- Distribution Method : Unknown
- MD5 : d619445e564a6e64fb88101a35675ef5
- Major Detection Name : A variant of MSIL/Filecoder.Chaos.C (ESET), Ransom:MSIL/FileCoder.YG!MTB (Microsoft)
- Encrypted File Pattern : .<4-Digit Random Extension>
- Malicious File Creation Location :
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\read_it.txt
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\read_it.txt
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.url
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\read_it.txt
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
- <Drive Letter>:\surprise.exe
- Payment Instruction File : read_it.txt
- Major Characteristics :
- Offline Encryption
- BiggyLocker / Chaos / ONYX / Penta 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>:\surprise.exe" file.
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