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HACKERS USE CONTI'S LEAKED RANSOMWARE TO ATTACK RUSSIAN COMPANIES
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LAWRENCE ABRAMS
* April 9, 2022
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A hacking group used the Conti's leaked ransomware source code to create their
own ransomware to use in cyberattacks against Russian organizations.
While it is common to hear of ransomware attacks targeting companies and
encrypting data, we rarely hear about Russian organizations getting attacked
similarly.
This lack of attacks is due to the general belief by Russian hackers that if
they do not attack Russian interests, then the country's law enforcement would
turn a blind eye toward attacks on other countries.
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However, the tables have now turned, with a hacking group known as NB65 now
targeting Russian organizations with ransomware attacks.
RANSOMWARE TARGETS RUSSIA
For the past month, a hacking group known as NB65 has been breaching Russian
entities, stealing their data, and leaking it online, warning that the attacks
are due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian entities claimed to have been attacked by the hacking group
include document management operator Tensor, Russian space
agency Roscosmos, and VGTRK, the state-owned Russian Television and Radio
broadcaster.
The attack on VGTRK was particularly significant as it led to the alleged theft
of 786.2 GB of data, including 900,000 emails and 4,000 files, which were
published on the DDoS Secrets website.
More recently, the NB65 hackers have turned to a new tactic — targeting Russian
organizations with ransomware attacks since the end of March.
What makes this more interesting, is that the hacking group created their
ransomware using the leaked source code for the Conti Ransomware operation,
which are Russian threat actors who prohibit their members from attacking
entities in Russia.
Conti's source code was leaked after they sided with Russia over the attack on
Ukraine, and a security researcher leaked 170,000 internal chat messages and
source code for their operation.
BleepingComputer first learned of NB65's attacks by threat analyst Tom Malka,
but we could not find a ransomware sample, and the hacking group was not willing
to share it.
However, this changed yesterday when a sample of the NB65's modified Conti
ransomware executable was uploaded to VirusTotal, allowing us to get a glimpse
of how it works.
Almost all antivirus vendors detect this sample on VirusTotal as Conti,
and Intezer Analyze also determined it uses 66% of the same code as the usual
Conti ransomware samples.
BleepingComputer gave NB65's ransomware a run, and when encrypting files, it
will append the .NB65 extension to the encrypted file's names.
Files encrypted by NB65's ransomware
Source: BleepingComputer
The ransomware will also create ransom notes named R3ADM3.txt throughout the
encrypted device, with the threat actors blaming the cyberattack on President
Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.
"We're watching very closely. Your President should not have commited war
crimes. If you're searching for someone to blame for your current situation look
no further than Vladimir Putin," reads the NB65 ransomware note displayed below.
Ransom note for NB65 ransomware
Source: BleepingComputer
A representative for the NB65 hacking group told BleepingComputer that they
based their encryptor on the first Conti source code leak but modified it for
each victim so that existing decryptors would not work.
"It's been modified in a way that all versions of Conti's decryptor won't work.
Each deployment generates a randomized key based off of a couple variables that
we change for each target," NB65 told BleepingComputer.
"There's really no way to decrypt without making contact with us."
At this time, NB65 has not received any communications from their victims and
told us that they were not expecting any.
As for NB65's reasons for attacking Russian organizations, we will let them
speak for themselves.
> "After Bucha we elected to target certain companies, that may be civilian
> owned, but still would have an impact on Russias ability to operate normally.
> The Russian popular support for Putin's war crimes is overwhelming. From the
> very beginning we made it clear. We're supporting Ukraine. We will honor our
> word. When Russia ceases all hostilities in Ukraine and ends this ridiculous
> war NB65 will stop attacking Russian internet facing assets and companies.
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> Until then, fuck em.
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> We will not be hitting any targets outside of Russia. Groups like Conti and
> Sandworm, along with other Russian APTs have been hitting the west for years
> with ransomware, supply chain hits (Solarwinds or defense contractors)... We
> figured it was time for them to deal with that themselves."
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