RANSOM_CRYPTESLA.CBQ163N

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It is capable of encrypting files in the affected system.

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

• %My Documents%\{random filename}.exe

  (Note: %My Documents% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\My Documents on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\Documents on Windows Vista and 7.)

It drops the following file(s)/component(s):

• %Desktop%\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.html
• %Desktop%\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.png
• %Desktop%\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.txt
• {folders containing encrypted files}\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.html
• {folders containing encrypted files}\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.txt
• {folders containing encrypted files}\+-HELP-RECOVER-+{random letters}-+.png
• %My Documents%\+recover+file.txt

  (Note: %My Documents% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\My Documents on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\Documents on Windows Vista and 7.)

(Note: %Desktop% is the desktop folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Desktop in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop in Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Autostart Technique

This Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
+++{random characters} = %System%\cmd /C start " " "%My Documents%\{random filename}.exe"

Other System Modifications

This Trojan adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\trueimg
ID = "{ID}"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{ID}
data = "{random values}"

It adds the following registry keys as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\trueimg

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{ID}

HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\
trueimg

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• http://{BLOCKED}ia.com/sysstr.php
• http://{BLOCKED}2k15.in/sysstr.php
• http://{BLOCKED}y.org/sysstr.php
• http://{BLOCKED}l.com/sysstr.php
• http://{BLOCKED}sports.info/sysstr.php
• http://{BLOCKED}legue.com/sysstr.php

It is capable of encrypting files in the affected system.