WinBamboozle Ransomware

Posted: June 19, 2017

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Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	2,241

First Seen:	June 19, 2017
Last Seen:	December 23, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The WinBamboozle Ransomware is a Trojan that encrypts files on your PC and blocks you from opening them until you pay a ransom. This Trojan's threat actors have yet to complete the WinBamboozle Ransomware, but the Trojan already shows viable encryption attacks and should be assumed as being an endangerment to any media on your computer. Update your anti-malware programs and scan your PC regularly to remove the WinBamboozle Ransomware before it causes problems, and recover any locked files through backups if you need to do so.

Programs Bamboozling Your File Media for a Living

Although competition between threat actors in the Ransomware-as-a-Service part of the threat industry remains tight, there, apparently, is still room for new players. The latest of file-encoding threats malware experts caught in development, the WinBamboozle Ransomware, already boasts of a fully developed encryption feature. However, victims may be thankful that these early versions are limited in scope and create overt symptoms that make it clear that an active attack is happening.

Just as its name would seem to indicate, the WinBamboozle Ransomware is Windows software. Its author is using a compromised root certificate to improve the program's appearance of legitimacy, although malware experts haven't connected any installation exploits to it. Once the victim installs it, the WinBamboozle Ransomware scans for data to hold hostage by encrypting it. Unlike most encryption attacks, the WinBamboozle Ransomware's feature shows a visible Windows prompt that lets the user see which files it's encoding currently.

The WinBamboozle Ransomware also adds an extension consisting of five random characters to the end of all the filenames for anything it locks. Since it's not yet ready for release, malware analysts can't provide any hard evidence on the WinBamboozle Ransomware's means of ransoming this media. However, most threat actors use anonymous, non-refundable methods, such as a cryptocurrency.

Depriving Threat Actors of Their Successes in Cyber Extortion

The WinBamboozle Ransomware's incomplete status is, potentially, invaluable for anyone dealing with an infection from current builds. Users who see the CMD window and its series of scrolling encryption successes can act to terminate the WinBamboozle Ransomware with appropriate security steps and software, thereby interrupting the payload. Most file-encoding Trojans don't show symptoms until the attack completes and your media is rendered illegible.

For now, the WinBamboozle Ransomware is preset to harm information limited to a test directory, as malware experts also saw with threats like StrutterGear Ransomware and the DolphinTear Ransomware. Free decryptors sometimes are capable of restoring content that's affected by similar attacks. For an absolute guarantee of full file recovery, users should update their backups as appropriate and store them in areas malware experts rate as safe from attacks, such as unplugged peripherals.

The WinBamboozle Ransomware shows unusually high evasion rates against current threat detection databases. Update anti-malware programs when prompted and always scan new files to delete the WinBamboozle Ransomware before an encryption attack can start launching. E-mail attachments and exploit kits are two of the predominant exploits in use for circulating encryption-based Trojans.

Even half-built Trojans are more than half threatening to what you save on your computer. Without backups and proactive security standards, future victims can do little more than hope that the WinBamboozle Ransomware will not have more work put into it.

WinBamboozle Ransomware

Threat Metric

Programs Bamboozling Your File Media for a Living

Depriving Threat Actors of Their Successes in Cyber Extortion

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