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Downloads:

411

Downloads of v 1.4.1:

101

Last Update:

19 Mar 2021

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Neo23x0

Tags:

ransomware vaccine shadow copy service vssadmin protection malware yara security

Raccine

This is not the latest version of Raccine available.

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1.4.1 | Updated: 19 Mar 2021

Downloads:

411

Downloads of v 1.4.1:

101

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Neo23x0

Raccine 1.4.1

This is not the latest version of Raccine available.

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Dependency installation times out test

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Raccine, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Raccine, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Raccine, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade raccine -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.4.1'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade raccine -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.4.1'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install raccine
  win_chocolatey:
    name: raccine
    version: '1.4.1'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'raccine' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.4.1'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller raccine
{
    Name     = "raccine"
    Version  = "1.4.1"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'raccine':
  ensure   => '1.4.1',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator TheCakeIsNaOH on 19 Mar 2021.

Description

Raccine

Raccine

A Simple Ransomware Protection

Why

We see ransomware delete all shadow copies using vssadmin pretty often. What if we could just intercept that request and kill the invoking process? Let's try to create a simple vaccine.

Ransomware Process Tree

How it works

We register a debugger for vssadmin.exe (and wmic.exe), which is our compiled raccine.exe. Raccine is a binary, that first collects all PIDs of the parent processes and then tries to kill all parent processes.

Avantages:

  • The method is rather generic
  • We don't have to replace a system file (vssadmin.exe or wmic.exe), which could lead to integrity problems and could break our raccination on each patch day
  • Flexible YARA rule scanning of command line params for malicious activity
  • The changes are easy to undo
  • Runs on Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 or higher
  • No running executable or additional service required (agent-less)

Disadvantages / Blind Spots:

  • The legitimate use of vssadmin.exe delete shadows (or any other blacklisted combination) isn't possible anymore
  • It even kills the processes that tried to invoke vssadmin.exe delete shadows, which could be a backup process
  • This won't catch methods in which the malicious process isn't one of the processes in the tree that has invoked vssadmin.exe (e.g. via schtasks)

Example

Emotet without Raccine - Link

Emotet wihtout Raccine

Emotet with Raccine - Link (ignore the process activity that is related to the Raccine installation)

Emotet wihtout Raccine

The infection gets nipped in the bud.

Warning !!!

USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

You won't be able to run commands that use the blacklisted commands on a raccinated machine anymore until your apply the uninstall patch raccine-reg-patch-uninstall.reg. This could break various backup solutions that run that specific command during their work. It will not only block that request but kills all processes in that tree including the backup solution and its invoking process.

If you have a solid security monitoring that logs all process executions, you could check your logs to see if vssadmin.exe delete shadows, vssadmin.exe resize shadowstorage ... or the other blocked command lines are frequently or sporadically used for legitimate purposes in which case you should refrain from using Raccine.

Please Note This is an automatically updated package. If the package is outdated for more than two days, please let me know.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';

$packageName = $env:chocolateyPackageName

$packageArgs = @{
    packageName    = $packageName
    unzipLocation  = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
    url            = 'https://github.com/Neo23x0/Raccine/releases/download/1.4.1/Raccine.zip'
    checksum       = '5bba78daec01cd786682e2132afa9c5290a05b0b10206ebbeae8e9ed3b002740'
    checksumType   = 'sha256'
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

$installer = "\tools\Raccine\install-raccine.bat"
# It is recommended to completely uninstall first
Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin -FilePath "$env:ChocolateyPackageFolder$installer" -ArgumentList @("UNINSTALL") -Wait
# And only install afterwards
Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin -FilePath "$env:ChocolateyPackageFolder$installer" -ArgumentList @("FULL")
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$installer = "\tools\Raccine\install-raccine.bat"
Start-Process -FilePath "$env:ChocolateyPackageFolder$installer" -ArgumentList @("UNINSTALL")

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Raccine 1.4.3 79 Saturday, May 29, 2021 Approved
Raccine 1.4.1 101 Friday, March 19, 2021 Approved
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