PUBG Ransomware

Also known as: PUBG Ransomware

In what could only be a joke, a new ransomware has been discovered called “PUBG Ransomware” that will decrypt your files if you play the game called PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, when the PUBG Ransomware is launched it will encrypt a user’s files and folders on the user’s desktop and append the .PUBG extension to them. When it has finished encrypting the files, it will display a screen giving you two methods that you can use to decrypt the encrypted files.

Introduction

In what could only be a joke, a new ransomware has been discovered called “PUBG Ransomware” that will decrypt your files if you play the game called PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, when the PUBG Ransomware is launched it will encrypt a user’s files and folders on the user’s desktop and append the .PUBG extension to them. When it has finished encrypting the files, it will display a screen giving you two methods that you can use to decrypt the encrypted files.

Activities and Tactics

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Notable Campaigns

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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

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Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

  • Unknown Logger:
  • DesktopNow:

Attribution and Evidence

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References

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