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High
Analysis Summary
Chaos is a customizable ransomware builder that emerged on June 9 2021 (in underground forums) by falsely marketing itself as the .NET version of Ryuk despite sharing no such overlaps with the notorious counterpart. Since then, it has undergone active development and quick advancements, which have persuaded several attacker groups to adopt it. The most recent version, known as Yashma, was observed in the wild in May 2022. Yashma allows attackers to configure the ransomware so that it does not execute dependent on the language chosen on the victim’s device. It can also disable antivirus software, backup services, storage services, remote desktop services, and credential vault services on victims’ machines. Malware developers frequently employ this strategy to avoid infecting computers in their own region, which would draw the attention of local law authorities. The Chaos ransomware generator is said to still lack some of the capabilities that are seen in many existing ransomware families.
Impact
- File Encryption
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 35ca6c76b9005050fefe281560cebfb3
- 9080bc15edd3fa35a914e1b1d836783c
- 2b078d3d6ffa8bdf4f45f3b63f0dcd55
- 40c3ea6e405e4612e41fead1062962dd
SHA-256
- f2f0042006d5b76593849a570aa1a598364ab9c880232b8666609c2ae1ab6141
- dc38f8d0ae87bb8d97d4d02af5fa0c488fa03814d6fedafe4da08ae31794bbe9
- 9c72837081fe66e3d683607f3a09d5d03eee9689a000fbf9039561b92f05a34f
- 5f3391bd8c7e155316b36ccd4dfba20c4cd3c457cca26e41ce9807a3ae6ad01d
SHA-1
- 441fde391996d982af0a52a4a9648ab23dc8d826
- 34ed27203bb4ba0c8fe11448fbecbcaf2ace8cac
- 693f1644d047716691003fca3f4e67b06568fda2
- 6ba4ca9fee96e8cefcfd7343d0d9bd78d6c04641
Remediation
- Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
- Search for Indicator of compromise (IOCs) in your environment utilizing your respective security controls
- Maintain cyber hygiene by updating your anti-virus software and implementing a patch management lifecycle.
- Maintain Offline Backups – In a ransomware attack, the adversary will often delete or encrypt backups if they have
- access to them. That’s why it’s important to keep offline (preferably off-site), encrypted backups of data and test them
- regularly.
- Emails from unknown senders should always be treated with caution.
- Never trust or open ” links and attachments received from unknown sources/senders.