Ransomware Research

Gerber

Gerber was first discovered in December 2018 in enterprise cloud environments.

Name

Gerber

 

First Seen

December 2018

Targeting

Behavior of Gerber

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

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

Details

Characteristics of Gerber

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 Gerber ransomware is known to change.

Suffixes

/.[A-Z0-9]{5}$/, /.[A-Z0-9a-z]{12}$/, .gerber5

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 Gerber.

Type

File Name

Location

file

DECRYPT.txt

EveryFolder

message

OnceOnCompletion

message

OnceOnCompletion

screenshot

Desktop

Executables

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

Executables

Gerber1.exe, Gerber.exe, gad.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 Gerber.

External Pages

  • mailto:sobachka_thaabah@india.com
  • mailto:gerasiy.kerasinov@yandex.com
  • mailto:hoster@420blaze.it

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