Ransomware Research

Cephalo

Cephalo was first discovered in June 2019 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Cephalo

 

First Seen

June 2019

Targeting

Behavior of Cephalo

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

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

Details

Characteristics of Cephalo

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 Cephalo ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.ceph

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 Cephalo.

Type

File Name

Location

file

_READ_ME_.txt

EveryFolder

Executables

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

Executables

Cephalo.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 Cephalo.

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