Qakbot Malware Attacks Resurrected By Black Basta Hacker Collective Qakbot Malware Utilized as a Means of Cyber Extortion in Canada Qakbot malware and ransomware attacks have soared across the globe as a new hacker group known as “Black Basta” has targeted a number of Canadian corporations. Qakbot ransomware sometimes referred [...]
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Boldly going where no man has gone before, the Kirk Ransomware brings so much nerdy goodness to the table that it could make anyone in IT interested. Discovered by Avast malware researcher Jakub Kroustek, the Kirk Ransomware is written in Python and may be the first ransomware to utilize Monero as the ransom payment of choice.
Bleeping computer has done a wonderful analysis of it, to read more visit: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/star-trek-themed-kirk-ransomware-brings-us-monero-and-a-spock-decryptor/
In case you are not interested in reading the whole post, the Indicators of Compromise:
loic_win32.exe
pwd
RANSOM_NOTE.txtSHA256: 39a2201a88f10d81b220c973737f0becedab2e73426ab9923880fb0fb990c5cc.cfr, .ytd, .sngw, .tst, .skudef, .dem, .sims3pack, .hbr, .hkx, .rgt, .ggpk, .ttarch2, .hogg, .spv, .bm2, .lua, .dff, .save, .rgssad, .scm, .aud, .rxdata, .mcmeta, .bin, .mpqe, .rez, .xbe, .grle, .bf, .iwd, .vpp_pc, .scb, .naz, .m2, .xpk, .sabs, .nfs13save, .gro, .emi, .wad, .15, .vfs, .drs, .taf, .m4s, .player, .umv, .sgm, .ntl, .esm, .qvm, .arch00, .tir, .bk, .sabl, .bin, .opk, .vfs0, .xp3, .tobj, .rcf, .sga, .esf, .rpack, .DayZProfile, .qsv, .gam, .bndl, .u2car, .psk, .gob, .lrf, .lts, .iqm, .i3d, .acm, .SC2Replay, .xfbin, .db0, .fsh, .dsb, .cry, .osr, .gcv, .blk, .4, .lzc, .umod, .w3x, .mwm, .crf, .tad, .pbn, .14, .ppe, .ydc, .fmf, .swe, .nfs11save, .tgx, .trf, .atlas, .20, .game, .rw, .rvproj2, .sc1, .ed, .lsd, .pkz, .rim, .bff, .gct, .9, .fpk, .pk3, .osf, .bns, .cas, .lfl, .rbz, .sex, .mrm, .mca, .hsv, .vpt, .pff, .i3chr, .tor, .01, .utx, .kf, .dzip, .fxcb, .modpak, .ydr, .frd, .bmd, .vpp, .gcm, .frw, .baf, .edf, .w3g, .mtf, .tfc, .lpr, .pk2, .cs2, .fps, .osz, .lnc, .jpz, .tinyid, .ebm, .i3exec, .ert, .sv4, .cbf, .oppc, .enc, .rmv, .mta, .otd, .pk7, .gm, .cdp, .cmg, .ubi, .hpk, .plr, .mis, .ids, .replay_last_battle, .z2f, .map, .ut4mod, .dm_1, .p3d, .tre, .package, .streamed, .l2r, .xbf, .wep, .evd, .dxt, .bba, .profile, .vmt, .rpf, .ucs, .lab, .cow, .ibf, .tew, .bix, .uhtm, .txd, .jam, .ugd, .13, .dc6, .vdk, .bar, .cvm, .wso, .xxx, .zar, .anm, .6, .ant, .ctp, .sv5, .dnf, .he0, .mve, .emz, .e4mod, .gxt, .bag, .arz, .tbi, .itp, .i3animpack, .vtf, .afl, .ncs, .gaf, .ccw, .tsr, .bank, .lec, .pk4, .psv, .los, .civ5save, .rlv, .nh, .sco, .ims, .epc, .rgm, .res, .wld, .sve, .db1, .dazip, .vcm, .rvm, .eur, .me2headmorph, .azp, .ags, .12, .slh, .cha, .wowsreplay, .dor, .ibi, .bnd, .zse, .ddsx, .mcworld, .intr, .vdf, .mtr, .addr, .blp, .mlx, .d2i, .21, .tlk, .gm1, .n2pk, .ekx, .tas, .rav, .ttg, .spawn, .osu, .oac, .bod, .dcz, .mgx, .wowpreplay, .fuk, .kto, .fda, .vob, .ahc, .rrs, .ala, .mao, .udk, .jit, .25, .swar, .nav, .bot, .jdf, .32, .mul, .szs, .gax, .xmg, .udm, .zdk, .dcc, .blb, .wxd, .isb, .pt2, .utc, .card, .lug, .JQ3SaveGame, .osk, .nut, .unity, .cme, .elu, .db7, .hlk, .ds1, .wx, .bsm, .w3z, .itm, .clz, .zfs, .3do, .pac, .dbi, .alo, .gla, .yrm, .fomod, .ees, .erp, .dl, .bmd, .pud, .ibt, .24, .wai, .sww, .opq, .gtf, .bnt, .ngn, .tit, .wf, .bnk, .ttz, .nif, .ghb, .la0, .bun, .11, .icd, .z3, .djs, .mog, .2da, .imc, .sgh, .db9, .42, .vis, .whd, .pcc, .43, .ldw, .age3yrec, .pcpack, .ddt, .cok, .xcr, .bsp, .yaf, .swd, .tfil, .lsd, .blorb, .unr, .mob, .fos, .cem, .material, .lfd, .hmi, .md4, .dog, .256, .eix, .oob, .cpx, .cdata, .hak, .phz, .stormreplay, .lrn, .spidersolitairesave-ms, .anm, .til, .lta, .sims2pack, .md2, .pkx, .sns, .pat, .tdf, .cm, .mine, .rbn, .uc, .asg, .raf, .myp, .mys, .tex, .cpn, .flmod, .model, .sfar, .fbrb, .sav2, .lmg, .tbc, .xpd, .bundledmesh, .bmg, .18, .gsc, .shader_bundle, .drl, .world, .rwd, .rwv, .rda, .3g2, .3gp, .asf, .asx, .avi, .flv, .ai, .m2ts, .mkv, .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpeg4, .rm, .swf, .vob, .wmv, .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rar, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .zip, .7z, .dif.z, .exe, .tar.gz, .tar, .mp3, .sh, .c, .cpp, .h, .mov, .gif, .txt, .py, .pyc, .jar, .csv, .psd, .wav, .ogg, .wma, .aif, .mpa, .wpl, .arj, .deb, .pkg, .db, .dbf, .sav, .xml, .html, .aiml, .apk, .bat, .bin, .cgi, .pl, .com, .wsf, .bmp, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .htm, .js, .jsp, .php, .xhtml, .cfm, .rss, .key, .odp, .pps, .ppt, .pptx, .class, .cd, .java, .swift, .vb, .ods, .xlr, .xls, .xlsx, .dot, .docm, .dotx, .dotm, .wpd, .wps, .rtf, .sdw, .sgl, .vor, .uot, .uof, .jtd, .jtt, .hwp, .602, .pdb, .psw, .xlw, .xlt, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsb, .wk1, .wks, .123, .sdc, .slk, .pxl, .wb2, .pot, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .sda, .sdd, .sdp, .cgm, .wotreplay, .rofl, .pak, .big, .bik, .xtbl, .unity3d, .capx, .ttarch, .iwi, .rgss3a, .gblorb, .xwm, .j2e, .mpk, .xex, .tiger, .lbf, .cab, .rx3, .epk, .vol, .asset, .forge, .lng, .sii, .litemod, .vef, .dat, .papa, .psark, .ydk, .mpq, .wtf, .bsa, .re4, .dds, .ff, .yrp, .pck, .t3, .ltx, .uasset, .bikey, .patch, .upk, .uax, .mdl, .lvl, .qst, .ddv, .ptaFull ransom note (Courtesy: bleepingcomputer.com)
Image from: http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com In recent months, Palo Alto Networks has been tracking a malicious spam (malspam) campaign using emails with no message content and an attached zip archive to spread ransomware. They ...