Ransomware Research

CNH

CNH was first discovered in January 2021 in enterprise cloud environments. CNH is found in environments with a number of different names, including CNHelp, ChinaHelper, CNHelp, etc. For a full list of all names, please see below.

Name

CNH

 

First Seen

January 2021

Targeting

Behavior of CNH

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

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

Details

Characteristics of CNH

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 CNH ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

.cnh, .cnhelp

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 CNH.

Type

File Name

Location

file

README.txt

EveryFolder

file

HOW_TO_RETURN_FILES.txt

EveryFolder

Executables

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

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 CNH.

External Pages

  • mailto:helper.china@aol.com

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