Ransomware Research

BananaCrypt

BananaCrypt was first discovered in February 2018 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

BananaCrypt

 

First Seen

February 2018

Targeting

Behavior of BananaCrypt

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

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

Details

Characteristics of BananaCrypt

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 BananaCrypt ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.bananaCrypt

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 BananaCrypt.

Type

File Name

Location

file

README.TXT

Desktop

Executables

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

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 BananaCrypt.

External Pages

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