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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:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
17/03/2025, 03:20
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
General
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Target
2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe
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Size
503KB
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MD5
bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c
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SHA1
cb51ccacb638adc682fd4867bd3df3aa0aecd77b
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SHA256
01fc8aa528661928144684048e46f52296f1e954b8fba604b22a1015a2186e48
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SHA512
99068202057c4ad82d4ce45c19821b9e9732dce9801b2d3318d03a12832b341a36d30b9acf4e58c33b036e34a2c76743c33b4980ad6a26c03d5c3a30722ca03d
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SSDEEP
6144:Fj68DTayM6Ct4ejdwtaIfNHt6zxB/gaBIzD4iDZIO7Ouh992STjrBpZwfKIz6W:N6qaJ7F2wwHANV7BqjDZcGPTPiyw6W
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\OTele\_READ_THI$_FILE_UHOYCJCF_.txt
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.onion/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1npg9s.top/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.1fy93v.top/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13kn4l.top/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.14klmz.top/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
http://hjhqmbxyinislkkt.13eymq.top/61FA-20DD-6A82-0502-00E8
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\OTele\_READ_THI$_FILE_W8AG2_.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 2868 netsh.exe 2400 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-1-5-21-869607583-2483572573-2297019986-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word\startup\ 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-869607583-2483572573-2297019986-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpF136.bmp" 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\documents 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\bitcoin 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\onenote 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\steam 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\documents 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NOTEPAD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.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 2620 PING.EXE -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 2536 taskkill.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-869607583-2483572573-2297019986-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2620 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2536 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2868 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 91 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2868 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 91 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2868 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 91 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2400 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 93 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2400 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 93 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2400 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 93 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4980 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 96 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4980 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 96 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4980 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 96 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4588 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 97 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4588 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 97 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4588 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 97 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2948 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 100 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2948 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 100 PID 5048 wrote to memory of 2948 5048 2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe 100 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2536 2948 cmd.exe 102 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2536 2948 cmd.exe 102 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2536 2948 cmd.exe 102 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2620 2948 cmd.exe 103 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2620 2948 cmd.exe 103 PID 2948 wrote to memory of 2620 2948 cmd.exe 103
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_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
PID:5048 -
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:2868
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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:2400
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_KZTHUK1_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4980
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_READ_THI$_FILE_RYTQPXZZ_.txt2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4588
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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:2948 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im "2025-03-17_bf113f021f87637db50876080626e59c_cerber.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2536
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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:2620
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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
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
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Downloads
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Filesize
150KB
MD5b1c8d4eead8b5c08accdea842288fc95
SHA11296eeb0bf77219334ed0c18ef7506c69645286d
SHA256470632d6572697da18823436286a479c71bff4d507282b954c76d75513dc9da7
SHA5124b97a94cd11b1b6f17651df6585c0c32ac73104fc6863cff08396f1c3e6ff4ba633ef471cde334b80505b6fa3676ca4bf42e523db82478409264cb512e46fcba
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Filesize
1KB
MD5daa598b537e346d90d299fe43e57f0fd
SHA1296361844a3d3adf5d58ba2777ed960d5f01a0f8
SHA25602c5a4a954a16c1a005b96afb53ecbb780fc684ccf231c96cce4445bc045feb9
SHA5123e42e00dcd94f529bcd9d05f87d2d00948ffa45227ceba12ac8d8bd6d3a7a58ce3353709a21508e46b87d8756bd56015e33da1e950134f808a5071956dfcfe1e
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Filesize
75KB
MD5f3f365aab90d7787a515f29c6b4738fd
SHA12f9d15dc4d48cec5e140981385fc2aeb57073337
SHA25652edae1d7656d2ce56a50ab1e60bf9c433c79171c310788f0ae5eb209272d915
SHA512548d8d81556c8d1554a294a872cb0cfd0eb5a892c03e998f93dd59e6d254549d38c0e8e7dcc76c75533847a41d2f77c5d87ff70f823894f148272cc77ee3d977