2019-10-15 - MALSPAM PUSHING SHADE (TROLDESH) RANSOMWARE

NOTICE:

• The zip archives on this page have been updated, and they now use the new password scheme.  For the new password, see the "about" page of this website.

ASSOCIATED FILES:

• 2019-10-15-Shade-ransomware-IOCs.txt.zip   1.9 kB (1,922 bytes)
• 2019-10-15-Shade-ransomware-malspam-3-examples.zip   139 kB (139,498 bytes)
• 2019-10-15-Shade-ransomware-infection-traffic.pcap.zip   4.9 MB (4,871,219 bytes)
• 2019-10-15-Shade-ransomware-malware-and-artifacts.zip   1.4 MB (1,378,383 bytes)

 

IMAGES

Shown above:  Example of malspam pushing Shade (Troldesh) ransomware and the attached PDF file with link to a zip archive.

 

Shown above:  Contents of the downloaded zip archive.

 

Shown above:  Infection traffic when running the extracted JS file.

 

Shown above:  Desktop of an infected Windows host.

 

Shown above:  More info from the infected Windows host.

 

Shown above:  URL for the decryption instructions in a Tor browser.

 

Shown above:  Shade ransomware made persistent on the infected Windows host.

 

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