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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, 02:48
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20241023-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$_FILE_MB7FLFN_.hta
cerber
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_READ_THI$_FILE_MZNG8_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1mee2x.top/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.19hj4f.top/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.12bxp9.top/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.12zucf.top/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1cnkik.top/9F40-1FA0-6584-0093-B4A0
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 (1104) 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 4220 netsh.exe 4008 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-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\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\documents 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\microsoft sql server 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\bitcoin 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\powerpoint 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\microsoft\onenote 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\roaming\outlook 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\roaming\word 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\local\microsoft\word 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\local\outlook 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\onenote 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\local\excel 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\local\microsoft\office 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\microsoft\word 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\appdata\local\steam 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\bitcoin 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\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\desktop 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\roaming\microsoft\office 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 -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 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)\microsoft\onenote 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)\microsoft\powerpoint 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)\thunderbird 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 (x86)\steam 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)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 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)\outlook 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)\bitcoin 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 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\office 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)\the bat! 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process 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\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\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\localservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 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\local\microsoft\outlook 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\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 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\documents 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\documents 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\excel 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 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\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 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\microsoft\onenote 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\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 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\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 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\excel 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\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 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\local\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\local\microsoft sql server 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\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\steam 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\local\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\networkservice\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\networkservice\desktop 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 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\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 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\local\microsoft\excel 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\desktop 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\local\microsoft sql server 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\localservice\appdata\local\the bat! 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\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 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\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\onenote 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 netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NOTEPAD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4500 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 3768 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4500 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3768 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4220 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 91 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4220 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 91 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4220 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 91 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4008 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4008 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 4008 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 94 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3532 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 103 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3532 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 103 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 3532 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 103 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1412 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 104 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1412 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 104 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1412 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 104 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1484 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 117 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1484 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 117 PID 3292 wrote to memory of 1484 3292 2025-03-06_775b66fe56da920efc4a9ff5ab7ae4d3_cerber.exe 117 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 3768 1484 cmd.exe 119 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 3768 1484 cmd.exe 119 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 3768 1484 cmd.exe 119 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 4500 1484 cmd.exe 120 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 4500 1484 cmd.exe 120 PID 1484 wrote to memory of 4500 1484 cmd.exe 120
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:3292 -
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:4220
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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:4008
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_2CS68_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3532
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_40MZSEG0_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1412
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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:1484 -
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:3768
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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:4500
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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
75KB
MD5485f219ab6b6c7ab6ca00270bbc83a96
SHA1f3476d5569f8e7e21b50e539009d16e1354efdaa
SHA25640fa6b656e9e4242cf9ffe02b6a3a733f38791b36238f1543abed8ef054a6adf
SHA5122b14cf29a9577913c6de362c1cc9ff8e854454619985c9c7a586fcb19ef71841e0497c631c95408ac049e5b317db19c2d48448f3f4163e761fcd4258091e077c
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Filesize
1KB
MD5eca4e1d223e60903b581f60df8102a0e
SHA1c785518997847a284995b33833f48cc88d414ab8
SHA256ccbcee3704ac7d44c6777c6451a55101bb663b8217b0fa681cb0ccc3e22f70a1
SHA512739f86cb9346b8a1a5055d6ef2cbe9eda1249ef85e4243d58647b9ecc89b214be9967f06b522c395dabfb3df9803c63dce86c5ef36f6b1c75a5cc7af07d767c8