Categories: Malware

What is “Mal/Cerber-K”?

The Mal/Cerber-K is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What Mal/Cerber-K virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
Sample contains Overlay data
Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
Reads data out of its own binary image
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Arabic (Morocco)
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
CAPE detected the embedded win api malware family
Collects information to fingerprint the system
Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Mal/Cerber-K?


File Info:
name: A129C8E84EBF755F8263.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/00039922acb3a5e3b141017530d34b451c7d86b05b321694855770d42284b604crc32: DF33A326md5: a129c8e84ebf755f8263f2460480e3bbsha1: 16e392617b5a9596400af2ff38f53b5988961272sha256: 00039922acb3a5e3b141017530d34b451c7d86b05b321694855770d42284b604sha512: 4677022888d7295d9ebf872c6511709b573d754d036e1504083a2778fc95a0ba0a9ea5dc0387fd10598a7c19b0b0ac7e35a719bf5bc9ec59b2eda4834d104790ssdeep: 6144:K5W8AUzd0hv9OI9urtmaGO5kbI73v6RaQllqV7QJNOaiP6M1N/6r:K5eUzd0hUGuZd2gvU81AS1Qrtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1F3B4E01BD081E82CC2555AF3E0A732B21A1BFF690906298E37ACF531F8725797FA4715sha3_384: c947c760cad803f19f590e407156d140ca5cd28fe3cf7c9bc27b594228d3220098563fb05e05f8728e2280103df2bd6cep_bytes: 558bec83ec1057e8240f00008bd28b55timestamp: 2016-11-21 18:31:08
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Mal/Cerber-K also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanRansom.Crowti.MUE.A4
Skyhigh	Ransom-Cerber!A129C8E84EBF
McAfee	Ransom-Cerber!A129C8E84EBF
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.974378
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005224381 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004fe20a1 )
Cybereason	malicious.84ebf7
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.36802.GqX@aG5Qg1cO
Symantec	Ransom.Cerber
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.FKAB
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Ransomware.Cerber-7465039-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Encoder.emltdv
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Emsisoft	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1 (B)
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.bfj
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1316210
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.7074
VIPRE	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
TrendMicro	Ransom_CERBER.SMEJ6
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.a129c8e84ebf755f
Sophos	Mal/Cerber-K
Ikarus	Trojan-Ransom.Cerber
GData	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
Jiangmin	Trojan.Zerber.agy
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1316210
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Ransom]/Win32.Zerber
Xcitium	TrojWare.Win32.Ransom.Cerber.SD@6pf3lx
Arcabit	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Cerber.ACB!MTB
Varist	W32/Kryptik.CUI.gen!Eldorado
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Lukitus2.Exp
ALYac	Trojan.Ransom.Cerber.1
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Encoder
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_CERBER.SMEJ6
Rising	Trojan.Kryptik!1.A877 (CLASSIC)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!krqChVmvIGY
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.HGZD!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
alibabacloud	Trojan.Win.UnkAgent