Cynet Detection Report: Ragnar Locker Ransomware

CYNET DETECTION

Cynet 360 protects your environment against this type of attack. This type of attack is detected by Cynet alerting you to the malicious activities, using the following mechanisms.

Note that some of the actions are set to alert only, to not interrupt the ransomware’s flow, allowing Cynet to detect every step of Ragnar Locker Ransomware attack flow.

• MALICIOUS BINARY
  
  Fast Scan engine – This alert triggers when Cynet detects a file hash (SSDEEP) which is similar to a file hash that is flagged in our threat intelligence database as malicious. The idea behind this alert is to detect new variants of known malware.

• MEMORY PATTERN
  
  Default Configuration – This alert is triggered when Cynet detects memory strings which are associated with malware or with malicious files.

• RANSOMWARE HEURISTIC
  
  ADT – Advanced Detection Technology – This alert triggers when Cynet detects suspicious behavior which can be associated with Ransomware (such as changing file extensions to “.Lock”).

• MALICIOUS PROCESS COMMAND
  
  ADT – Advanced Detection Technology – This alert triggers when Cynet detects a CMD process which executes a command that contains suspicious arguments or is associated with malicious patterns. “VSSADMIN delete shadow /all” is an approach of ransomware in order to delete the shadow copies. Shadow Copy is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service.

INVESTIGATION OVERVIEW

After execution, Ragnar Locker Ransomware encrypts the files and adds the extension “.ragnar” and an 8 digit number:

When encrypting files, it will skip files in the following folders, file names, and extensions:

Once a computer’s files have been encrypted and renamed, it creates a ransom note at several directories – the ransom notes are named RGNR_25A5382C.txt.

The note itself contains an email address to contact the cybercriminals who will provide a decryption tool once the victim sends them the Base64 code which also contains details of the infected host.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Use Cynet built-in remediation to isolate the host from the network.
• Delete all malicious payload associated with the Ransomware (rangar.exe).
• Use Cynet built-in remediation to prevent the malicious payload from running.
• Use Cynet Forensics to investigate the root-cause of this incident.

Contact Cynet CyOps (Cynet Security Operations Center)

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