Ransomware Research

Scrabber

Scrabber was first discovered in October 2018 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Scrabber

 

First Seen

October 2018

Targeting

Behavior of Scrabber

Scrabber is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Scrabber is known to infect.

In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Scrabber updates the last modified date of the file it targets.

Details

Characteristics of Scrabber

Suffixes

Some ransomware will change or append a suffix to the end of the file after they are encrypted, including changing the extension of a file. Here are some of the possible suffixes that Scrabber ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.junked

Ransomware Notes

Not all ransomware leaves a note. However, some ransomware leaves the infected party instructions on what the user should do to get rid of the ransomware, or satisfy the ransom. This often involves transferring money, often bitcoin or another cryptocurrency to a designated wallet.

Below are the type(s) of notes, content, and typical locations where Elastio has found ransom notes from Scrabber.

Type

File Name

Location

file

fuck.txt

Desktop

file

ПРОЧИТАЙ БЛЭТ!.txt

Desktop

Executables

These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Scrabber.

Executables

medvedeg.exe, SCRABBER modification C (Scrabber.C).exeе

External Pages

Ransomware often links to external pages such as payment pages, telegram contacts, etc. Below are some of the URLs Elastio has found to be associated with Scrabber.

External Pages

  • mailto:trinskert@bk.ru
  • mailto:decriptscrabber@mail.ru
  • mailto:decryptscrabber@mail.ru

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