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Technical Insight and Lessons Learned
Thomas Roccia | Security Consultant Researcher
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Presentation
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Overview
§ Wannacry Presentation
§ about the Exploit Code
§ Technical Overview
§ Lessons Learned
§ Conclusion
§ Summary – Q & A
Summary
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Introduction
The Increasing Malware Threat
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The Increasing Malware Threat
§ Today the malware threat is really increasing
and lot of stolen data are sold in the
underground markets.
§ Malware are new weapons used by a lot of
actors:
§ Governments
§ Spies
§ Hacktivist
§ Mafia
§ Even kids
§ The challenge is huge for attackers and
defenders
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The Increasing Ransomware Threat
§ Ransomware is an increase threat.
§ The first ransomware was pretty much Scarewares
(Without encryption).
§ Today Ransomware is more powerfull and encrypts with a
solid algorithm your data or even used exploit code.
§ Wannacry was very mediatic due to this automatedand
quick spreading.
Introduction
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Wannacry Presentation
The Largest Ransomware Attack
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Wannacry Presentation
§ WannaCry is a ransomware that hit the World in
May 2017.
§ It combined Ransomware capabilities with Worm
techniques to spread automatically across the
network.
§ The Worm exploits a vulnerability into SMB that was
discovered previously by the NSA (EquationGroup).
§ More than 230 000 computers in over 150
countries were infected.
§ Big companies like the NHS, FedEx or Renault were
impacted by it.
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Wannacry Presentation
Map Infection
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Why is Wannacry Big?
WannaCry
Ransomware
No user
interaction
needed
Remote code
Exploit
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The Story About the Exploit Code
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The Shadow Brokers
§ The Shadow Brokers is a hacker group who first
appeared in the summer of 2016.
§ They published several leaks containing hacking
tools from the National Security Agency,
including several zero-day exploits.
§ First message appeared in August 2016
§ The leak with all the zero day was publicly available
for free in April 15th 2017
The Story about the Exploit Code
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The Exploit Code used by Wannacry
Exploit Code Used by Wannacry
The Story about the Exploit Code
§ WannaCry used the exploit code EternalBlue.
§ EternalBlue exploits a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.
§ This vulnerability is denoted by entry CVE-2017-0144.
§ The vulnerability exists because the SMB version 1 (SMBv1) server in various versions of Microsoft
Windows accepts specially crafted packets from remote attackers, allowing them to execute
arbitrary code on the target computer.
§ The Windows security update on 14 March 2017 resolved the issue via security update MS17-010.
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Exploit Code used by Wannacry
Exploit Code Used by Wannacry
The Story about the Exploit Code
§ In addition to EternalBlue exploit, Wannacry used the
DoublePulsar Implant.
§ The implant using a Kernel DLL injection technique
allowing the attacker the full right on the compromised
system.
§ Payload in memory was XORed to remain undetected.
§ Then the shellcode was injected directly into lsass.exe.
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Wannacry Technical Overview
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Key Characteristic
§ Uses the MS17-010 “EternalBlue” exploit to spread to
other machines through SMB
§ Malware generates random target IP addresses, not
limited to the local network
§ Hardcoded IP addresses.
§ Payload delivered by the SMB packets is encrypted
§ Malware dropper contains code to check for two specific
domains before executing its ransomware or the network
exploit codes.
§ Dropper variants do not exhibit this same behavior –no “kill
switch”, no exploit, target mounted networkshares
§ 3 Bitcoin wallets being used to receive payment from
victims - Tor browser used for anonymous payment
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Content
Wannacry Technical Overview
§ msg -This folder contains the RTF describing the
different instructions for the ransomware. Totaling 28
languages.
§ b.wnry - BMP ransom image used as a background
image replacement by the malware.
§ c.wnry -  configuration file containing the target
address, but also the tor communication endpoints
information.
§ s.wnry - Tor client to communication with the above
endpoints.
§ u.wnry - UI interface of the ransomware, containing
the communications routines and password
validation.
§ t.wnry - “WANACRY!” file — contains default keys
• The initial file is a ZIP protected (Password: WNcry@2ol7)containing several other files that
are dropped into the infected system.
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§ Wannacry has a kill switch function to stop the spreading.
§ hxxp://www[dot]iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea[dot]com
§ hxxp://www[dot]ifferfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea[dot]com
Kill Switch Function
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§ Wannacry spreads across the network by scanning a range of IP dynamically generated.
How Wannacry Spreads
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§ SMB Requests through the network
SMB Exploit
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§ Infection Flow
SMB Exploit
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§ Extract resource zip file XIA with hardcoded password “WNcry@2ol7”
§ Get c.wnry, which includes the Tor configuration used by the malware used by the malware
§ Extract the configuration from c.wnry to get the Tor browser and onion sites to be used for communication and
onion sites to be used for communication:
§ gx7ekbenv2riucmf.onion;
§ 57g7spgrzlojinas.onion;
§ xxlvbrloxvriy2c5.onion;
§ 76jdd2ir2embyv47.onion;
§ cwwnhwhlz52maqm7.onion;
§ Load Bitcoin wallets which have been previously set up by the attackers for payment for file
restoration and update c.wnry
§ “13AM4VW2dhxYgXeQepoHkHSQuy6NgaEb94”
§ “12t9YDPgwueZ9NyMgw519p7AA8isjr6SMw"
§ “115p7UMMngoj1pMvkpHijcRdfJNXj6LrLn"
Ransomware Behavior
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§ Hide Extract Zip Directory and Modify Security Descriptors
§ Create process: Runs command to hide current directory: attrib +h
§ Runs command:
§ icacls . /grant Everyone:F /T /C /Q. This grants all users full access to files
in the current directory and all directories below.
§ Prep Encryption Public Key, AES Key…
§ Creates Mutex for all threads: GlobalMsWinZonesCacheCounterMutexW
Ransomware Behavior
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§ Creates a new thread to overwrite files on disk
§ Generate a key
§ Generate Data Buffers for each file
§ Call thread for function StartAddress to begin writing encrypting file contents
§ Tack on extension ".WNCRYT”
§ Run new process taskdl.exe in a new thread
§ Set Up the Decrypter Persistence
§ Create process "taskse.exe @WanaDecryptor@.exe”
§ Set persistence key to run itself on reboot HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
§ CheckTokenMembership, GetComputerName Info
§ Run: cmd.exe /c reg add "HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun” /v
"<rand>" /t REG_SZ /d “"tasksche.exe"" /f
Ransomware Behavior
Wannacry Technical Overview
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.der, .pfx, .key, .crt, .csr, .p12, .pem, .odt, .sxw, .stw, .3ds, .max, .3dm, .ods,
.sxc, .stc, .dif, .slk, .wb2, .odp, .sxd, .std, .sxm, .sqlite3, .sqlitedb, .sql,
.accdb, .mdb, .dbf, .odb, .mdf, .ldf, .cpp, .pas, .asm, .cmd, .bat, .vbs, .sch,
.jsp, .php, .asp, .java, .jar, .class, .mp3, .wav, .swf, .fla, .wmv, .mpg, .vob,
.mpeg, .asf, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .mkv, .flv, .wma, .mid, .m3u, .m4u, .svg, .psd,
.tiff, .tif, .raw, .gif, .png, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .iso, .backup, .zip, .rar, .tgz, .tar,
.bak, .ARC, .vmdk, .vdi, .sldm, .sldx, .sti, .sxi, .dwg, .pdf, .wk1, .wks, .rtf,
.csv, .txt, .msg, .pst, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pps, .pot, .pptm, .pptx, .ppt, .xltm, .xltx,
.xlc, .xlm, .xlt, .xlw, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xlsx, .xls, .dotm, .dot, .docm, .docx, .doc,
Targeted file extension
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Format of the Encrypted file
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§ 3 walllets 50 Bitcoins (115 000€)
Bitcoin Wallet
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How to Recover Your Files
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§ Wannacry uses AES encryption to encrypt files.
§ Then the AES key is encrypted in RSA.
§ The RSA private key is generated dynamically
in memory.
§ The keys are immediately destroying.
Wannacry Encryption
How to Recover Your Files
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§ Wannacry uses 2 functions to destroy the keys in memory:
§ CryptDestroyKey: free the memory that the key used.
§ CryptReleaseContext: release the Cryptography Service Provider (CSP).
§ French Security Researcher discovered that these functions does not release the prime numbers into
the memory.
§ Allowing the victim to generate the private key if the memory is not freeing.
§ Wannakiwi is a tool that looks for the prime number in the memory.
https://github.com/gentilkiwi/wanakiwi
The bug
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Wannacry Legacy
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§ Wannacry inspired several other attackers.
§ After this attack we saw many other variants that
spread the same manner and use the EternalBlue
Exploit.
§ New variant of Wannacry were used (no kill
switch…).
§ Adylkuzz which used the same exploit to spread.
§ EternalRocks
§ UIWIX Ransomware
Wannacry Legacy
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Lessons Learned
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§ Threat intelligence is a key to know what’s happened in the Infosec World!
§ Shadow Brokers was known since one year.
§ The leak was published in April 2017
§ Patch Management is crucial!
§ Wannacry exploited a known vulnerability CVE-2017-0144.
§ Microsoft published the March 14 the security update MS17-010
§ Disable unnecessary services!
§ The SMB is not use everywhere
§ Disable if not needed.
Vulnerability
Lessons Learned
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Security
§ Teach your people!
§ Train your security team for Malware Analysis
§ Perform user awareness training for users
§ Follow the best practices against Ransomware
threat!
§ Backup file
§ Manage the user and admin right
§ Create an Incident Response Program!
§ Do the right things when an incident occurs.
Lessons Learned
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§ Wannacry is not an advanced Ransomware, however the worm capabilities allows it to spread very
quickly.
§ EquationGroup exploit leak let powerful tools for attackers.
§ The Ransomware threats are still evolving to be more powerful.
§ Malware are still growing so does attack surfaces
§ Security best practices still efficient (Backup, Update, Awareness…)
§ Setup advanced malware detection technics like Sandboxing and machine learning
Conclusion
Q & A
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Wannacry | Technical Insight and Lessons Learned

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    1McAfee Foundstone Services McAfee WannaCry TechnicalInsight and Lessons Learned Thomas Roccia | Security Consultant Researcher
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    2McAfee Foundstone Services McAfee Presentation •Thomas Roccia • McAfee Foundstone Consultant • Twitter: @fr0gger_
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    3McAfee Foundstone Services Overview §Wannacry Presentation § about the Exploit Code § Technical Overview § Lessons Learned § Conclusion § Summary – Q & A Summary
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    5McAfee Foundstone Services TheIncreasing Malware Threat § Today the malware threat is really increasing and lot of stolen data are sold in the underground markets. § Malware are new weapons used by a lot of actors: § Governments § Spies § Hacktivist § Mafia § Even kids § The challenge is huge for attackers and defenders
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    6McAfee Foundstone Services TheIncreasing Ransomware Threat § Ransomware is an increase threat. § The first ransomware was pretty much Scarewares (Without encryption). § Today Ransomware is more powerfull and encrypts with a solid algorithm your data or even used exploit code. § Wannacry was very mediatic due to this automatedand quick spreading. Introduction
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    8McAfee Foundstone Services WannacryPresentation § WannaCry is a ransomware that hit the World in May 2017. § It combined Ransomware capabilities with Worm techniques to spread automatically across the network. § The Worm exploits a vulnerability into SMB that was discovered previously by the NSA (EquationGroup). § More than 230 000 computers in over 150 countries were infected. § Big companies like the NHS, FedEx or Renault were impacted by it.
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    9McAfee Foundstone Services WannacryPresentation Map Infection
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    10McAfee Foundstone Services Whyis Wannacry Big? WannaCry Ransomware No user interaction needed Remote code Exploit
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    PROFESSIONAL SERVICES The StoryAbout the Exploit Code
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    12McAfee Foundstone Services TheShadow Brokers § The Shadow Brokers is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. § They published several leaks containing hacking tools from the National Security Agency, including several zero-day exploits. § First message appeared in August 2016 § The leak with all the zero day was publicly available for free in April 15th 2017 The Story about the Exploit Code
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    13McAfee Foundstone Services TheExploit Code used by Wannacry Exploit Code Used by Wannacry The Story about the Exploit Code § WannaCry used the exploit code EternalBlue. § EternalBlue exploits a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. § This vulnerability is denoted by entry CVE-2017-0144. § The vulnerability exists because the SMB version 1 (SMBv1) server in various versions of Microsoft Windows accepts specially crafted packets from remote attackers, allowing them to execute arbitrary code on the target computer. § The Windows security update on 14 March 2017 resolved the issue via security update MS17-010.
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    14McAfee Foundstone Services ExploitCode used by Wannacry Exploit Code Used by Wannacry The Story about the Exploit Code § In addition to EternalBlue exploit, Wannacry used the DoublePulsar Implant. § The implant using a Kernel DLL injection technique allowing the attacker the full right on the compromised system. § Payload in memory was XORed to remain undetected. § Then the shellcode was injected directly into lsass.exe.
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    16McAfee Foundstone Services KeyCharacteristic § Uses the MS17-010 “EternalBlue” exploit to spread to other machines through SMB § Malware generates random target IP addresses, not limited to the local network § Hardcoded IP addresses. § Payload delivered by the SMB packets is encrypted § Malware dropper contains code to check for two specific domains before executing its ransomware or the network exploit codes. § Dropper variants do not exhibit this same behavior –no “kill switch”, no exploit, target mounted networkshares § 3 Bitcoin wallets being used to receive payment from victims - Tor browser used for anonymous payment Wannacry Technical Overview
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    17McAfee Foundstone Services Content WannacryTechnical Overview § msg -This folder contains the RTF describing the different instructions for the ransomware. Totaling 28 languages. § b.wnry - BMP ransom image used as a background image replacement by the malware. § c.wnry -  configuration file containing the target address, but also the tor communication endpoints information. § s.wnry - Tor client to communication with the above endpoints. § u.wnry - UI interface of the ransomware, containing the communications routines and password validation. § t.wnry - “WANACRY!” file — contains default keys • The initial file is a ZIP protected (Password: WNcry@2ol7)containing several other files that are dropped into the infected system.
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    18McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry has a kill switch function to stop the spreading. § hxxp://www[dot]iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea[dot]com § hxxp://www[dot]ifferfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea[dot]com Kill Switch Function Wannacry Technical Overview
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    19McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry spreads across the network by scanning a range of IP dynamically generated. How Wannacry Spreads Wannacry Technical Overview
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    20McAfee Foundstone Services §SMB Requests through the network SMB Exploit Wannacry Technical Overview
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    21McAfee Foundstone Services §Infection Flow SMB Exploit Wannacry Technical Overview
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    22McAfee Foundstone Services §Extract resource zip file XIA with hardcoded password “WNcry@2ol7” § Get c.wnry, which includes the Tor configuration used by the malware used by the malware § Extract the configuration from c.wnry to get the Tor browser and onion sites to be used for communication and onion sites to be used for communication: § gx7ekbenv2riucmf.onion; § 57g7spgrzlojinas.onion; § xxlvbrloxvriy2c5.onion; § 76jdd2ir2embyv47.onion; § cwwnhwhlz52maqm7.onion; § Load Bitcoin wallets which have been previously set up by the attackers for payment for file restoration and update c.wnry § “13AM4VW2dhxYgXeQepoHkHSQuy6NgaEb94” § “12t9YDPgwueZ9NyMgw519p7AA8isjr6SMw" § “115p7UMMngoj1pMvkpHijcRdfJNXj6LrLn" Ransomware Behavior Wannacry Technical Overview
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    23McAfee Foundstone Services §Hide Extract Zip Directory and Modify Security Descriptors § Create process: Runs command to hide current directory: attrib +h § Runs command: § icacls . /grant Everyone:F /T /C /Q. This grants all users full access to files in the current directory and all directories below. § Prep Encryption Public Key, AES Key… § Creates Mutex for all threads: GlobalMsWinZonesCacheCounterMutexW Ransomware Behavior Wannacry Technical Overview
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    24McAfee Foundstone Services §Creates a new thread to overwrite files on disk § Generate a key § Generate Data Buffers for each file § Call thread for function StartAddress to begin writing encrypting file contents § Tack on extension ".WNCRYT” § Run new process taskdl.exe in a new thread § Set Up the Decrypter Persistence § Create process "taskse.exe @WanaDecryptor@.exe” § Set persistence key to run itself on reboot HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun § CheckTokenMembership, GetComputerName Info § Run: cmd.exe /c reg add "HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun” /v "<rand>" /t REG_SZ /d “"tasksche.exe"" /f Ransomware Behavior Wannacry Technical Overview
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    25McAfee Foundstone Services .der,.pfx, .key, .crt, .csr, .p12, .pem, .odt, .sxw, .stw, .3ds, .max, .3dm, .ods, .sxc, .stc, .dif, .slk, .wb2, .odp, .sxd, .std, .sxm, .sqlite3, .sqlitedb, .sql, .accdb, .mdb, .dbf, .odb, .mdf, .ldf, .cpp, .pas, .asm, .cmd, .bat, .vbs, .sch, .jsp, .php, .asp, .java, .jar, .class, .mp3, .wav, .swf, .fla, .wmv, .mpg, .vob, .mpeg, .asf, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .mkv, .flv, .wma, .mid, .m3u, .m4u, .svg, .psd, .tiff, .tif, .raw, .gif, .png, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .iso, .backup, .zip, .rar, .tgz, .tar, .bak, .ARC, .vmdk, .vdi, .sldm, .sldx, .sti, .sxi, .dwg, .pdf, .wk1, .wks, .rtf, .csv, .txt, .msg, .pst, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pps, .pot, .pptm, .pptx, .ppt, .xltm, .xltx, .xlc, .xlm, .xlt, .xlw, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xlsx, .xls, .dotm, .dot, .docm, .docx, .doc, Targeted file extension Wannacry Technical Overview
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    26McAfee Foundstone Services Formatof the Encrypted file Wannacry Technical Overview
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    27McAfee Foundstone Services §3 walllets 50 Bitcoins (115 000€) Bitcoin Wallet Wannacry Technical Overview
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    PROFESSIONAL SERVICES How toRecover Your Files
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    29McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry uses AES encryption to encrypt files. § Then the AES key is encrypted in RSA. § The RSA private key is generated dynamically in memory. § The keys are immediately destroying. Wannacry Encryption How to Recover Your Files
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    30McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry uses 2 functions to destroy the keys in memory: § CryptDestroyKey: free the memory that the key used. § CryptReleaseContext: release the Cryptography Service Provider (CSP). § French Security Researcher discovered that these functions does not release the prime numbers into the memory. § Allowing the victim to generate the private key if the memory is not freeing. § Wannakiwi is a tool that looks for the prime number in the memory. https://github.com/gentilkiwi/wanakiwi The bug How to Recover Your Files
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    32McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry inspired several other attackers. § After this attack we saw many other variants that spread the same manner and use the EternalBlue Exploit. § New variant of Wannacry were used (no kill switch…). § Adylkuzz which used the same exploit to spread. § EternalRocks § UIWIX Ransomware Wannacry Legacy
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    34McAfee Foundstone Services §Threat intelligence is a key to know what’s happened in the Infosec World! § Shadow Brokers was known since one year. § The leak was published in April 2017 § Patch Management is crucial! § Wannacry exploited a known vulnerability CVE-2017-0144. § Microsoft published the March 14 the security update MS17-010 § Disable unnecessary services! § The SMB is not use everywhere § Disable if not needed. Vulnerability Lessons Learned
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    35McAfee Foundstone Services Security §Teach your people! § Train your security team for Malware Analysis § Perform user awareness training for users § Follow the best practices against Ransomware threat! § Backup file § Manage the user and admin right § Create an Incident Response Program! § Do the right things when an incident occurs. Lessons Learned
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    37McAfee Foundstone Services §Wannacry is not an advanced Ransomware, however the worm capabilities allows it to spread very quickly. § EquationGroup exploit leak let powerful tools for attackers. § The Ransomware threats are still evolving to be more powerful. § Malware are still growing so does attack surfaces § Security best practices still efficient (Backup, Update, Awareness…) § Setup advanced malware detection technics like Sandboxing and machine learning Conclusion
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