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API Reference: Reverse Engineering Ransomware Encryption

Cryptographic Algorithm Constants

Algorithm Signature Description
AES S-Box starting 0x63 0x7C 0x77 AES Rijndael substitution box
RSA DER 0x30 0x82 prefix ASN.1 RSA key structure
ChaCha20/Salsa20 expand 32-byte k Stream cipher constant
RC4 Sequential 0-255 state Key scheduling algorithm init

Encryption Analysis Techniques

Technique Tool Purpose
Entropy analysis ent, Python Detect encrypted regions
Constant scanning IDA/Ghidra YARA Find crypto implementations
API tracing x64dbg, Frida Trace CryptEncrypt/BCrypt calls
Key extraction Volatility3 Dump keys from memory

Ransomware Encryption Patterns

Pattern Indicator
Full encryption Entropy > 7.9 across entire file
Intermittent High entropy blocks with gaps
Header-only First N bytes encrypted, rest plain
Appended metadata File larger than original (key/IV at end)

Common Ransomware Crypto

Family Algorithm Key Mgmt
LockBit 3.0 AES-256-CBC + RSA-2048 Per-file AES key, RSA-encrypted
BlackCat/ALPHV ChaCha20 + RSA-4096 Rust implementation
Royal AES-256-CBC + RSA-2048 Intermittent encryption
Akira ChaCha20 Partial file encryption

Python Libraries

Library Version Purpose
hashlib stdlib SHA256 hashing
struct stdlib Binary data parsing
re stdlib Pattern extraction
math stdlib Shannon entropy calculation

References