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BizHack

BizHack was first discovered in August 2020 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

BizHack

 

First Seen

August 2020

Targeting

Behavior of BizHack

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

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

Details

Characteristics of BizHack

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 BizHack ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.~Company Name

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 BizHack.

Executables

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

Executables

pidor.bmp.exe

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 BizHack.

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