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

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  • memory/2420-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

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  • memory/2420-101-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000331000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/2420-105-0x0000000003A50000-0x0000000003A52000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2420-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    292KB

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