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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
    28/02/2025, 17:52

General

  • Target

    2025-02-28_5ddee36b4e3482ac77fbf39f70911fa4_spora.exe

  • Size

    250KB

  • MD5

    5ddee36b4e3482ac77fbf39f70911fa4

  • SHA1

    91305f4634b5334728314068f963d28fce4bc648

  • SHA256

    67ffa1359e24ff0e26a960a0efe58fd0b218aff60bd6feeaadf7570466064821

  • SHA512

    858de253cbdf3a64a7c5f56cdf4aca8cdcae60d8dcd0fd802998335117bd97f33bc31cf50da9ef62995ef9d60f7fb8e7f6e5ffbb8c4f9a75beb11e28e7f4c8bb

  • SSDEEP

    6144:iDkdqLBjoa+n8XyI2LPboxczPJSL0pvsdvOnxrZ5ZvdUGB8ZoBAk+Q:iDkdqm3xI+bo6jAndvOxrDNa07dh

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_2RH0_.txt

Ransom Note
CERBER RAN$OMWARE --- 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/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA 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.1fy93v.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA 2. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA 3. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA 4. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA 5. http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA --- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time!
URLs

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1fy93v.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1eeyaj.top/DCA1-288A-2518-0502-02AA

Signatures

  • Cerber

    Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.

  • Cerber family
  • 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.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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\2025-02-28_5ddee36b4e3482ac77fbf39f70911fa4_spora.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-28_5ddee36b4e3482ac77fbf39f70911fa4_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:2372
    • 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:2476
    • 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:2388
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_3MEPJRE_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_2RH0_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2568
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:612
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "2025-02-28_5ddee36b4e3482ac77fbf39f70911fa4_spora.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2692
      • 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:2992
  • 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:2580
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3F6B5E16-092A-41ED-930B-0B4125D91D4E}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:352

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_2RH0_.txt

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    2f232eddb1a10b20fc69bdc9f2b4f8f4

    SHA1

    ba5d199787a84881741219ef5d621d49f64f41b0

    SHA256

    deafef6ec329ddf32450e3fe5d8ea7b95ef9fb190a60d1f6541692ded8e19083

    SHA512

    9bd6dbb79882530ceb749bc3de3b260082fb1c3fd1abd29a6d979029ebd678e980c37d98fafff48ffd07498e0ffa3559e29ef271103bc325ef36338b18bdbfa9

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_32SMRLEJ_.jpeg

    Filesize

    150KB

    MD5

    001ed0880f86ecbe5b27acbaa1f3145e

    SHA1

    dfbf186947248c395f52a61dce91abad9f1555d8

    SHA256

    eeda99fbbf475541e0d3df9e7f103a342323926dfa7f060f444d60616426e3ee

    SHA512

    0bbc6f332c8ea39492d54ab5e6b5c5ce3f6abf573a187cbd5f282389193911d8c7f3d55a8deefac4ee936ad151b0e656e3ffe38442662212c0006029f59e53e3

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_3MEPJRE_.hta

    Filesize

    75KB

    MD5

    b24564f67430aa2a5c10c001838be4ee

    SHA1

    167f84a66bcbdd666d9396361418c4b57ef20027

    SHA256

    95ce3903f1d1f0e419c185133e201275b40cfac85a7844c3dd37ccd0f1aaf628

    SHA512

    71061a7eb5bd4315045a36260eb7bd8059d89bae665f1d765f15de787c930c7898919d795c7756395e3d7b21b057ae4f6f200d03fe540e578462060062d82838

  • memory/2372-71-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2372-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2372-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2372-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2372-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2372-3-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2372-75-0x0000000003540000-0x0000000003542000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2372-1-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2372-98-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2580-76-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001A2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2992-104-0x0000000077940000-0x0000000077A3A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1000KB

  • memory/2992-103-0x0000000077820000-0x000000007793F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.1MB