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
06/03/2025, 02:40
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20250207-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe
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Size
512KB
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MD5
775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3
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SHA1
00776bb6387db3e7576e0a5c67f0d780cf846480
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SHA256
cfb1ec7d3d81c8a212ed6ef0493c2b3132c99644405dd0ccef236d4d6b734d91
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SHA512
7f34294c7621e6ad4a7893bed125d80386e006d10b3d245d86e4381e8e1257b1bbb8ac4b532c6437d7616020924647ec128e43b80754d3c991e5434288e5d4f6
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SSDEEP
6144:1CuacLxiL7o3VAjRHjPLn4ngywlZedJg6wB+kydnpCQitTqLFnfkL/Owf:EOkLmAjdjLn4gyqUnkydnpCjxOil
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THI$_FILE_M39B_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1mee2x.top/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.19hj4f.top/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.12bxp9.top/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.12zucf.top/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1cnkik.top/EB88-CC68-DE40-0093-B8C5
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\cache\_READ_THI$_FILE_O86VGLQ6_.hta
cerber
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 (1101) 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 4732 netsh.exe 4696 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-1-5-21-100612193-3312047696-905266872-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\documents 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\documents 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_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 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 Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \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 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 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 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 4264 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 4748 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-100612193-3312047696-905266872-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4264 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4748 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4732 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 90 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4732 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 90 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4732 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 90 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4696 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 92 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4696 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 92 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 4696 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 92 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2932 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 101 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2932 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 101 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2932 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 101 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2560 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 102 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2560 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 102 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 2560 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 102 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1520 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 107 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1520 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 107 PID 1060 wrote to memory of 1520 1060 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 107 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4748 1520 cmd.exe 109 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4748 1520 cmd.exe 109 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4748 1520 cmd.exe 109 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4264 1520 cmd.exe 110 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4264 1520 cmd.exe 110 PID 1520 wrote to memory of 4264 1520 cmd.exe 110
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- 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
PID:1060 -
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:4732
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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:4696
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_JAVUR_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2932
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_80JN_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2560
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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:1520 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4748
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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:4264
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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
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD514b7b4be84e40105578c50046c729e0b
SHA1f1556cec45d3f29d9be4a55a373f9f38a6f128c1
SHA256d3e1dfff920ca126e0926229cb717e1fa46fac5f0d8c39afae3c62d828a32b4f
SHA5127a8feb546a311223bd3744bb92d2b1ca2efaa1aae2731091c2955ba37307f52f3e6e8dc986406138133566b06c68a50d9b877c75e6a8735922dd8e2f0e7e4cdc
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Filesize
75KB
MD55b429f7239735bd9d3fc0aa7e2582c2b
SHA1549c66d7ef484ebb8dbbf459ba5d2164922aabd6
SHA2568713bfb6ed445e41424fe837ee708d99638cb690c9a3a70cf0f1dadb57820fa9
SHA5128891661fcb2825b2051db5faa2fa675b6052bde8bc977ac001321db25d3c8b5f1647364ba79c7248e366cf5684978cc8b5e56b456522336c847671bff6006261