Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Anigma appends .anigma (all lowercase, no separator) to every encrypted file. Renaming Convention: Original files are not renamed—勒索器先写入一个与原文件同名且附加.anigma的副本，随后安全删除（DoD-3 passes）原文件。结果是： Document.docx → Document.docx.anigma 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline Approximate Start Date/Period: Anigma first surfaced in underground Russian-language forums on 01-Aug-2023 (“leak-site”公开出现于 12-Aug-2023)。活跃期集中在 22-Aug-2023 –…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Files encrypted by the “Angus” ransomware family receive the suffix .angus appended to their original filenames. Renaming Convention: Original filenames are not altered before the extension is added—e.g., “2024-Q1-Finance.xlsx” becomes “2024-Q1-Finance.xlsx.angus”. After encryption completes, a plain-text ransom note named RESTOREFILESINFO.hta is dropped into…

angryturkey Ransomware Profile – Comprehensive Community Document Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Exact file extension: .angryturkey (all lowercase, no dot duplication). Renaming Convention: Keeps the original file name and its native extension (e.g., Budget_2025.xlsx → Budget_2025.xlsx.angryturkey). Creates a SHA-256 hash of the file’s first 1 MB and appends that hash to its…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: angryduck Every encrypted file is given the new extension “.angryduck” (case-insensitive on Windows, case-sensitive on most *nix volumes). Renaming Convention: Original files are left in place, but are binary-encrypted in place and then renamed exactly once. Example: 2024-annual-report.docx → 2024-annual-report.angryduck No additional tags…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: ANGry Renaming Convention: Files keep their original name and merely have .ANGry appended, e.g. Budget_2024.xlsx → Budget_2024.xlsx.ANGry The casing varies—lower-case .angry has also been reported—but the payload treats both identically. 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline Approximate Start Date/Period: First clusters of infections were…

Technical Breakdown – AngleWare Ransomware Extension: .AngleWare 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Files targeted by AngleWare receive the double-extension .AngleWare. Renaming Convention: Original filename → <original_name>.<original_extension>.AngleWare Example: Budget_2024.xlsx → Budget_2024.xlsx.AngleWare 2. Detection & Outbreak Timeline First Wide-Scale Detection: Late December 2021 – early January 2022, with an uptick in victims…

ANGELAMERKEL RANSOMWARE – COMMUNITY DEFENSE GUIDE Version: 1.0 (last updated May-2024) Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns • Confirmation of File Extension: After encryption every victim file is appended “.angelamerkel” (example: Invoice.xlsx → Invoice.xlsx.angelamerkel) • Side-Car Note: No second extension or email appears in the name; the string is always lower-case. Linked “READMEFORDECRYPT.txt”…

# Ransomware Profile – .andymarvin Technical Breakdown 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Victims will observe every encrypted file concatenated with .andymarvin as a secondary extension (original extension is preserved). Example: Q2_report.xlsx → Q2_report.xlsx.andymarvin Renaming Convention: Original name + extension is left intact. A single dot-appended suffix .andymarvin is added. No…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: Files are appended with the suffix “.android”. Example: report_2024.docx becomes report_2024.docx.android Renaming Convention: No other typical prefix, suffix, or e-mail contact is used. The filename itself is preserved and only the new extension is concatenated. In rare variants the ransomware writes the hex-encoded…

Technical Breakdown: 1. File Extension & Renaming Patterns Confirmation of File Extension: andonio Renaming Convention: FILES REMAIN NAMED EXACTLY AS BEFORE—only the extension “.andonio” is appended. Example: QuarterlyBudget.xlsx becomes QuarterlyBudget.xlsx.andonio. In every observed campaign so far there is no base-name randomization, email address, or victim-ID string added to filenames. This minimalist pattern is often quoted…