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2025-02-22...ra.exe

windows7-x64

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2025-02-22...ra.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    22-02-2025 00:53

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General

  • Target

    2025-02-22_320130cc0be598b2fb21abf0b9df37dc_spora.exe

  • Size

    253KB

  • MD5

    320130cc0be598b2fb21abf0b9df37dc

  • SHA1

    61d8abb9cab41f18866441f18348b20f5a72b97f

  • SHA256

    4fcd31b3ce31d9dc75a8f34cf9c09da82d130628dff317561dba4083c18ee213

  • SHA512

    7d7ad81b89ef2d22a5b40480ce6c2309998074b96441234b2ac05af704e12582c3b223c9a333b4208deffe0e977469d677ffda4ecac51f6202b0af4ff52a7e29

  • SSDEEP

    6144:QP+P1umqFvGIRHKMoScVT/vmYgAVmbizk2PH:GQ1EeIEJNDzgqmbUk4H

Score
10/10
cerberdefense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_OWE9BT_.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/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF 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.1eagrj.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eagrj.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1a2xx3.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1gu5um.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1w5iy8.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1aajb7.top/BE7D-0BAB-E764-0502-0FFF

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\2025-02-22_320130cc0be598b2fb21abf0b9df37dc_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-22_320130cc0be598b2fb21abf0b9df37dc_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:1552
    • 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:2172
    • 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:2104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_UGPC_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1908
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_OWE9BT_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:872
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-02-22_320130cc0be598b2fb21abf0b9df37dc_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2068
      • 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:2076
  • 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:1260
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2952

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_MMI5CK_.jpeg
    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    53a7b97d27eedf7b2bd8314d47287473

    SHA1

    5cce1a37ec0b86268df20bb107177ed02f021b8f

    SHA256

    276ead9714489ed926ded9596d20fc2a66e5a595b3e4a3def46a8e29d37b7686

    SHA512

    5654f291d9ce35f49c98211cc03ca65304158c37065bb3e69f6e1e9f5d477eea4f6574f40d00e403bf9cbea445ea8d63e4daae8c9ba5162f66d3204cc45c33d0

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  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THIS_FILE_OWE9BT_.txt
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    45105202c792efe00c53a31e8bcc6ef5

    SHA1

    8a36be34085cfb674cb0679d5b1bdfde7c09d09f

    SHA256

    51df895cc50146358f197e7481ce51302cf28273cb1a82ced757d48548ff5e35

    SHA512

    d2a98d1f303334277ddfb20c37eaeca5ee1b27f4c3cf9435574081dde62dbf1d2098aa106a82836f375537c27c848feaf8ef6991ff6392c31c837fce1320c953

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

    74KB

    MD5

    ce1b7026330eac55ceb916596f7da817

    SHA1

    894956f4ffa8dee37fb43eb976ade51d01192c5f

    SHA256

    72fcee1e27b1b81bf8e1101309a3d74e688b6b3de4b02cc6bd8f0519c911f075

    SHA512

    e9b870943d97b25596fb6bfbebf6e1606b17c83cb3832313b057a20fa75081663c6ed824af3ee5dcfc21c8a90f0fc50b326ac18de633a7e742f424942d34501e

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  • memory/1260-119-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000172000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/1552-0-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/1552-1-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/1552-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/1552-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/1552-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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  • memory/1552-114-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

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  • memory/1552-118-0x00000000036F0000-0x00000000036F2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/1552-142-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    252KB

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