- Distribution Method : Unknown
- MD5 : fbc3bdcacff6c9f99bde7f910b7ddaf8
- Major Detection Name : Ransom.Mamo (Malwarebytes), Ransom.Win32.MERMAID.A (Trend Micro)
- Encrypted File Pattern : .the_ancients[MaMo_:)] → <Original Filename>.<Original Extension>
- Malicious File Creation Location :
- C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host
- C:\Windows\Beni_Oku!!!.hta
- Payment Instruction File : Beni_Oku!!!.hta
- Major Characteristics :
- Offline Encryption
- The Turkish users are targeted.
- Disable system restore (vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet, wmic shadowcopy delete, bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures, bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no, wbadmin delete catalog -quiet, wbadmin delete systemstatebackup, wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -keepversions:0, wbadmin delete backup)
- Modifies Windows Host file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host)
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