Babuk is distributed packed

Sebdraven
4 min readFeb 8, 2021

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a new babuk ransomware was uploaded on Virustotal. bc4066c3b8d2bb4af593ced9905d1c9c78fff5b10ab8dbed7f45da913fb2d748

This version is packed with the same technics of GandGrab described here.

Threat Profile: GandCrab Ransomware (morphisec.com)

Packer

The first stage is a first shellcode loaded with GloballAlloc and VirtualProtect in function 0042df00

This shellcode create a second shellcode after a VirtualAlloc and VirtualProtect to change rights of the memory page

The second shellcode decodes babuk malware in memory to execute it with a VirtualAlloc in a first page memory.

And the shellcode deletes the malware packed and copy the babuk at the same place

And the shellcode deletes the first malware unpacked.

The shellcode fixes the import before to jump in babuk malware.

Babuk analysis

the version of babuk is the version v4 to use the mutex “DoYouWantToHaveSexWithCoungDong” with the chacha20 for the symetric encryption and curve2559 for the exchange key with the good base Point for the elyptic curve. The crypto of babuk is explained here. Babuk Ransomware v3 | Chuong Dong

The curve2559 is the function FUN_004035b0(local_1b04,(int)local_28,&DAT_00401784);

and the chacha encryption.

FUN_00402fa0((int)local_48,0x14,(int)&DAT_00401778,(int)lpBuffer,(int)lpBuffer,local_1aa8)

The files are encrypted in the function: FUN_00408060

The ransomnote is ############## [ babyk ransomware ] ##############
* What happend?
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Your computers and servers are encrypted, backups are deleted from your network and copied.
We use strong encryption algorithms, so you cannot decrypt your data without us.
But you can restore everything by purchasing a special program from us — a universal decoder.
This program will restore your entire network. Follow our instructions below and you will recover all your data.
If you continue to ignore this for a long time, we will start reporting the hack to mainstream media and posting
your data to the dark web.
* What guarantees?
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We value our reputation. If we do not do our work and liabilities, nobody will pay us. This is not in our interests.

All our decryption software is perfectly tested and will decrypt your data. We will also provide support in case of problems.
We guarantee to decrypt one file for free. Go to the site and contact us.
* What information compromised?
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We copied many data from your internal network,
here are some proofs (private link): http://gtmx56k4hutn3ikv.onion/?JJ2Sdd8mtObS8tBQv5mM
For additional confirmations, please chat with us/
In cases of ignoring us, the information will be released to the public in blog http://gtmx56k4hutn3ikv.onion/
* How to contact us?
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1) Download for browser: https://www.torproject.org/download/
2) Open it
3) Follow this link in tor browser: http://babukq4e2p4wu4iq.onion/login.php?id=UDFfRZirMNY2ENxMGJ9xczl3CTcie3

Conclusion

It seems to Babuk is distributed packed. The packer has many similarities with the packer of GandGrab. This packer should be downable on forum of malware developpers.

Thanks to Valery Marchive (@ValeryMarchive) / Twitter for the sample !

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Sebdraven

Malwarist,Threat Huntist and pythonist / core dev of #yeti/ member of @ProjectHoneynet / co-organizer #BotConf / researcher