Ransomware Research

About Brick

Brick

Brick was first discovered in February 2020 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name Brick
First Seen February 2020
Targeting

Behavior of Brick

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

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

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Characteristics of Brick

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

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 Brick ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes.brick

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 Brick.

Typefile
File NameID_GENERATE.TXT
LocationEveryFolder
Typemessage
LocationOnceOnCompletion

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 Brick.

External Pages
  • mailto:entercritical@prolonmail.com
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