Ransomware Research

About Bubble

Bubble

Bubble was first discovered in June 2017 in enterprise cloud environments. Bubble is found in environments with a number of different names, including Preventivo, CryptoBubble, etc. For a full list of all names, please see below.

Name Bubble
AKA
  • Preventivo
  • CryptoBubble
First Seen June 2017
Targeting

Behavior of Bubble

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

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

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Characteristics of Bubble

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

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 Bubble ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes.bubble

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 Bubble.

Typemessage
LocationLogin

Executables

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

Executablespreventivo.pdf, 8e, CryptoBubble_ransomware_Italy, preventivo.pdf.exe, PREVENTIVO_PDF.EXE.VIR, CryptoBubble_ransomware_Italy.exe, 8e.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 Bubble.

External Pages
  • mailto:br5wf@notsharingmy.info
  • mailto:bubble.lck@gmail.com
  • mailto:bubble_lck@hmamail.com
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