Analysis

  • max time kernel
    16s
  • max time network
    16s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    09/03/2025, 01:29

General

  • Target

    1c26f6728257bc8e752f14917630e5b5670c3cb42e234ef323ee43fbd4cdc98c.exe

  • Size

    477KB

  • MD5

    d58455a0d565b2702cea14cf0c3d467b

  • SHA1

    ba6e1dfa1edbfd333959e5fe77d23cffe7afaac0

  • SHA256

    1c26f6728257bc8e752f14917630e5b5670c3cb42e234ef323ee43fbd4cdc98c

  • SHA512

    1b61343a6360af7f08e6277661f05da05fd3a05838a09459fa04a1b25026a4b52de690875e74df4319c7ead112a9dc3c96096005a3fdca1181c591f432149c68

  • SSDEEP

    6144:Xyuf9iH1joy/I/f/22/4DWJLlu8Menul9XL//3/Pn//3/vnv/3/v//X/vf/n/3/6:XyY9LVluunuU1/2/Rm

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___FNNRJXLB_.txt

Family

cerber

Ransom Note
Hi, I'am CRBR ENCRYPTOR ;) ----- ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, DATABASES AND OTHER IMP0RTANT FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED! ----- The only one 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 (*_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S_*) with complete instructions how to decrypt your files. If you cannot find any (*_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S_*) 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://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.onion/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 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://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.16g9ub.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 2. http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.13iuvw.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 3. http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.158ugp.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 4. http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.1fcfjn.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 5. http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.1225wj.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9 ----- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time! -----
URLs

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.onion/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.16g9ub.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.13iuvw.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.158ugp.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.1fcfjn.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

http://qfjhpgbefuhenjp7.1225wj.top/9F49-94E4-5A8E-063A-FAC9

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
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • 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 8 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 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c26f6728257bc8e752f14917630e5b5670c3cb42e234ef323ee43fbd4cdc98c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c26f6728257bc8e752f14917630e5b5670c3cb42e234ef323ee43fbd4cdc98c.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • 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 UnmapMainImage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2380
    • 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:672
    • 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:604
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___1XFRZ0_.hta"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2876
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___FNNRJXLB_.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:2740
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /d /c taskkill /f /im "1" > NUL & ping -n 1 127.0.0.1 > NUL & del "C" > NUL && exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im "1"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:940
      • 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:2124

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___1XFRZ0_.hta

    Filesize

    76KB

    MD5

    b34b8073eb1e348e529a0aa9ea3b5fb5

    SHA1

    c94c294a547a96b3ec6e9e24d20b521204d7eca3

    SHA256

    0d510a92d75dc9b903b04b1a10a6b4b5e4e73a70758510e0280b88e96a767a98

    SHA512

    b4057cd519b32e3c5f6a9b131776bf215e35b6c293d8cd30ea5ebca5fcd493302f423b4029e6d5dd11cc96be28322d82d5539ea0c179c7e7ba2c3aa76e4705ae

  • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___FNNRJXLB_.txt

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    acaa99208bb1a34297734d38f899034f

    SHA1

    56ab4e6f9ca7a21fc4922350fff82eeddb236362

    SHA256

    7e1af283ebc79c4e6f057475417e080ff72c1c03f8fa8bc88ffaa154048499ab

    SHA512

    47e7066baa339b184b91dd1e6e655902735865e21478f1952b95c8d6a360eb44cffb6e9650b7d099b9bdca6839a339a1a456693c66c3edc3cde15ec92055c53a

  • memory/2380-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB

  • memory/2380-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    196KB

  • memory/2380-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB

  • memory/2380-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB

  • memory/2380-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB

  • memory/2380-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB

  • memory/2380-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    204KB