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Barack Obama’s EBBV was first discovered in August 2018 in enterprise cloud environments. Barack Obama’s EBBV is found in environments with a number of different names, including Barack Obama’s Blackmail Virus, Barack Obama’s Everlasting Blue Blackmail Virus, etc. For a full list of all names, please see below.
Name
Barack Obama’s EBBV
First Seen
August 2018
Barack Obama’s EBBV is known to target specific file types. Below are all known file types that Barack Obama’s EBBV is known to infect.
In some cases, ransomware will update the modified date, when it encrypts files. Barack Obama’s EBBV unknown the last modified date of the file it targets.
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 Barack Obama’s EBBV ransomware is known to change.
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 Barack Obama’s EBBV.
Type File Name Location message OnceOnCompletion
These are the names of the executables that contain the undetonated ransomware payload for Barack Obama’s EBBV.
Executables
Sample_5b93baa6972e783a4b5085e1.exe, myfile.exe, 0bama.exe
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 Barack Obama’s EBBV.
External Pages
