Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
22-02-2025 01:31
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20240729-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe
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Size
1.0MB
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MD5
d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d
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SHA1
d9d337b7449812cd43c070dd66884fcfff5456ee
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SHA256
25ccbbbe79340bac2f64421821c73db59d25cedff6503e075af80cb3e621b983
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SHA512
558d95a9613136444c98ac43a661a89dfa87879756b8b6b87b98110f848ce94451f2ac09cc7971182e110ff9ed9e6e12f5d09f4be7ca327490f19402c2fb62cc
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SSDEEP
6144:5rfPAkoTeqiqBXRB3mFXHAQxZICp9YkluEJ3nmnCy5x/c3m1AqzdAZx+bG1NN:J388qBXiXH7Ie9XluENLyvcWbzyZx+Qf
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THI$_FILE_V06GBD_.hta
cerber
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THI$_FILE_C3QHUM15_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1fy93v.top/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/E1F2-DA27-A28C-0502-0075
Signatures
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Cerber
Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.
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Cerber family
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Contacts a large (1098) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
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Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 4692 netsh.exe 5056 netsh.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1161330783-2912525651-1278508834-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1161330783-2912525651-1278508834-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpE05D.bmp" 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\documents 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe -
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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NOTEPAD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 3912 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 2292 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1161330783-2912525651-1278508834-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3912 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe Token: 33 2876 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2876 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2292 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4692 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 87 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4692 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 87 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4692 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 87 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 5056 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 89 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 5056 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 89 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 5056 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 89 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4604 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 91 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4604 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 91 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4604 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 91 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4488 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 92 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4488 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 92 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 4488 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 92 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 920 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 97 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 920 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 97 PID 4892 wrote to memory of 920 4892 2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe 97 PID 920 wrote to memory of 2292 920 cmd.exe 99 PID 920 wrote to memory of 2292 920 cmd.exe 99 PID 920 wrote to memory of 2292 920 cmd.exe 99 PID 920 wrote to memory of 3912 920 cmd.exe 100 PID 920 wrote to memory of 3912 920 cmd.exe 100 PID 920 wrote to memory of 3912 920 cmd.exe 100
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- 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
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4692
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5056
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_GHDWZT_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4604
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_D1JHUOOP_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4488
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:920 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-02-21_d78300d916538cc92bf9f00c412fb39d_cerber.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2292
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping -n 1 127.0.0.13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3912
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x4f4 0x4e01⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2876
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD5b1edfb05490cdf86690e752e49a6ce6d
SHA1d1cf168d9887673ca63edb3c423e6691d4c933e3
SHA25659548aa277722c98f6df12ab5c82777f7e201ba228683434bb19750b96df0715
SHA5129b8affe2ffde4acd0dc9a8a1b090e41b45af72e9543b3932fb03eb0d9a4767772c508644e26ed35212bd8bc8109f3b3e7cab604c177c99a1fd5bacd0c24ac9f9
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Filesize
150KB
MD5a06c13b7cd82ec11f5b97c50cbe57ab8
SHA183904b908a7e593bb92824f61ac44762f8554323
SHA256702e05a8dbf5eb5e35bbc11d2e59c3d8c38686999c20b428a6191976ec27f108
SHA51263d09eaf9d2403dd6bd0425cf215b2dc52975a41162fe7f3f4173474a98df9d2b80fdfd3cb1432b8edc87806998f61f62935d4734b0e3c3e0fb35e222b89fe30
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Filesize
75KB
MD53b4938e0e3dbae659f4631649641ad33
SHA1f754b3cf7957c3bc842781b76e759eb0da8568b2
SHA2564b3b78a9e6f5afa74963c002f3558d70bc4ed8222086063e6e1ce7609b9bd028
SHA512634d59c9451133984971835b1786e6abdc85599880dd05265ca0b5926e44961c5a64234b2a33a5dd8c2e6139ceeb262190379192e6bd3d053881124a3731707f