- Distribution Method : Unknown
- MD5 : 7212675ad49b5134c6dc7509669b1526
- Major Detection Name : Ransom:Win32/MedusaLocker.AC!MTB (Microsoft), Troj/Medusa-Fam (Sophos)
- Encrypted File Pattern : .cipher1
- Malicious File Creation Location :
- C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\svhost.exe
- C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\svhost
- Message File : !-Recovery_Instructions-!.html
- Major Characteristics :
- Offline Encryption
- EFI System Partition (X:\) + Recovery Partition (Y:\) drives are activate.
- Turns off User Access Control (UAC)
- Block processes execution (MsDtsServer130.exe, MSSQLFDLauncher.exe, ReportServer.exe, SQLSERVERAGENT.exe, TMBMServer.exe, wxServer.exe etc.)
- Stop multi services (ccEvtMgr, FirebirdGuardianDefaultInstance, MSSQLFDLauncher, SQLSERVERAGENT, storflt, vmickvpexchange etc.)
- Disable system restore (vssadmin.exe Delete Shadows /All /Quiet, bcdedit.exe /set {default} recoveryenabled No, bcdedit.exe /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures, wbadmin DELETE SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP, wbadmin DELETE SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP -deleteOldest, wmic.exe SHADOWCOPY /nointeractive)
- Adds svhost task scheduler to automatically run the file "%AppData%\svhost.exe" for every 30 minutes.
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