- Distribution Method : Unknown
- MD5 : 5e685c7264d47dd21ebfa36a9437d142
- Major Detection Name : Generic.Ransom.HydraCrypt.ED5CD204 (BitDefender), Ransom.HiddenTear!g1 (Norton)
- Encrypted File Pattern : .PENTA
- Malicious File Creation Location :
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\PENTA_README.txt
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\PENTA.url
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\PENTA.exe
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\PENTA_README.txt
- <Drive Letter>:\PENTA.exe
- Payment Instruction File : PENTA_README.txt
- Major Characteristics :
- Offline Encryption
- BiggyLocker / Chaos Ransomware series
- 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)
- Changes desktop background (C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Local\Temp\<Random>.jpg)
- Propagation using "<Drive Letter>:\PENTA.exe" file.
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