Extracted

Extracted

• • Target
    https://github.com/Da2dalus/The-MALWARE-Repo/tree/master/Ransomware/

  Score

  10^/10

  adwarebackdoorcredential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutioncerbergandcrabimpactlateral_movementpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomwarespywarestealer

  • Family: Cerber

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

    ransomwarecerber

  • Family: Gandcrab

    Gandcrab is a Trojan horse that encrypts files on a computer.

    ransomwarebackdoorgandcrab

  • Deletes shadow copies

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

    ransomwaredefense_evasionimpactexecution

  • Grants admin privileges

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Remote Service Session Hijacking: RDP Hijacking

    Adversaries may hijack a legitimate user's remote desktop session to move laterally within an environment.

    lateral_movement

  • Renames multiple (570) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    ransomware

  • Badlisted process makes network request

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Contacts a large (1137) amount of remote hosts

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

    discovery

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    defense_evasion

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    defense_evasion

  • Sets file to hidden

    Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

    defense_evasion

  • Sets service image path in registry

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

    persistence

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager

    Suspicious access to Credentials History.

    credential_accessstealer

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Impair Defenses: Safe Mode Boot

    defense_evasion

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Modifies visibility of existing users in the login screen

    A user account was hidden or made visible on the Windows login screen through a registry modification.

    defense_evasion

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates connected drives

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Password Policy Discovery

    Attempt to access detailed information about the password policy used within an enterprise network.

    discovery

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry

    ransomware

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

  behavioral1