- Distribution Method : Remote access through Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP) or Terminal Services
- MD5 : 14fd33d833b37fdd0df997f5e108c43f
- Major Detection Name : Ransom.Kraken (Malwarebytes), Ransom:MSIL/Kraken.A (Microsoft)
- Encrypted File Pattern : <Number>-Lock.onion
- Malicious File Creation Location :
- C:\ProgramData\release.bat
- C:\ProgramData\sdelete.exe
- Payment Instruction File : # How to Decrypt Files.txt
- Major Characteristics :
- Offline Encryption
- Checks OS language (Russian, Ukrainian etc.) and Geo-IP location to determine the execution.
- Block processes execution (agntsvcagntsvc, msftesql, mydesktopqos, mysqld, mysqld-nt, sqlagent etc.)
- Deletes event log (wevtutil.exe clear-log Application, wevtutil.exe clear-log Security, wevtutil.exe clear-log System)
- Disable event log (sc config eventlog start=disabled)
- Disable system restore (bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No, bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures, wbadmin DELETE SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP -keepVersions:0, wmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE, vssadmin delete shadows /All)
- Utilizes SDelete from SysInternals to purge empty disc drive space, disabling possible recovery by file recovery tool.
- After secure erase, displays fake error message, then shuts down windows after 5 minutes (shutdown /S /F /T 300 /C "Unexpected shutdown due to maintenance break.")
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