Ransomware Research

About BRCrypt

BRCrypt

BRCrypt was first discovered in March 2019 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name BRCrypt
First Seen March 2019
Targeting

Behavior of BRCrypt

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

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

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Characteristics of BRCrypt

Here are some of the unique characteristics that are helpful to know about BRCrypt.

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 BRCrypt ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes.bRcrypT

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 BRCrypt.

Typefile
File NameFILES ENCRYPTED.txt

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 BRCrypt.

External Pages
  • mailto:jjcrypor@gmail.com
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