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
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Brain Cipher
Ransomware family based on Lockbit that was first observed in June 2024.
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Braincipher family
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Checks computer location settings
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
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Deletes itself
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Executes dropped EXE
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Loads dropped DLL
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Drops desktop.ini file(s)
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Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger