2016-11-07 - PSEUDO-DARKLEECH RIG-V FROM 195.133.146.68 SENDS CERBER RANSOMWARE

ASSOCIATED FILES:

• ZIP archive of the pcap:  2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-sends-Cerber-ransomware.pcap.zip   375 kB (374,741 bytes)

• 2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-sends-Cerber-ransomware.pcap   (597,856 bytes)

• ZIP archive of the malware:  2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-sends-Cerber-malware-and-artifacts.zip   487 kB (486,983 bytes)

• 2016-11-07-Cerber-decryption-instructions-README.hta   (67,712 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-Cerber-decryption-instructions.bmp   (1,920,054 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-page-from-imt.es-with-injected-script.txt   (62,889 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-artifact-MXj6sFosp.txt   (1,137 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-flash-exploit.swf   (51,771 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-landing-page.txt   (5,214 bytes)
• 2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-payload-Cerber.exe   (238,462 bytes)

 

NOTES:

• Thanks to @FreeBSDfan for emailing me about the compromised website used for this blog entry.

• There are currently at least 2 versions of Rig EK being used by different campaigns.
• One is an updated/evolving "VIP version" version of Rig EK that @kafeine has been calling RIG-v as described here.
• The other version of Rig EK is "regular Rig" that generally looks the same as it has for a while now.
• RIG-v is currently being used by the Afraidgate and pseudoDarkleech campaigns.
• Regular Rig EK is still used by the EITest campaign.

 

BACKGROUND ON THE PSEUDO-DARKLEECH CAMPAIGN:

• Something I wrote on exploit kit (EK) fundamentals:  link
• 2016-03-22 - PaloAlto Networks Unit 42 blog:  Campaign Evolution: Darkleech to Pseudo-Darkleech and Beyond
• 2016-07-02 - SANS ISC diary:  Change in patterns for the pseudoDarkleech campaign
• 2016-09-14 - Malware-traffic-analysis.net:  The pseudoDarkleech campaign starts using Rig EK instead of Neutrino EK
• 2016-10-03 - Malware-traffic-analysis.net:  The pseudoDarkleech campaign stops sending CryptXXX, starts sending Cerber ransomware

 

Shown above:  Flowchart for this infection traffic.

 

TRAFFIC

Shown above:  Injected script from the pseudoDarkleech campaign in a page from the compromised site.

Shown above:  Traffic from the infection filtered in Wireshark.

 

ASSOCIATED DOMAINS:

• ww.imt.es - Compromised site
• 195.133.146.68 port 80 - rew.humanitarianworksfoundation.org - RIG-v
• 65.55.50.0 - 65.55.50.31 (65.55.50.0/27) port 6892 - UDP traffic caused by Cerber
• 192.42.118.0 - 192.42.118.31 (192.42.118.0/27)port 6892 - UDP traffic caused by Cerber
• 194.165.16.0 - 194.165.19.255 (194.165.16.0/22) port 6892 - UDP traffic caused by Cerber
• 104.36.80.24 port 80 - vyohacxzoue32vvk.b14kkk.bid - HTTP traffic caused by Cerber

 

OTHER DOMAINS FROM THE DECRYPT INSTRUCTIONS:

• vyohacxzoue32vvk.iocvou.top
• vyohacxzoue32vvk.onion.to

 

FILE HASHES

FLASH EXPLOIT:

• SHA256 hash:  add480546e61079a11a563aedcfdc4a4d595ed82ded305fe68721706c602cceb
  File name:  2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-flash-exploit.swf   (51,771 bytes)

PAYLOAD (CERBER RANSOMWARE):

• SHA256 hash:  1999062dcacbd1d9021867d76331eb7f76b2d9cc184b312639eb34e29b39ad7a
  File name:  C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\rad12CDD.tmp.exe   (238,462 bytes)

 

IMAGES

Shown above:  Malware made persistent on the infected host.

 

FINAL NOTES

Once again, here are the associated files:

• ZIP archive of the pcap:  2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-sends-Cerber-ransomware.pcap.zip   375 kB (374,741 bytes)
• ZIP archive of the malware:  2016-11-07-pseudoDarkleech-RIGv-sends-Cerber-malware-and-artifacts.zip   487 kB (486,983 bytes)

ZIP files are password-protected with the standard password.  If you don't know it, look at the "about" page of this website.

Click here to return to the main page.