2016-10-12 - PSEUDO-DARKLEECH RIG EK FROM 109.234.36[.]39 SENDS CERBER RANSOMWARE

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ASSOCIATED FILES:

• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-sends-Cerber-ransomware.pcap.zip   428.8 kB (428,780 bytes)

• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-sends-Cerber-ransomware.pcap   (550,739 bytes)

• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-and-Cerber-ransomware-files.zip   752.2 kB (752,195 bytes)

• 2016-10-12-Cerber-ransomware-decryption-instructions-README.hta   (63,059 bytes)
• 2016-10-12-Cerber-ransomware-decryption-instructions.bmp   (1,920,054 bytes)
• 2016-10-12-page-from-joellipman_com-with-injected-script.txt   (136,590 bytes)
• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-flash-exploit.swf   (25,457 bytes)
• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-landing-page.txt   (30,234 bytes)
• 2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-payload-Cerber-ransomware.exe   (490,497 bytes)

 

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 traffic filtered in Wireshark.

 

ASSOCIATED DOMAINS:

• www.joellipman[.]com - Compromised site
• 109.234.36[.]39 port 80 - add.sinistermuse[.]net - Rig EK
• 31.184.234[.]0 - 31.184.235[.]255 port 6892 (UDP) - UDP traffic caused by Cerber ransomware
• 107.161.95[.]138 port 80 - lfdachijzuwx4bc4.mvguly[.]top - HTTP traffic caused by Cerber ransomware

OTHER DOMAINS FROM THE DECRYPT INSTRUCTIONS:

• lfdachijzuwx4bc4.rbrkng[.]bid
• lfdachijzuwx4bc4[.]onion[.]to

 

FILE HASHES

FLASH EXPLOIT:

• SHA256 hash:  9a4bd98a72ea8b547027943e9876a3d90e86314b1a95dff65e7f9455e423e0cb
  File name:  2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-flash-exploit.swf   (25,457 bytes)

PAYLOAD:

• SHA256 hash:  ef1c5cf88a746167647638c3809576366cac31bd6f099f60e55c537af602a050
  File name:  2016-10-12-pseudoDarkleech-Rig-EK-payload-Cerber-ransomware.exe   (490,497 bytes)

 

IMAGES

Shown above:  Desktop of an infected Windows host after rebooting.

 

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