Ransomware Brief – “.force” Extension Use this guide to recognize, contain, and recover from attacks that append the .force extension to encrypted data. TECHNICAL BREAKDOWN 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed suffix: .force (lower-case) is concatenated to the original filename. Renaming convention example: Quarterly-Report.xlsx → Quarterly-Report.xlsx.force No e-mail or victim-ID string is added (unlike…

Ransomware Brief – “.forasom” Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: The malware appends the verbatim string .forasom (lower-case) to every encrypted file (e.g. Quarterly_Results.xlsx.forasom). Renaming Convention: Original file name and internal extension are preserved; .forasom is simply concatenated to the right. No e-mail address, victim ID or brackets are…

Ransomware Briefing – “FORA” (extension .fora) TECHNICAL BREAKDOWN File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of file extension: .fora is appended to every encrypted object (e.g., ProjectQ1.xlsx → ProjectQ1.xlsx.fora). Renaming convention: – No change to the original file-name, only the new suffix is added so alphabetical sorting places locked files together. – Directory entries are updated…

Ransomware Intelligence Report Variant tracked by extension: .for Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Every encrypted file receives the secondary extension .for (e.g., Project.xlsx → Project.xlsx.for). Renaming Convention: The original file-name and internal structure are preserved; only the extra suffix is appended. No email address, random ID, or base-name…

Ransomware Resource Sheet Variant in focus: “foqe” (STOP/Djvu family) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Exact extension appended: .foqe Renaming convention: Original name → picture.jpg.foqe, report.xlsx.foqe, database.sql.foqe No e-mail, no UID, no prefix—just the original filename + “.foqe”. 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline First submitted to ID-Ransomware / VirusTotal: late-March 2023 Peak infection…

“FOPRA” Ransomware Family – Community Resource Sheet (for every variant whose encrypted files end in “.fopra” – e.g. .fopra1, .fopra locked, .fopra-Nov-2023, etc.)* Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed extension(s): .fopra (often followed by a random 6-digit ID or campaign tag, e.g. dossier.pdf.fopra-9D3F2E, report.xlsx.fopra_locked). Renaming convention: Original file kept intact; the extension…

Ransomware Brief – Extension “.fopra” (a.k.a. “Fopra ransomware”) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Encrypted files receive the .fopra suffix in lower-case, appended directly after the original extension → Invoice.xlsx → Invoice.xlsx.fopra No additional prefix, base-64 chunk, or email address is placed in the name (which differentiates it from…

FOPA Ransomware – Community Defense & Recovery Guide (Last updated: 2024-06) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmed extension: .fopa (lowercase; appended directly after the original extension, e.g. invoice.docx → invoice.docx.fopa) Renaming convention: – Keeps the original file name and first extension; simply concatenates .fopa – No e-mail, random hex string, or victim-ID…

foop Ransomware – Community Resource Sheet (Last updated: 24 June 2025) 1. Technical Breakdown File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of file extension: .foop (lower-case 4-letter suffix) Renaming convention: Victim file picture.jpg → picture.jpg.foop No e-mail, ID-string, or random bytes are inserted; the original name and first extension are preserved, only the new suffix is…

Fonix (a.k.a. XINOF, “FonixCrypter”) – Community Response Guide Last update: 2024-06-01 TECHNICAL BREAKDOWN 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of file extension: .fonix (lower-case, appended to the original name) Renaming convention: Original filename → original.name.fonix Directory-wide ransom note → Fonix_Data_Recovery.txt (sometimes Help_Data_Recovery.txt) 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline First public sighting: November 2020 (uploads to…