raybytes/fractureiser

Information about the fractureiser malware

Pardon our dust, documentation still in progress

What?

fractureiser is a Virus found in several Minecraft projects uploaded to CurseForge and CraftBukkit's dev website. The malware is embedded in multiple mods, some of which were added to highly popular modpacks. The Malware is only known to target Windows and Linux Systems.

If left unchecked, fractureiser can be INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS to your machine. Please read through this document for the info you need to keep yourself safe.

We've dubbed this malware fractureiser because that's the name of the CurseForge account that uploaded the most notable malicious files.

What YOU need to know

Modded Players CLICK HERE

If you're simply a mod player and not a developer, the above link is all you need. It contains surface level information of the malware's effects, steps to check if you have it and how to remove it, and a FAQ.

Anyone who wishes to dig deeper may also look at

• Event Timeline
• Technical Breakdown

Current Investigation Status

We have a good idea how fractureiser works, from Stages 0 to 3. There are certain unknowns, but the attack servers are offline and to our knowledge, new infections are not possible. Old infections may still be active.

We are currently working on refining user-facing documentation, please check there for resources.

Additional Info

If you have files relevant to this malware, please upload them to https://wormhole.app and email the URL to [email protected] — this inbox is controlled by unascribed, and anything sent to it will be shared with the rest of the team. If you need to get in touch more generally, please send mail to [email protected].

If you copy portions of this document elsewhere, please put a prominent link back to this GitHub Repository somewhere near the top so that people can read the latest updates and get in contact.

The only official public channel you may join without being personally invited that's run by the same team that wrote this writeup is #cfmalware on EsperNet IRC. You may join the channel if you wish, but due to an influx of new users we've set the channel +m, meaning you will need permission to speak. Joining an IRC channel will expose your IP address.

IRC logs: TODO

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- the fractureiser Mitigation Team