Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/05/2026, 05:58

General

  • Target
    1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe
  • Size 292KB
  • Sample260505-gpf5pscy9k
  • SHA256 1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Path
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___4BBJSKO_.txt

  • cerber

Ransom Note
  • Hi, I'am CRBR ENCRYPTOR ;) ----- YOUR DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, DATABASES AND OTHER IMPORTANT FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED! ----- The only 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://xpcx6erilkjced3j.onion/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 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://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1t2jhk.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 2. http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1e6ly3.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 3. http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1ewuh5.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 4. http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.15ezkm.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 5. http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.16umxg.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2 ----- Note! These are temporary addresses! They will be available for a limited amount of time! -----
URLs
  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.onion/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1t2jhk.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1e6ly3.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1ewuh5.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.15ezkm.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

  • http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.16umxg.top/8CE6-727C-7CE9-0098-96B2

Signatures

  • Family: Cerber

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

  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

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

  • Contacts a large (1096) 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 9 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 registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6112
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe"
      2⤵
      • 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
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5308
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5288
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___KB3CCBON_.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5964
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___SUW1_.txt
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:2652
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /d /c taskkill /f /im "1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe" > NUL & ping -n 1 127.0.0.1 > NUL & del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe" > NUL && exit
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4292
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im "1f824766e7bbd6a8ea293d4fc0f8b4b09d541bd0c1bc54fcdcf3e67fcc38133b.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4604
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 1 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:5488

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        _R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___4BBJSKO_.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___4BBJSKO_.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b80843d1d0545985973e6894bd87784c78b4e2e5ecc8e47dee1871803b23d9c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        _R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___GRY63OA1_.hta

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___GRY63OA1_.hta
        • Size 75KB
        • SHA256 ffa62a363dc1eb222ca2f95814ffdfa5bfe64a3e10fd9fbbcef5570fbdca76a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2652-403-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004972000-memory.dmp

        memory/4604-406-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002EA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5308-4-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5308-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000431000-memory.dmp

        memory/5308-6-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002AE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5308-384-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000431000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-402-0x0000000002B50000-0x0000000002BD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6112-2-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002269000-memory.dmp

        memory/6112-3-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002269000-memory.dmp