eBayWall Ransomware

Posted: August 4, 2017

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	85

First Seen:	August 4, 2017
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The eBayWall Ransomware is a Trojan that damages your files by encrypting them and blocks them until you pay its ransom. This Trojan is notable for designing its messages and its other symptoms as references to the eBay website, although there's no business relationship between the two. Blocking infection exploits with appropriate security measures, uninstalling the eBayWall Ransomware with anti-malware tools, and saving backups of your files are the recommended guidelines for managing this threat.

A Digital Wall Erected in Another Company's Name

It's not often that very personal motives come into play in a Trojan campaign. The majority of file-encoding threats, particularly, leverage attacks focusing on impersonal profit at any cost. However, malware experts saw a Trojan with just such a payload whose components and settings support, not just taking ransom payments, but also criticizing the e-commerce company of Ebay Inc recently. Careless examinations of the eBayWall Ransomware's symptoms even could lead to a victim assuming that the Trojan is, in some way, endorsed by eBay incorrectly.

The eBayWall Ransomware includes a data-encrypting function for blocking your locally-saved media, a file-renaming function (to add the '.ebay' extension), and a final feature that creates a local HTML page. The author formatted the page in imitation of the Ebay's Web content, which displays a lengthy, personal narrative regarding anti-spambot programming and a general critique of organizations with poor security standards. In the end, the threat actor gives his ransom demand for unlocking your files: 200,000 XMR or the Monero cryptocurrency. This sum converts to nearly nine million USD, at current rates.

Malware experts note that the above sum is, by far, the highest ransom ever seen leveraged by any file-encrypting Trojan's campaign. By using a cryptocurrency, the author also avoids standard transaction protections that could defend the victim from being defrauded.

Tearing Down a Wall around Your Files

While the technicalities of the eBayWall Ransomware's anecdote show themselves unreliable under any inspection that's more than cursory, the questionable nature of its messaging doesn't reduce this Trojan's capability for harming files. Like any file-encrypting threat, the eBayWall Ransomware can prevent you from opening any files it enciphers until after you use a compatible decryption program (which is not always possible) or restore from a non-encoded backup. Most users should be able to isolate any affected files by searching for content with '.ebay' extensions, which the Trojan inserts after the older format indicators.

The eBayWall Ransomware isn't affiliated with eBay, Inc., but may use distribution exploits targeting customers of that organization. Spam e-mails, messages designed to look like they come from a reputable source particularly, are one of the most prominent methods that threat actors use for circulating file-encoding threats. Use your anti-malware tools to analyze incoming files and delete the eBayWall Ransomware before it attacks your PC's media.

The eBayWall Ransomware contrasts itself with difficult-to-believe stories that are, nonetheless, formatted in resemblance of legitimate eBay content precisely. While few victims are likely of being wealthy enough even to consider paying its ransoms, the eBayWall Ransomware's campaign also is an example of how adept even the most unhinged threat actors can be at pretending to be someone else.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

file.exe

File name: file.exe
Size: 100.35 KB (100352 bytes)
MD5: dc6af3a3d11723cf4dd6c88e4d00ab27
Detection count: 83
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 4, 2017