During a ransomware incident response, I noticed a file with a strange name that was retrieved by the team. Upon inspection, it turned out to be a driver. This raised the question "what does a driver have to do with a ransomware incident response?" To understand this, I
The retrieved binary is a 32-bit Windows executable that contains BlackCat Ransomware, BlackCat, also known as Noberus or ALPHV, is a sophisticated ransomware family programmed in Rust and deployed as part of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) operations on Windows, The ransomware can be configured to encrypt files using either
The first file is a 32-bit Windows executable that contains a Cobalt Strike Beacon, This executable file uses two local thread storages to conceal its main functionality, evade detection, and make its code more complex and difficult to analyze, also the file contains a malicious implant known as a Cobalt