General
- Target brain.exe.zip
- Size 97KB
- Sample250226-2epdjsvygx
- SHA256 da2c61b069db32058791304408c57922263cedaaaf28230fe787b63be71d5d5f
- MD5 877b0a047ecbea4042ddf9948b687e6c
- SHA1 2a30222a552d2e2de861a94fc2173eaaa7cf43e6
- SHA512 68dcd9814178a2cc44410528594a77627899124acac74ab835fda6f4ba830f12fd32b2e5073a1b8616591cd3a62799dd88444385a644682bfe4ff23faaee54c4
- SSDEEP 1536:Ptz6P6mq+dgX2ymOQKFJRX9ij3aOR64eU7TCTMlI3bac8AvxsLcJj4VdbeQx:FJ6dA2bAH9SKOR6lmTPlI5YAJKdeI
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
brain.exe
Resource
win7-20240729-en
16 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
brain.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
20 signatures
150 seconds
Malware Config
Extracted
Path
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C:\sYMY1N6ah.README.txt
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braincipher
Ransom Note
- *** Welcome to Brain Cipher Ransomware! *** Dear managers! If you're reading this, it means your systems have been hacked and encrypted and your data stolen. *** The most proper way to safely recover your data is through our support. We can recover your systems within 4-6 hours. In order for it to be successful, you must follow a few points: 1.Don't go to the police, etc. 2.Do not attempt to recover data on your own. 3.Do not take the help of third-party data recovery companies. In most cases, they are scammers who will pay us a ransom and take a for themselves. *** If you violate any 1 of these points, we will refuse to cooperate with you!!! 3 steps to data recovery: 1. Download and install Tor Browser (https://www.torproject.org/download/) 2. Go to our support page: http://mybmtbgd7aprdnw2ekxht5qap5daam2wch25coqerrq2zdioanob34ad.onion 3. Enter your encryption ID: M8AL5cWJEU5CnMMPwCdt4x9NVn0ZY2uNtIgnKwkDJwdPbnanVROYFzGmgUCImexTGDmINYgSZXdlhM7D199lNMb294TGY2 Email to support: [email protected]
Emails
URLs
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http://mybmtbgd7aprdnw2ekxht5qap5daam2wch25coqerrq2zdioanob34ad.onion
Targets
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- Target brain.exe.bin
- Size 147KB
- SHA256 eb82946fa0de261e92f8f60aa878c9fef9ebb34fdababa66995403b110118b12
- MD5 448f1796fe8de02194b21c0715e0a5f6
- SHA1 935c0b39837319fda571aa800b67d997b79c3198
- SHA512 0b93b2c881b1351ff688089abf12bbfcff279c5d6ca8733d6d821c83148d73c85cfedf5ab5bc02c2145970124b518551db3a9fc701d8084f01009ae20f71a831
- SSDEEP 3072:l6glyuxE4GsUPnliByocWep0yjEJ3hDRMK89nB2:l6gDBGpvEByocWeebbMjV4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Brain Cipher
Ransomware family based on Lockbit that was first observed in June 2024.
Braincipher family
Checks computer location settings
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Drops desktop.ini file(s)
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger